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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1307 (2)Ssi" 1 S 2006 N O (a) Grant of franchise before provision of service. No person either as owner, agent, employee or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in the business of emergency, non -emergency or convalescent transportation of patients within the county unless the person holds a valid permit for each ambulance used in such business issued by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Human Resources and has been granted a franchise for the operation of such business or service by the county pursuant to this article. (b) For emergency transportation. No person shall drive, operate or attend a vehicle being operated as an ambulance for emergency transportation purposes within the county unless said person holds a currently valid credential as an Emergency Medical Technician issued by the state. No ambulance shall be operated for emergency transportation purposes unless the vehicle is staffed and/or operated by at least two credentialed Emergency Medical Technicians. The county may require a higher level of driver and attendant credentialing at its discretion. (c) For convalescent non -emergency transportation. No ambulance shall be operated for convalescent or non -emergency transportation service or purposes within the county unless the vehicle is staffed and operated by at least two credentialed emergency medical technicians, both of whom have been credentialed by the state. The county may require a higher level of driver and attendant credentialing at its discretion. (d) Exceptions. No franchise shall be required, and the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply to the following: (1) Any entity rendering assistance to a franchised ambulance service in the case of a major catastrophe or emergency with which the services furnished by the county are insufficient or unable to cope. (2) Any entity operated from a location or headquarters outside of the county in order to transport patients who are picked up beyond the limits of the county, but no such entity shall be used to pick up patients within the county for transporting to locations within the county unless it is rendering assistance referred to in subsection (c) of this section. (3) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the county, the State of North Carolina, or the United States. (4) Volunteer fire departments or rescue squads that provide such services. (5) Hospital-based critical care services, delivered by ground or air, which provide emergency medical transportation services. Sec. X-7. Application: contents. Application for a franchise to operate ambulances in the county shall be made upon such forms as may be prepared or prescribed by the county and shall contain: (1) The name of the applicant and the owner of the ambulance or the ambulance service. (2) The trade name or other fictitious names, if any, under which the applicant does business, along with a certified copy of an assumed name certificate stating such name or articles of incorporation stating such name. (3) A resume of the training and experience of the applicant in the transportation and care of patients. (4) A description and copy of state credential for each ambulance owned and operated by the applicant. (5) The location and description of the places from which it is intended to operate.