(A) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to commit any of the following acts:
(1) To allow any person to work as an ambulance driver, attendant or dispatcher without a current valid certification issued pursuant to this code;
(2) To use, or cause to be used, an ambulance service other than an ambulance service holding a valid license issued pursuant to this code, except for those services described in division (B), below;
(3) For any person, firm or organization to respond to emergency calls originating within the GEMS District, other than an ambulance service which is a holder of a valid emergency ambulance service license issued pursuant to this code;
(4) For any person, firm or organization to respond to routine transport calls originating within the GEMS District, other than an ambulance service which is a holder of a valid routine transport ambulance service license issued pursuant to this code;
(5) To knowingly give false information to induce the dispatch of an ambulance, first responder unit, or helicopter rescue unit.
(B) It shall not be a violation of this code, and no emergency or routine transport license shall be required if the vehicle or ambulance is:
(1) A privately owned vehicle not used in the business of transporting patients who are sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated or helpless;
(2) A vehicle rendering services as an ambulance in the event of a major catastrophe or emergency when ambulances with permits based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are incapacitated or insufficient in number to render the services needed;
(3) An ambulance owned or operated by, or under contract with, the federal or state government;
(4) An ambulance transporting a patient to a location within the GEMS District, which transport originated from a point outside the GEMS District;
(5) An ambulance responding to a call pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with the holder of a valid emergency ambulance service license issued pursuant to this code;
(6) A vehicle engaged in a routine transport call to transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home, or free-standing dialysis center located within the GEMS District to any unincorporated area;
(7) A vehicle engaged in a routine transport call to transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home, or free-standing dialysis center located within the GEMS District to any point outside the zone;
(8) A vehicle engaged in the interstate transport of a patient.
(Ord. 3286, passed 3-15-16)