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(A) By adopting this subchapter and executing and approving the restated interlocal cooperative agreement, this jurisdiction has joined the authority, which shall now be known as the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority.
(B) The authority shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) The authority is hereby designated as the sole provider of ambulance service and special event ambulance standby service within this jurisdiction, whether directly or indirectly through contractors, pursuant to the terms, conditions and provisions of the restated interlocal cooperative agreement, except for those services exempted by § 30.031(B);
(2) The authority shall comply with all terms of the restated interlocal cooperative agreement and have all the powers and duties enumerated therein;
(3) The authority is required to provide this jurisdiction with basic and advanced life support ambulance service in accordance with system performance standards and all applicable law, rules and regulations, as well as all patient care standards that EPAB may from time to time promulgate;
(4) The authority is authorized to operate an MIH program on a non-exclusive basis in this jurisdiction;
(5) The authority shall enter into a first responder agreement with this jurisdiction and may issue, suspend, revoke, and renew permits for the delivery of first responder services in this jurisdiction by other agencies, subject to the credentialing process by EPAB and the Office of the Medical Director and subject to rights of appeal to the Board;
(6) The authority shall adopt standards approved by EPAB governing the operation of specialized mobile intensive care units and for specialty care transport within the service area, including standards limiting the types of patients which may be transported thereby, and, subject to the credentialing process by EPAB and the Office of the Medical Director, may issue, suspend, revoke, and renew permits for the operation of such units as required by this subchapter.
(7) The authority shall adopt standards approved by EPAB governing the operation of aeromedical transportation units within the service area, including standards defining the circumstances under which such units may be deployed to emergency scenes and, subject to the credentialing process by EPAB and the Office of the Medical Director, may issue, suspend, revoke, and renew permits for the operation of such units as required by this subchapter.
(8) The authority shall adopt standards approved by EPAB governing the provision of special event ambulance standby service within the service area and, subject to the credentialing process by EPAB and the Office of the Medical Director, may issue, suspend, revoke, and renew permits for the provision of such ambulance standby service.
(C) The Authority Board's membership and other matters relating to the Authority shall be set forth in the restated interlocal cooperative agreement and in the Bylaws adopted by the Authority's Board.
(Ord. 258, passed 8-14-2003; Ord. 394, passed 1-12-2017)
(A) There is hereby created a First Responder Advisory Board ("FRAB") which shall advise and inform the authority and EPAB on matters related to first response and prehospital emergency medical services in the Service Area.
(B) The FRAB's membership and other matters relating to the board shall be set forth in the restated interlocal cooperative agreement and in the bylaws adopted by the FRAB.
(Ord. 258, passed 8-14-2003; Ord. 394, passed 1-12-2017) Penalty, see § 30.999
(A) It shall be unlawful:
(1) To knowingly give false information to induce the dispatch of an ambulance or aeromedical transportation unit.
(2) To perform duties as an ECA, EMT, Paramedic or emergency ambulance dispatcher without current credentials issued by the Office of the Medical Director, unless participating in a training program approved by Office of the Medical Director;
(3) To permit a person to work as an ECA, EMT, Paramedic or emergency ambulance dispatcher without current credentials issued by the Office of the Medical Director, unless participating in a training program approved by Office of the Medical Director;
(4) To use, or cause to be used, any ambulance service other than the authority, except as permitted in division (B) below;
(5) For any person or entity other than the authority to provide ambulance service within this jurisdiction, unless pursuant to a written agreement with the authority;
(6) For any person to provide medical transportation originating in the service area without a permit issued by the authority;
(7) For any agency to provide first responder services without a first responder permit issued by the authority, unless pursuant to a first responder agreement with the authority or a written automatic aid or mutual aid agreement with this jurisdiction;
(8) To use an ambulance for the transportation of persons other than in connection with the transportation of a patient.
(B) It shall be a defense to any alleged violation of this section that a vehicle is being used or service is provided solely in any of the following manners:
(1) As a privately owned vehicle not ordinarily used in the business of transporting persons who are sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated or helpless;
(2) Rendering service as an ambulance at the request of the EMS Communications Center upon the declaration of a disaster by this Jurisdiction, the State of Texas, or the United States; or a declaration of a major catastrophe or extreme system overload by the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority;
(3) Any ambulance owned or operated by the federal or state government;
(4) Ambulance mutual aid calls when rendered pursuant to an ambulance mutual aid agreement approved by the authority;
(5) Special event ambulance standby coverage, so long as such service is provided without charge by an emergency medical services volunteer provider, as defined in Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.003(13), or the Authority has first declined to provide coverage and the entity providing coverage has been issued a permit by the authority;
(6) Wheelchair transport services for persons other than patients, when the service is not provided by ambulance; and
(7) Medical transportation of a patient where the transport originates outside the service area.
(Ord. 258, passed 8-14-2003; Ord. 394, passed 1-12-2017)
When the driver of an emergency medical response vehicle has reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency exists, as determined by the EMS Communication Center, the vehicle shall be treated as an "authorized emergency vehicle" within the meaning of Chapter 546 of the Tex. Transp. Code and shall be exempt from traffic laws as provided therein.
(Ord. 258, passed 8-14-2003; Ord. 394, passed 1-12-2017)
PUBLIC SMOKING
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM. An electrically powered, hospital grade, hepa media filter that will clean all of the air in the designated smoking area every 15 minutes as follows: not less than 95% of three-tenths micron particulates efficiency including dust, smoke, pollen, mold spores, bacteria, tobacco smoke, viruses, and allergens and not less than 95% removal of gases, vapors, volatile organic compounds (V.O.C.), and odors.
AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM. An HVAC system designed by a licensed professional engineer to meet the requirements of the town mechanical code.
HEALTH CARE FACILITY. Any office or institution providing individual care or treatment of human medical, physiological, or psychological illness, which definition shall include, but not be limited to, hospitals, doctor’s offices, nursing and convalescent homes, and senior citizens residential facilities.
NET FLOOR AREA. The portion of the interior of a facility that is normally utilized by the public. It shall not include restroom facilities, waiting areas, or public telephone areas.
PERSONS. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
PUBLIC FACILITY. Any public meeting room, office, conference area, or public service area owned, operated, or used by the Town of Lakeside.
RESTAURANT. Any structure or premises where the principal activity involves the serving of prepared food with or without alcohol for customers on-premises or off-premises consumption. Cafeterias and lunch counters are included in this definition while drive-in eating establishments are not.
SMOKING. The lighting, holding, carrying of, inhaling, and exhaling of the smoke of a tobacco, herb, or other leaf product, which definition includes, but is not limited to, the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind or any other lighted smoking equipment or device.
(Ord. 250, passed 6-12-2003)
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