(A)
No person (either as owner, agent, or otherwise) shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, or otherwise engage in or advertise, offer, or profess to engage in ambulance service within the county unless the person holds (and is entitled to hold) a currently valid ambulance certificate of operation issued by the Agency.
(B) No person (either as owner, agent, or otherwise) shall furnish and operate an ambulance unless that ambulance has a currently valid ambulance permit issued by the Agency.
(C) Quick response vehicles, gurney, and wheelchair van transport providers are required to hold an ambulance certificate of operation. Gurney van and wheelchair van medical transportation services will not be provided on an exclusive basis. Each medical transportation entity providing service within the county shall obtain a certificate of operation. A transportation vehicle permit is required for each vehicle owned by the medical transportation entity and operated within the county.
(D) No person (either as owner, agent, or otherwise) shall furnish and operate a quick response vehicle, gurney, or wheelchair van unless that vehicle has a currently valid ambulance permit issued by the Agency.
(E) No certificate of operation or ambulance permit is required for the delivery into the county of persons picked up outside the county. No certificate of operation or ambulance permit is required for specialized teams, including, but not limited to, neonatal intensive care units permitted by another emergency medical services agency, or transporting patients to acute care hospitals based outside of the county.
(F) Exclusive operating areas. The county has not established EOA for BLS, and/or CCT emergency and/or non-emergency transport, but retains its option to do so in the future.
(Ord. 923, § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 977, § 2, 2019)