(a) County council hereby establishes the following schedule of fees to be charged for emergency medical ambulance services performed by the department of community services-EMS division:
Type of Service
|
Fee
|
(1) BLS basic life support charge (Includes $15 charge for oxygen) | $200 |
(2) BLS basic life support - No transport | $100 |
(3) ALS advance life support - Transport | $270 |
(4) ALS advance life support - No transport | $200 |
(5) Back-up ambulance fee (Greenville County charge for EMS vehicles only) | $70 |
(6) Pickup outside Greenville County lines, including mutual aid responses, will be charged the above applicable fees, and include a mileage fee of $3 per mile. The mileage fee charge shall commence at the out-of-county pickup location and end at the hospital destination.
(7) Supplies such as heart monitor and advance life support procedures are included in the prices for advance life support (ALS) transports and ALS nontransports.
(8) Drugs and supplies shall be cost plus 25%, rounded to whole dollar amounts.
(b) The above stated fees shall be charged for services rendered to all persons. However, the following rules will also apply:
(1) Indigent persons and persons declaring undue hardship will continue receiving emergency medical services without fear of harassment or reprisal, but will undergo a review process for any charge(s) to be reduced, voided or waived.
(2) Citizen complaints regarding unfair charges will undergo a review process for any charge(s) to be reduced, waived, voided, or justified.
(1976 Code, § 6-36) (Ord. 2-4-75, § 6; Ord. 556, § 2; Ord. 923, § 1, passed 9-1-1981; Ord. 1073, § 1, passed 1-18-1983; Ord. 1485, § 1, passed 12-3-1985; Ord. 2472, § 1, passed 6-29-1993; Ord. 3305, §§ 1, 2, passed 11-16-1999)