(A) Operating rules.
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle as an ambulance unless such vehicle has been registered in accordance with state law and all required licenses and permits have been obtained through the proper agency.
(2) Every ambulance shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the state and the ordinances of Surry County.
(B) Ambulance insurance required. Pursuant to G.S. § 153A-250, the county shall exercise its right to establish minimum limits for liability insurance maintained by franchised operators. Every owner operating ambulances under a franchise shall submit to the Board evidence of public liability and property damage insurance currently in force with an insurance company licensed to conduct business in the state, or shall enter into a bond with a personal or corporate surety, in the following minimum amounts:
(1) Bodily injury: $1,000,000 per person; and
(2) Property damage: $1,000,000 per accident.
(C) Liability insurance required. Every owner operating ambulances under a franchise shall submit to the Board evidence of public liability and property damage insurance currently in force with an insurance company licensed to conduct business in the state, covering the acts of the ambulance attendants in an amount of not less than $1,000,000.
(Ord. passed 9-7-2004) Penalty, see § 112.99