(A) Unless directed to do so by the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital under no circumstances will the ambulance rescue vehicle and the personnel of the Fire Department transport a person to any place other than Kewanee Hospital.
(B) Under no circumstances will the Fire Department personnel take orders regarding transport of a person from any one other than the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital.
(C) The only choices available to a person provided with transportation in the emergency rescue vehicle are transportation as directed by the doctor in charge or on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital, to the nearest appropriate hospital or refusal to be transported.
(D) Fire Department personnel shall not make the decision not to transport a person on the basis of instructions from a relative or a person with power of attorney.
(E) Unless directed to do so by the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital transportation of a person to a place other than Kewanee Hospital can only be done in one of the two nonemergency ambulance vehicles operated by the Ambulance Department.
(F) Persons who refuse transport to the Kewanee Hospital should be advised that transport to a site other than Kewanee Hospital will necessarily involve a delay for transportation by a nonemergency ambulance.
(G) If ambulance personnel operating an ambulance for out-of-town transport determine that the person is not capable of withstanding the transport to the out-of-town site, ambulance personnel will refuse to transport the person unless said personnel receive authorization from a doctor in charge or on duty with the Resource Hospital.
('71 Code, § 3-7-10) (Ord. 2262, passed 2-22-82; Am. Ord. 2743, passed 10-9-90; Am. Ord. 3650, passed 7-12-10)