(a) Each ambulance subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, at all times when in use as such:
(1) Conform to suitable standards, requirements and regulations provided for by the Department of Public Safety for the transportation of patients, from the standpoint of health, sanitation and safety;
(2) Be under the control of persons who meet current State minimum training requirements for attendants and drivers;
(3) Meet or exceed the Federal minimum design requirements and the minimum standards for equipment as established by the U.S. Department of Transportation;
(4) Contain equipment conforming with the standards, requirements and regulations provided for by the Department of Public Safety, which equipment shall be in proper and good condition for such use;
(5) Currently comply with all applicable laws and local ordinances and regulations relating to health, sanitation and safety;
(6) Be equipped with such lights, sirens and special markings to designate it as an ambulance as may be prescribed in reasonable regulations prescribed by the Director of Public Safety; and
(7) Be operated at a safe speed and in a safe manner at all times.
(b) Any change of ownership of an ambulance subject to the provisions of this chapter shall terminate the license and shall require a new application, a new license and conformance with all the requirements of this chapter as upon original licensing.
(c) An application for the transfer of any ambulance license to another or substitute vehicle shall require conformance with all the requirements of this chapter as upon original licensing. No ambulance license may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the approval of the Department of Public Safety and a finding of conformance with all the requirements of this chapter as upon original licensing.
(d) Each licensed ambulance, its equipment and premises designated in the application and all records relating to its maintenance and operation as such, shall be open to inspection by the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee during usual hours of operation.
(e) No official entry made upon a license may be defaced, removed or obliterated.
(f) No privately-owned ambulance may be approved for license if any of the following applies:
(1) It uses the same insignia or monogram as those in use for ambulances operated by the City;
(2) Its drivers, attendants or attendant-drivers wear essentially the same uniform as those worn by the drivers, attendants, or attendant-drivers employed by the City; or
(3) The name under which the service operates does not appear on the left and right sides of each ambulance, in letters at least four inches high.
(Ord. O75-87, passed 6-3-1975)