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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 78-02f611 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITT,ED AN ORDTMICE ANI-S-NDING, TNF CODF OF 0M_gTAY1C.'�.��'S CF TF?E CTI'Y OF BEAUP40NT, BY ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 4, PROVIDING A1BU- LANCE REGULATIONS; PROVIDING PERMITTING AND LICENSING STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR INSURANCE; PROVIDING FOR EQUIPMENT ON AMBULANCES; PRO- VIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to: -read as follows: CHAPTER 4 Section 4-1. Definitions 1. Street. By the term "street" is meant the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. 2. Ambulance. Any vehicle used, designed or redesigned for the purpose of transporting the sick or injured. 3. Ambulance Permit. The permit issued under Section 4-3 of this Chapter. 4. Health, Authority. The Health Director of the City of Beaumont or his designee. Section 4-2. Operating Ambulance Without Permit No person .shall drive or operate an ambulance for the purpose of transporting the sick or injured for hire upon the public streets of the City of Beaumont unless there is attached to the windshield of such ambulance a valid Ambulance Permit issued for such ambulance by the Health Authority. There shall be exempted from the provisions of the permit and license requirements of this chapter those ambulances who transport clients from a location outside the City of Beaumont into the City of Beaumont and who transport clients only through the City of Beaumont. Section 4-3. Ambulance Permit; Application Every person, partnership or corporation desiring to obtain an•ambulance permit shall make application in writing on a form pro- vided by the City for that purpose to the Health Authority. Such ap- plication shall contain the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant, the owner of the ambulance for which the permit is to be issued, and the address and telephone number of the location from which ambulance service will be originated. The application shall also show the make, model, motor number, and correct state license number of the ambulance for which a permit is being requested. Every application when filed shall be sworn to by the applicant and shall be accompanied by a permit .fee of Twelve Dollars ($12.00). No permit shall be transferable and every permit shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance. Section 474. Conditions for Issuance of Ambulance Permit No ambulance permit shall be issued: (a) Insurance. Unless there is full force and effect a policy or policies of public liability and property damage insurance, issued by a casualty insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and in the standard form approved by the Board of Insurance Commissioners of the State of Texas, with coverage provisions insuring the public from any loss or damage that may arise to any person or property by reason of the operation of the ambulance for which the, -permit is issued, and providing that the amount of recovery shall be in limits not less than the following sums: (1) For damages arising out.of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, $100,000.00. (2) For damages arising out of bodily injury to or death --of two or more persons in any one accident, $300,000.00. (3) For any injury to or destruction of property in any one accident, $25,000.00; -and, -2- the Health Authority shall be furnished with current insurance certificate certifying that such a policy as specified above is in full force and effect, and such certificate shall show that -the insurance shall be in. full force and effect for the complete term of the permit issued here- under.) (b) Taxes. If any delinquent taxes are due the City upon any ambulance operated in the applicant's ambulance business. (c) State Pennit. Unless the applicant has been .issued a permit by the State Board of Health pursuant to Article 4590b of Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes. (d) Revocation of Prior Permit. If the applicant, an employer or any employee of the applicant, or any person residentially domiciled with the applicant, an employer or any employee of the ap- plicant has had an ambulance permit revoked within one year preceding the date of application. (e) Radio. If a shortwave radio receiving device attuned to the radio frequency of the police department or the radio frequency of the fire department is in such ambulance. Section 4-5. Equipment As a minimum requirement, every ambulance for which an ambulance permit is issued shall be equipped with the equipment required by the Rules and Regulations of the Texas Department of Health Resources for a state ambulance permit and for Texas Ambulance Registry. Such equipment shall be permanently labeled in some manner so as to indicate that the equipment is owned by the ambulance company whose ambulance is being inspected. The Rules and Regulations of the Texas Department of Health concerning equipment on ambulances are incorporated by reference as if set out in full at this point. Section 4-6. Licensed Personnel Every ambulance, when in service, shall be manned with at least two personnel. One such person must be the holder of a current Red Cross card certifying that the holder thereof has passed the advanced Red Cross First Aid Course. The second attendant must be the holder of a current Emergency Medical Technician certificate and must be trained in standard cardio pulmonary resuscitation procedures approved by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association with a minimum of -3- • r, . fid, 98 2 eight (8) hours training. Both personnel must possess a valid City of Beaumont ambulance driver's license issued under the authority of this chapter. Only authorized personnel shall be allowed in the ambulance at any time. This does not apply to family members of the injured. { Section 4-7. Personnel Identification Card All ambulance personnel shall wear an identification card issued by the Health Authority. This card shall include a photograph Of the driver and specify his/her degree of training. Such identi- fication card shall be subject to recall by the Health Authority upon the expiration of the certification provided in Section 4-13. The holder of the card is hereby required to surrender said card to the Health Authority upon expiration of certification. ,Section 4-8. Communications Every ambulance shall be equipped with a fully operational two-way radio corm mications system. This system shall have a minimun of two frequencies, one of which shall be attuned to a frequency assigned to_a hospital or hospitals within the City of Beaumont having emergency medical facilities. Section 4-9. Transport of Injured or Ill Persons Ambulances shall be required to transfer patients in a prat and safe manner. Ambulances involved in emergency calls shall travel at a speed no _greater than 10 miles per hour above the legal speed limit. Section 4-10., Ambulance Inspection Each ambulance for which a permit is issued shall be inspected at least once every 12 months to determine ccopliance with this ordinance. As many additional inspections as are determined to be necessary by the Health Authority may be made to insure enforcement of this ordinance. Section 4-11. Revocation of Ambulance Permit. An ambulance permit may be revoked by the Health Authority upon a determination by him that: =M (a) The -..permit holder, an employer or any employee of the permit holder has violated any provision of this chapter, or (b) The permit holder or owner of the ambulance for which the permit is issued is failing to comply and maintain such ambulances in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4-5 pro- viding for certain equipment, or (c) The permit holder, an employer or an employee of the permit holder has used information received from a broadcast on the shortwave radio frequency of the police or fire department for his own: benefit, or the benefit of another person in con- nection with the operation of an ambulance, or (d) The permit holder or owner of the ambulance for which the permit is issued has allowed the am- bulance to be operated transporting the sick or injured for hire upon the public streets of the City of Beaumont by one not having a valid City of Beaumont ambulance driver's license, or (e) The permit holder, an employer or any employee of the permit holder has originated ambulance service from any area in the City of Beaumont zoned "R-1", "R -IN', "R -]M" and "R-2" as set out %61.7 1 1�3 and defined in Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. Section 4-12. Ambulance Driver's License Required. No person shall operat& or drive an ambulance for the purpose of transporting the sick or injured for hire upon the public streets of the City of Beaumont unless he has been issued a City of Beaumont Ambulance Driver's License issued by the Health Authority. 96C Section 4-13. 'Applicat on '.for 'Amibularice 'Driver's License Application for a City of Beaumont Ambulance Driver's License shall be made in writing to the Health Authority on a form provided for that purpose. Such application shall give the name, 1-3-1cIle address and telephone number of the applicant. The applicant must be eighteen (18) years old, the holder of a valid Texas Chauffeur's License and must either be the holder of a current Red Cross Card certifying that he has passed the advanced Red Cross First Aid Course or exhibit proof that he has passed an emergency medical technician course or exhibit proof that he has passed an Emergency Care Attendant Course or exhibit proof of formal medical training acceptable to the Health Authority. No person shall be eligible for a City of Beaumont Ambulance Driver's License who has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the past ten (10) years. Such application must be signed and sworn to before a Notary Public. Every application when filed shall be accompanied by a license fee of $5.00. No license shall be transferable and every license shall expire one year from the date of issuance. Section 4=14. Revocation of'Ambulance Driver's License The Health Authority may revoke the ambulance driver's license of any driver upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this Chapter or upon conviction for a moving violation of the traffic laws of the State of Texas, or its political subdivision, provided such moving violation occurs while the violator is driving or operating an ambulance, or the driver no'longer meets the requirements of Section 4-13 of this Chapter. Section 2. , This ordinance shall be and become effective from and after July 1, 1978. _:C w Section 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause.or phrase.,.of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 5. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 2day of 1978. - Mayor - -7-