§ 4-13. Charges.

(a)

Fees. to partially defray the costs incurred by the city when the fire department provides emergency medical services, the following fees are hereby established:

(1)

Treatment-and-transport fee, in the amount stated in the city fee schedule, shall be charged for the transportation of a patient by fire department ambulance from the scene of patient encounter to a hospital or other place approved by the EMS system director appointed pursuant to section 2-6 of this Code for medical attention.

(2)

Mileage fee, at the rate stated in the city fee schedule, shall be charged for each mile or any part of a mile a patient is transported. Mileage fees are charged in addition to the treatment-and-transport fee.

(3)

Field termination response fee, in the amount stated in the city fee schedule, shall be charged for activities associated with a patient not transported because of death following an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt.

(4)

Treatment-without-transport fee, in the amount stated in the city fee schedule, shall be charged for a patient who receives care requiring assessment and therapeutic intervention but is not transported.

(5)

Lift response fee, in the amount stated in the city fee schedule, shall be charged for the fourth and each successive response for the same patient in any period of twelve months that includes only activities associated with a patient not transported or treated other than returning a patient to an upright or comfortable position and the absence of any emergency circumstances.

All fees shall be payable by or on behalf of the patient served.

(b)

Billing. The city tax assessor-collector shall be responsible for the billing and collection of the applicable fees. The fire department shall submit to the tax assessor-collector a record of each instance in which emergency medical service or ambulance transportation service is provided.

(c)

No provision in this section shall be construed to authorize the fire department, under any circumstances, to refuse emergency assistance to any person upon the grounds that the person is indigent or unable to pay for the service.

(Code 1968, § 5-15; Ord. No. 70-1518, § 14, 9-16-70; Ord. No. 76-2031, § 1, 11-23-76; Ord. No. 83-1318, § 1, 8-23-83; Ord. No. 86-1616, § 1, 9-10-86; Ord. No. 91-1178, § 1, 8-14-91; Ord. No. 93-918, § 1, 7-28-93; Ord. No. 96-665, § 7, 6-26-96; Ord. No. 97-1003, § 1, 8-20-97; Ord. No. 01-564, § 11, 6-20-01; Ord. No. 02-528, § 14a., 6-19-02; Ord. No. 2010-892, §§ 2—4, 11-17-2010; Ord. No. 2012-396, § 5-2-2012; Ord. No. 2011-1168, § 13, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 2019-142 , § 3, 3-20-2019)