During the term of the license, the licensee shall comply in all respects with the provisions of this article and shall satisfy all terms and conditions of any license issued hereunder. In order to stay in compliance with the requirements of this article, and to comply with the terms and provisions of any license issued hereunder, any licensee shall during the term of the license continue to adhere to the provisions and requirements of sections 11-75 and 11-76 herein, as well as fulfill the following requirements:
(1) the licensee shall establish and maintain an office within the city limits of the city;
(2) all motor vehicles and personnel used in the performance of the non-emergency ambulance services shall during the term of any license meet minimum requirements established by the Texas Department of State Health Services for basic life support ambulances;
(3) all equipment shall be maintained in good working condition;
(4) the color of all non-emergency ambulances shall be different and distinctive from the color of emergency ambulances operated by the city fire department. Each non-emergency ambulance shall bear markings which identify both the licensee's name and vehicle number. The name designation shall be placed on both sides and the rear of the ambulance. The issued Texas Department of State Health Services license number shall also be affixed to the ambulance exterior;
(5) each licensee shall maintain at its place of business located within the city a properly listed telephone, and business records and daily manifests as set forth herein, available for inspection or audit as deemed advisable by the Fire Chief. It shall also be the responsibility of the licensee to maintain with the Fire Chief the business address and telephone number whereby the licensee may be reached at all times;
(6) each licensee shall maintain a daily log on which shall be recorded the date, time of service requested, time of dispatch, "dispatched-as" description, time of arrival on the scene, patient's chief complaint, pre-hospital provider's general impression of the patient's condition, time of arrival at the ultimate destination, patient's name, address, and fees and charges assessed for each trip. Said records and books shall, at all reasonable times, be made available for purposes of audit by the city. Additionally, this information shall be reported to the Longview Fire Department's EMS Section Chief on a monthly basis by the 10th day of the subsequent month via facsimile and/or such other means of transmission as the Fire Chief may designate;
(7) annually each licensee shall, by or before March 31st, submit any additional information reflecting changes in the information currently on file with the city as required under the terms and provisions of this article for issuance of the license. By or before March 31st, the licensee shall post with the city, along with the required information necessary to update the license information in the city's file, an annual renewal fee in the amount set by resolution of the City Council;
(8) all ambulances shall be subject to the same statutes, ordinances and rules and regulations relating to safety and operating equipment applicable to other motor vehicles in the city;
(9) the licensee shall, upon request of the Fire Chief, present any and all vehicles and equipment for inspection by the Fire Chief or his designee at a location specified by the Fire Chief; and
(10) the licensee shall, upon the occurrence of a recognized emergency within the city, and upon request of the Fire Chief, make available the vehicles and crews normally assigned to business in the city for the sake of mutual aid needs. In this circumstance, the vehicles may respond to, or transport from, the scene of an emergency within the city limits, under the direct control of the Fire Chief or his designee.
(11) all ambulances shall maintain the ability to communicate via two-way radio with the Longview Fire Department's emergency response fleet and the City's public safety communications center via any of the following: (1) direct communications via the City's Trunked 800mHz radio system subsequent to the City Council's approval of a radio-use MOU or (2) patched communications via the Texas Statewide Interoperability Channel Plan subsequent to the Texas Department of Public Safety's approval of a MOU for installation and use of those designated radio channels. The patched communications must be within the VHF (very high frequency) radio spectrum. Each licensee shall comply with this subsection (11) no later than March 31, 2021. On and after March 31, 2021, each licensee must comply with this subsection (11) at all times and any person seeking to abtain or renew a license under this article must comply with this subsection in order to receive or renew said license.
(Ord. No. 2841, § 2, 9-9-99; Ord. No. 3053, § 5, 8-9-01; Ord. No. 3525, § 12, 6-14-07, Ord. No. 4248, § 6, 1-9-20)