(A) General requirements for ambulance personnel.
(1) Every ALS ambulance subject to regulation under this chapter is required to have on board each ambulance unit at least two personnel certified under these regulations. At least one person must be certified as a paramedic, and the other person must be certified as both driver and as either a paramedic or an emergency medical technician (EMT). If an ambulance unit is manned by one paramedic and one EMT, the EMT shall serve as driver even if both persons possess ambulance driver certifications. In such cases, the paramedic shall be responsible for directing patient care and ambulance operations in general at all times. If two paramedics serve on the same unit, one shall be designated as senior paramedic in charge by the director of operations or the shift supervisor.
(2) Every BLS ambulance subject to regulation under this chapter is required to have on board two EMT's, one to drive and another to attend.
(3) No person shall be employed or otherwise permitted to drive or attend ambulances subject to this chapter, unless he shall hold a currently valid state certification and is nationally registered as a paramedic or EMT. It shall be unlawful for any person to serve on an ambulance or helicopter rescue unit as ambulance personnel unless that person has in his possession a currently valid state license.
(B) General responsibilities for dispatchers. Any person employed for the purpose of receiving telephone or other requests for ambulance service and for dispatching ambulances in the city ambulance service system is required to receive emergency medical dispatch training as provided by or equal to that provided by the authority.
(Ord. 507, passed 2-20-18)