CHAPTER 16
TRANSPORTATION

ARTICLE A. AMBULANCES

SECTION:

5-16A-1: Services; Authority

5-16A-2: License Required; Fee; Exemptions

5-16A-3: Verification Of State License

5-16A-1: SERVICES; AUTHORITY:

Ambulance service may be provided within the corporate limits of the City by those persons or entities authorized to supply that service within those limits provided under the Emergency Medical Service Systems Act of the State, Utah Code Annotated title 26, chapter 8, the implementing regulations thereof and any amendments thereto or other applicable State laws.

(1979 Code § 5.06.010; Ord. 91-35, 8-29-1991)

5-16A-2: LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE; EXEMPTIONS:

No person shall engage in the business of operating a private ambulance within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining a City business license. "Engaging in the business of operating a private ambulance" shall include the operation of a private ambulance service from a business location established within the City or the operation of any ambulance upon the streets of the City by a private ambulance service while transporting a sick or injured person. The transport to any place located in the City of any sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless person from a point or origin outside the City limits, the nonstop transport through the City by an ambulance and operations by all ambulances exempt from the Emergency Medical Service Systems Act of the State are exempt from this licensing requirement. Also exempt from licensing under this Section is the operation of an ambulance merely as back-up to another ambulance operator; provided, that the transport of the sick or injured person was requested by the governmental agency responsible for dispatching emergency medical services. Persons licensed under this Section shall pay a license fee under Chapter 1, Article B of this Title.

(1979 Code § 5.06.020; Ord. 91-35, 8-29-1991; amd. Ord. 97-94, 12-16-1997)

5-16A-3: VERIFICATION OF STATE LICENSE:

No license shall be issued for the operation of a private ambulance business within the City except to those persons or entities who have been licensed by the State and no license shall be issued for the operation of an ambulance service if such operation is in conflict with service areas established by the State. The Business License Coordinator shall require verification from the State of the existence of a current and valid license and verification of the approved service area under the State license.

(1979 Code § 5.06.030; Ord. 91-35, 8-29-1991)