(A) The Medical Director, subject to approval of the EMS Foundation Board, shall promulgate regulations setting forth the requirements to obtain a permit for any ambulance or helicopter rescue unit regulated by this chapter and including special use permits.
(B) Permits shall be of five types: Volunteer, non-emergency, emergency, helicopter and special.
(C) Helicopter rescue units shall be subject to regulation of on-board equipment or personnel. Helicopter rescue units shall agree to submit to control by the EMS control center when operating within any jurisdiction subject to regulation under this subchapter. Helicopter rescue units and their personnel shall be subject to medical audits.
(D) The Medical Director shall not issue a permit to any ambulance that does not meet the requirements set forth in this chapter for the type of permit applied for. Only ambulances meeting minimum state requirements and any additional requirements imposed by rules and regulations adopted by the EMS Foundation may receive any permit. Only ambulances meeting the requirements for emergency ambulances promulgated by the Medical Director shall receive an emergency permit.
('74 Code, § 9-37) (Ord. G-16-82, passed 7-27-82)