(A) Each private ambulance must be licensed as an emergency medical services vehicle with the Texas Department of State Health Services. Each private ambulance and all private ambulance equipment must comply with all applicable federal and state motor vehicle safety standards and with the standards for emergency medical services vehicles set forth in the Emergency Medical Services Act (Chapter 773, Texas Health and Safety Code), as amended. All safety mechanisms on each vehicle must be operative and in good repair, including, but not limited to, headlights, taillights, turn signals, brakes, brake lights, emergency lights, windshield wipers, wiper blades, handles opening doors and windows, tires, and spare tires.
(B) Each private ambulance, while on an ambulance call, must be accompanied by at least two ambulance personnel. One of the ambulance personnel shall serve as the driver while the other remains in attendance on the sick or injured patient.
(C) Clean and sanitary bed linens must be provided on each private ambulance for each patient earned. Bed linens must be changed as soon as practical after the discharge of a patient, but before picking up another patient.
(Ord. 23-1304, passed 1-12-2023; Am. Ord. 23-1306, passed 2-9-2023)