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CHAPTER 5: AMBULANCES/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
   Article
      I.   IN GENERAL
      II.   BOARDS; THE AUTHORITY
      III.   VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES; TRAFFIC LAW EXEMPTION
      IV.   AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
Cross-reference:
   Authorized emergency vehicles to have right-of-way, see § 22-80
   Health and sanitation, see Ch. 16
   Interference with authorized emergency vehicles, see § 22-81
   Motor vehicles and traffic, see Ch. 22
   Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles, see § 22-79
   Privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles, see § 22-8
   Vehicles for hire, see Ch. 34
Editor’s note:
   Ord. 10094, § 1, adopted April 12, 1988, effective August 1, 1988, repealed and reenacted Ch. 5, to read as set out in Exhibit “A” of said ordinance, which has been included as a new Ch. 5, §§ 5-1 through 5-6, 5-16 through 5-22, 5-31, at the editor’s discretion. Subsequently, Ord. 13667, § 1, adopted December 1, 1998, amended Ch. 5, in its entirety. Ord. 22613-02-2017, § 1, adopted February 21, 2017 then repealed and reenacted §§ 5-1 through 5-3, 5-16 through 5-21, and 5-31 through 5-33 to read as herein set out. See the Code Comparative Table.
Statutory reference:
   Emergency Medical Services, see V.A.C.S. Art. 4447o, §§ 1.01 through 3.18
   Municipal authority to regulate staffing or equipment of emergency medical services vehicles, see V.A.C.S. Art. 4447o, § 3.10
Section
Article I: In General
   5-1   Statutory authority
   5-2   General purposes and intent of chapter
   5-3   Definitions
   5-4—5-15   Reserved
Article II: Boards; The Authority
   5-16   Emergency physicians advisory board
   5-17   Metropolitan area EMS authority
   5-18   Powers and duties of metropolitan area EMS authority
   5-19   Membership of metropolitan area EMS authority
   5-20   First responder advisory board
   5-21—5-30   Reserved
Article III: Violations; Penalties; Traffic Law Exemption
   5-31   Violations
   5-32   Penalties
   5-33   Traffic laws; exemption
   5-34—5-39   Reserved
Article IV: Automated External Defibrillators
   5-40   Definition
   5-41   Training
   5-42   Maintenance
   5-43   Notifying local emergency medical services provider
   5-44   Possession of automated external defibrillators
   5-45   Hospital exemption