The following words and terms when used in this chapter have the meanings herein ascribed to them.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. Those special services defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1797.52 and any amendments thereto and referred to in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) System and the prehospital Medical Care Personnel Act, Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 1797 et seq., and any amendments thereto, or regulation promulgated thereunder.
AMBULANCE. A vehicle specially constructed, modified or equipped and used for the purpose of transporting sick, injured, convalescent, infirmed or otherwise incapacitated persons. AMBULANCE also includes the transportation of persons confined to wheelchairs.
(A) A primary ambulance shall be one used regularly in service by the grantee.
(B) A backup ambulance shall be an ambulance only used occasionally to fill in while a primary ambulance is temporarily out of service.
AMBULANCE ATTENDANT. Any person accompanying an ambulance to provide pre-hospital medical care for a sick, injured or otherwise incapacitated person.
AMBULANCE DRIVER. A person who is licensed by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to operate an ambulance.
AMBULANCE PROVIDER. A firm, partnership, corporation or other organization which furnishes or offers to furnish an ambulance service within the city limits of Tulare.
AMBULANCE SERVICE. The activity, business or service for hire, profit or otherwise, of transporting one or more persons by ambulance on any of the streets, roads, highways, alleys or any public way or place within the city limits of Tulare.
AMBULANCE STATION. The premises (including living quarters) located within a zone from which the ambulance provider renders service.
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. Those special services defined by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1797.60 and any amendments thereto and referred to in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) System and the prehospital Medical Care Personnel Act, Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 1797 et seq., and any amendments thereto, or regulation promulgated thereunder.
CALL-UP PROTOCOL. A systematic procedure for providing adequate ambulance coverage, within the city limits of Tulare, on those occasions when ambulances of the grantee are unavailable for additional emergency assistance.
EMERGENCY CALL. A request for the dispatch of an ambulance to transport or provide other assistance to persons in sudden need of immediate medical attention, including the transport of all persons identified in the Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code § 5150.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-I or EMT-I. An individual defined in the Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1797.80, with a scope of service set forth in the Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1797.170, trained in basic life support according to standards set forth in the Cal. Code of Regulations, Title 22, Chapter 2, §§ 100005 et seq., and certified as such by the Medical Director.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN- PARAMEDIC, EMT-P or MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PARAMEDIC. An individual whose scope of practice is to provide advanced life support in accordance to standards prescribed by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1797.84 and who has a valid certificate issued pursuant to the division.
EMS. Emergency medical services which include all services required to identify, respond to, stabilize and treat all medical and psychiatric emergencies.
EXCLUSIVE OPERATING AREA. The service area within the City of Tulare designated by the City Council where the provision of emergency ambulance service is restricted to a single provider.
GRANTEE. A firm, partnership or corporation granted a franchise to operate an ambulance service within the city limits of Tulare.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR. A physician serving as the Medical Director/Health Officer of the Tulare County Emergency Medical Service Agency.
PERMIT OFFICER. The Fire Chief of the City of Tulare or his or her designee.
(1995 Code, § 7.40.050) (Ord. 06-2024, passed 6-20-2006; Ord. 96-1786, passed - -1996)