§ 91.63. Status as emergency vehicles.

(a)

The driver of an emergency ambulance, when responding to an authorized emergency call or transporting an emergency patient, shall comply with all applicable state laws and city ordinances pertaining to operation of emergency vehicles and must enter into a written agreement with tbe city.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any operator of a transfer ambulance to utilize audible and visual emergency signals, except where circumstances reasonably dictate that the transfer of a nonemergency patient has suddenly without warning become an emergency, in which situation such driver may exercise all of the priveleges set forth in subsection (a).

(c)

The holder of an emergency ambulance permit shall not deny timely emergency response, treatment, or transportation to an appropriale medical facility to anyone in the city due to age, sex, race, religion, ethnicity, medical condition or the patient's actual or perceived ability or inability to pay for service rendered pursuant to the permit. In addition, the holder of an emergency ambulance permit shall make available to the city, upon the city's request, ambulances and personnel necessary for standby and assistance during emergencies occurring in the city.

(d)

Firearms are prohibited aboard all transfer ambulance vehicles, except when in the possession of a certified law enforcement officer who is not an employee of the permitted company and who may be required to accompany a patient to a medical facility.

(e)

Each permitted emergency ambulance vehicle shall be staffed on every call by at least two persons having EMT certification, one of which shall be certitied at the EMT-Paramedic level.

(Ord. No. 2006-868, 2-27-06)