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(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.