(a) Procedure and Information Required. Prerequisite to the issuance of a permit or renewal of a permit for an applicant shall include filing with the Department an application in writing on a form to be furnished by the Department, which shall provide the following minimum information:
(1) Name and description of applicant;
(2) Business address and residence address of record of the applicant;
(3) Trade or firm name, or DBA as recorded;
(4) If a corporation, a joint venture or a partnership or limited partnership, the names of all partners, or the names of corporate officers, their permanent addresses and their percentage of participation in the business;
(5) A statement of facts for new applicants showing the past experience of the applicant in the operation of an ambulance service and at what level and that the applicant is qualified to render efficient 24-hour ambulance service;
(6) A photocopy of the license(s) issued by the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to privately owned ambulances (in accordance with Vehicle Code § 2501 and Administrative Code Title 13) shall be provided to the Department prior to the start of ambulance operations;
(7) The geographical operating area as specified in the OEMs Plan for the County for which the permit is requested;
(8) The level or levels of service which the applicant proposes to provide;
(9) A statement in initial and renewal applications that the applicant owns or will have under his or her control required equipment to adequately conduct an ambulance service in the operating area for which he or she is or proposes to be permitted, which meet the requirements established by the California Vehicle Code, and that the applicant owns or has access to suitable and safe facilities for maintaining his or her ambulance service in a clean, sanitary and mechanically sound condition;
(10) A list for initial and renewal applications amended as required during the year for any changed, substituted, loaned, or leased vehicles, giving a complete description of each ambulance vehicle operated by the applicant, including the patient capacity thereof, and a copy of the most recent Ambulance Inspection Report issued by the California Highway Patrol for each vehicle;
(11) An affirmation for initial and renewal applications that each permitted ambulance and its appurtenances conform to all applicable provisions of this Chapter, the California Vehicle Code, the California Administrative Code, and any other applicable State or local directives;
(12) A statement for renewal applications that the applicant employs sufficient personnel adequately trained and available to deliver ambulance services of good quality at all times in the applicant’s permitted operating area. When an initial application is submitted, a statement that the applicant will employ sufficient personnel adequately trained and available to deliver ambulance services of good quality at all times in the applicant’s permitted operating area;
(13) A list amended as required during the year for any personnel changes, giving a description of the level of training for each ambulance employee, and a copy of each certificate or license issued by the State, County, or local EMS Agency establishing qualifications of such personnel in ambulance operations. An initial applicant shall submit a list of personnel and their qualification prior to attaining operational status;
(14) A proposed schedule of any special rates to be charged by the permittee for ambulance services;
(15) A statement in the initial application that shows to the satisfaction of the Department that the issuance of a permit is in the public interest and there is a need for a permit to be issued, in that there is a requirement for ambulance service which can be legally serviced by the applicant;
(16) A statement signed by the applicant that as a condition of the County’s issuing a permit, applicant agrees to appear and defend all actions against the County arising out of the exercise of said permit, and shall indemnify, defend, and save the County, its officers, employees and agents harmless of and from all claims, demands, actions, or causes of actions of every kind and description resulting directly or indirectly and arising out of, or in any way connected with exercise of this permit unless this is a conflict of interest;
(17) Such other facts or information as the Department may require.
(18) Permits for “special events” shall meet all the requirements of this Section.
(A) The ambulance service or services shall be provided by either the ambulance service possessing a regular permit for the area or a special events operator as selected by the special event promoter.
(B) Rates for “special events” ambulance services shall be determined by common agreement between the event’s promoter and the permittee.
(C) All special events shall be reported to the Department at least seven days in advance of the event.
(Ord. 2084, passed - -1976; Am. Ord. 3251, passed - -1998)
