(A) Permits for private ambulance service will be issued through the City Manager’s office for the city. Private service shall be restricted to emergent, non-emergency calls, special events, transfers and removing deceased persons.
(B) No person, either as owner, agent or otherwise shall operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise engage in or profess to be engaged in the business of ambulance service upon the streets, alleys or public ways or places of the city unless he or she holds a currently valid private ambulance service permit issued pursuant to this section.
(C) Private ambulance service permits shall be issued for one year. The permit period shall be renewed annually based on the date of issuance. A permit holder shall apply for a renewal at least 30 days before the expiration of the registration.
(D) No person shall act as an operator (attendant-driver) on any ambulance operated under this section unless he or she holds a valid drivers license and appropriate valid certification as defined by Texas Department of State Health Services. Exception to this section’s certification requirement includes declared disasters and other emergencies as determined by state and local laws.
(E) Private ambulance service permits issued are not assignable or transferable and remain the property of the city.
(F) No official entry made upon a private ambulance service permit may be defaced, removed or obliterated.
(G) The private ambulance service permit, or a copy, shall be kept on all ambulances and available for inspection by any officer of the city at all times.
(Ord. 23-1304, passed 1-12-2023; Am. Ord. 23-1306, passed 2-9-2023)