(a) The Health Officer, after conducting a hearing pursuant to §§ 31.0601—31.0605, shall be empowered to suspend or revoke the permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter to operate an ambulance service when it has been found after investigation that the permittee or any partner, officer, or director:
(1) Violates any section of this Chapter or the EMS Plan, or any rules or regulations that are promulgated by the Department or the local EMS Agency which relate to his permit activities;
(2) Is convicted of any felony;
(3) Is convicted of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
(4) Is convicted of any offense relating to the use, sale, possession, or transportation of narcotics or habit-forming drugs;
(5) Commits any act involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit whereby another is injured, or whereby the permittee has benefitted, or any act involving moral turpitude;
(6) Has misrepresented a material fact in obtaining a permit, or is no longer adhering to the conditions specified in his permit;
(7) Aids or abets an unlicensed or uncertified person to evade the provisions of this Chapter;
(8) Fails to make and keep records showing his transactions as a permittee, or fails to have such records available for inspection by the Health Officer or his or her duly authorized representative for a period of not less than three years after completion of any transaction to which the records refer, or refuses to comply with a written request of the Health Officer to make such record available for inspection;
(9) Accepts an emergency call within permitted area when either unable or unwilling to provide the requested service or fails to inform the person requesting such service of any delay and fails to obtain the consent of such before causing an ambulance to respond from a location more distant than the one to which the request was directed;
(10) Fails to pay required fees or penalties.
(b) If any of the managers of an ambulance service are found after hearing to have acted in the manner set forth in Subdivisions (a)(2), (3), (4), or (5) hereof, the ambulance service shall not have its permit suspended or revoked unless it shall have failed, for more than 15 days after the completion of said hearing to have removed the manager or managers found to have so acted.
(Ord. 2084, passed - -1976; Am. Ord. 3251, passed - -1998)