(a) The Board of Supervisors approves the following fee schedule for Fire Department emergency medical services:
(1) Treatment without Transportation, a base rate fee of $365.00 per call.
(2) Basic Life Service, including transportation, a base rate fee of $1,642 per call.
(3) Advanced Life Service, including transportation, a base rate fee of $1,642 per call.
(4) Mileage if transported, an additional fee above the base rate of $31.00 per mile.
(b) Beginning with Fiscal Year 2011-2012, the fees set in this section may be amended without further action by the Board of Supervisors, to reflect changes in the Medical Consumer Price Index as determined by the Controller. No later than April 15th of each year, the Fire Department shall submit its current fee schedule to the Controller, who shall apply the price index adjustment to produce a new fee schedule for the following year.
(c) No later than May 15th of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new fee schedule and certifying that: (a) the fees produce sufficient revenue to support the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed, and (b) the fees do not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed.
(Added by Ord. 106-03, File No. 030624, App. 5/23/2003; amended by Ord. 185-05, File No. 050993, App. 7/29/2005; Ord. 165-08, File No. 080759, 7/30/2008; Ord. 170-09, File No. 090706, 7/21/2009; Ord. 174-10, File No. 100714, App. 7/23/2010)