The City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the health and safety of the citizens of the City for ambulance transport services to be provided by the City Fire Department. In order for the ambulance service to be self-supporting and in order to deliver the highest quality of patient care, the Fire Department shall be authorized to charge the user of ambulance services for the reasonable costs of providing those services, including those paramedic services used in ambulance transport. The City Council also finds that it is necessary to provide emergency and nonemergency ambulance services as well as ambulance services outside of the corporate limits of the City in order to operate a self-supporting ambulance service which will not require subsidy from the General Fund.
(1979 Code 8.50.010; Ord. 91-34, 8-22-1991)
The Chief of the City Fire Department shall be responsible for the management and operation of ambulance services provided by the Department. All ambulance services shall be provided in conformance with the rules and regulations established by the State under the Emergency Medical Services System Act 1 .
(1979 Code 8.50.030; Ord. 91-34, 8-22-1991)
Notes
| 1 | 1. U.C.A. § 26-8-1 et seq. |
The rates and charges for ambulance and paramedic transport services provided by the Fire Department shall be those maximum rates and charges determined by rule of the State Emergency Medical Services Committee under the provisions of the Emergency Medical Services System Act which rates and charges reflect the reasonable cost of providing ambulance services.
(1979 Code 8.50.040; Ord. 91-34, 8-22-1991)