(A) The License Officer shall, within ten days after receipt of an application for an ambulance license as provided for herein, cause the investigation as he or she deems necessary to be made of the applicant and of his or her proposed operations.
(B) The License Officer shall issue a license hereunder for a specified ambulance, to be valid for a period of one year unless earlier suspended, revoked or terminated, when he or she finds that:
(1) The public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service;
(2) Each ambulance, its required equipment and the premises designated in the application, comply with the standards prescribed herein;
(3) The applicant is a responsible and proper person to conduct or work in the proposed business;
(4) Only duly licensed drivers, attendants and attendant-drivers are employed in those capacities; and
(5) All the requirements of this chapter and all other applicable laws and ordinances have been met.
(C) Prior to the issuance of any ambulance license hereunder, the License Officer shall cause to be inspected the vehicles, equipment and premises designated in each application hereunder to determine compliance with the standards prescribed herein.
(D) Subsequent to issuance of an ambulance license hereunder, the License Officer shall cause to be inspected each licensed vehicle, and its equipment and premises, whenever he or she deems the inspection to be necessary, but, in any event, no less frequently than twice each year. The periodic inspection required hereunder shall be in addition to any other safety or motor vehicle inspection required to be made for ambulances or other motor vehicles, or other inspections required to be made under general law or ordinances, and shall not excuse compliance with any requirement of law or ordinance to display any official certificate of motor vehicle inspection and approval, nor excuse compliance with the requirements of any other applicable general law or ordinance.
(E) A copy of each initial, semi-annual or other ambulance, equipment and premises inspection report by the License Officer under the provisions of this section shall be promptly transmitted to the applicant or licensee to whom it refers.
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