CHAPTER 7: OPERATION OF AMBULANCES

Section

   4-7.01   Definitions

   4-7.02   Applicability

   4-7.03   Certificates of public convenience and necessity

   4-7.04   Applications

   4-7.05   Notices

   4-7.06   Hearing

   4-7.07   Suspension and revocation

   4-7.08   Certificates; prerequisite to license

   4-7.09   Insurance

   4-7.10   Mandatory requirements

§ 4-7.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   AMBULANCE. Any vehicle meeting the requirements of the State Administrative Code that is specifically constructed, modified, equipped, designed, and used and operated for transporting sick, injured, convalescent, infirm, or other incapacitated persons.

   AMBULANCE ATTENDANT. Any person whose duty it is to care for any person being transported in an ambulance.

   AMBULANCE SERVICE. The transportation for hire of the sick, injured, convalescent, infirm, or other incapacitated persons or entity other than a governmental agency.

   DRIVER. Any person who drives an ambulance.

   EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. An individual trained in life support in accordance with standards set forth in the State Administrative Code and who holds a valid certificate issued pursuant to the code. Emergency Medical Technician may be classified as Emergency Medical Technician-I (EMT- I), Emergency Medical Technician-II (EMT-II). or Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P).

   LICENSE. A business license issued by the Director of Finance.

   NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. Transportation for hire of persons with stable medical conditions which may require the use of a litter, gurney, or other equipment, and which can be provided in a vehicle not routinely equipped with the medical equipment or personnel required for the specialized care provided in an ambulance.

   OPERATOR. The person, persons, or entity which owns or otherwise controls the operation of an ambulance service.

('61 Code, § 4-7.01) (Ord. 144 C.S., passed 3-18-70; Am. Ord. 402 C.S., passed 1-20-83; Am. Ord. 414 C.S., passed 8-1-83)

§ 4-7.02 APPLICABILITY.

   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the operation of any vehicle used for the limited purpose of delivering passengers or patients within the city from some point outside the city, to any ambulance picking up a patient within the city when such ambulance operator shall have been informed by the person requesting such service that no certificate holder hereunder is willing or able to render such service and the Police Department of the city is then notified that such pickup shall be made, or to any ambulance when such services shall have been summoned or requested by any police, fire, or civilian defense authority.

('61 Code, § 4-7.02) (Ord. 144 C.S., passed 3-18-70; Am. Ord. 402 C.S., passed 1-20-83; Am. Ord. 414 C.S., passed 8-1-83)