§ 4-12. Patient transport status; solicitation of business prohibited.

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(a)

A patient's transport status shall be determined solely on the basis of the medical needs of the patient in accordance with the most current fire department guidelines as approved by the physician medical director. Under no circumstances shall the fact that a person is or appears to be indigent and unable to pay the cost of such service be considered in such determination.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person, while operating or accompanying an emergency ambulance on the public streets or easements of the city, to solicit the business of transporting the sick or injured.

(Code 1968, § 5-13; Ord. No. 70-1518, § 12, 9-16-70; Ord. No. 2010-525, § 2, 6-30-2010)

                    
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