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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-1492 ORDINANCE NO. /99,2.J AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; prohibiting advertising of mobile specialized emergency care service without a license; providing for the issuance and revoca- tion of mobile intensive care business licenses; adopting rules and regulations governing mobile intensive care businesses; providing a penalty for violations; and adopting Chapter 5.09 A, "Mobile Intensive Care", con- . sisting of Sections 5.09 A.010, 5.09A.020, 5.09A.030, 5.09A.040, 5.09A.050 and 5.09A.060, as a new chapter and new sections of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Chapter 5.09A is hereby adopted as a new chapter of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, which new chapter shall be entitled, and shall read, as follows: "CHAPTER 5.09A Mobile Intensive Care 5.09A.010 Mobile Intensive Care Business License Required— Prohibition Against Advertising. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to advertise or otherwise hold itself out to the public as offering or providing mobile intensive care service by using the words "certified", "paramedics", "coronary care", "heart care", "intensive care", or other words or phrases 411 of similar import calculated to denote mobile specialized emergency care service of the nature authorized by R.C.W. 18.71.200 to be performed by a physician's trained mobile intensive care paramedic, without first obtaining and being the holder of a mobile intensive care business license pursuant to this chapter. 5.09A.020 Application for License--Fee. A. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to obtain a mobile intensive care business license shall file with the City Clerk an application on forms to be furnished by the City and to contain such information as may be deemed neces- sary by the City Clerk to administer the provisions of this chapter. B. An application for a mobile intensive care business license shall be accompanied by a fee of $50 which shall not be reimbursed regardless of whether the license is isqued. Such license shall be valid for a period of one year from its date of issue unless revoked as provided by this chapter. 5.09A.030 Qualifications of Applicant--Standards for I.3suirg _ License. A. No mobile intensive care business license shall be issued by the City Clerk unless it appears to him, after investigation of the qualifications of the applicant, that the following qualificatioris of the applicant are satisfied: 1. The applicant is the holder of a valid ambulance service business license issued pursuant to Chapter 5.09 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. 2. That all drivers and attendants of applicant are the holders of valid ambulance driver and attendant permits as required by Section 5.09.060 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. 3. That all ambulance attendants of applicant have been examined and qualified as physician's :trained mobile intensive care paramedics by the health officer of the Yakima County Health District •or by the University of Washington's School of Medicine or by their designated representatives. the investigation of the City Clerk results in his determination that the qualifications of the applicant are satisfied, as provided by subsection A of this section, then the City Clerk shall issue a mobile intensive care busi- ness license to applicant. 5.09A.040 Revocation of License. A. The City Manager shall have the authority to revoke any mobile intensive care business license issued pursuant to this chapter if, after a hearing by the City Manager, any of the following grounds are found to exist: 1. If the mobile intensive care business license was pro- cured by fraud, or if the application therefor contains any false statement of a material fact, or if a fact concerning the applicant or his business was not dis- closed at the time of his making the application when such fact would have constituted just cause for refusing to issue the license; 411 2: licensee's ambulance service business license has been revoked pursuant to Section 5.09.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. 3. If the licensee fails to maintain the qualifications for the original issuance of the license as specified in Section 5.09A.030 of this chapter. 4. If the licensee violates any provision of this chapter. B. Any such license revocation shall be effectPd in the manner specified by Section 5.09.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code for the revocation of an ambulance service business license; and a decision and order by the City Mana- ger to revoke any such license shall be subject to review by appeal to the City Council in the manner specified by Section 5.09.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. 5.09A.050 Rules and Regulations. There are hereby estab- lished the following rules and regulations pertaining to mobile intensive care service offered or provided by virtue of a license issued pursuant to this chapter: 110 1. Ambulance S,zivice Rules and Regulations Applicable. The licensee shall comply with all rules and regulations established by Section 5.09.130 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code NTlicable to ambulance service, except as any such rule or regulation may be modified by the rules and regulations in this section. -2- 2. Size of Patient Carrying Area, The patient carrying area of vehicles used for mobile intensive care service shall be constructed so as to accommodate ease of move- ment for two attendants in a standing position with access to the patient from both sides, and with the distance from the floor to the top inside such patient carrying area to measure not less than 72 inches. 3. Equipment. Vehicles used for mobile intensive care ser- vice shall comply with requirements of Section 5.09.130 • 1 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, and further shall be equipped with the following additional minimum emer- gency equipment: a. Floodlight outside the van. b. EKG transmitting equipment. c. Portable heart monitor and direct current defibril- lator capable of delivering 320 watt-seconds. d. A device capable of transmitting EKG signals via telephone. e. A portable carrying device containing: (1) oral pharnygeal airways, (2) bag-mask rescusitative device, (3) aspirator, (4) equipment for endotrachial intubation, (5) equipment for starting intraveneous infusions, (6) blood pressure cuff, (7) stethoscope, 110 (8) appropriate emergency drugs. 4. PerF:onnel. All mobile intensive care service vehicles shall b manned by a crew of at least 3 persons to con- sist of a driver and 2 attendants, both of which atten- dants shall be certified as physician's trained mobile intensive care paramedics as required by Secti:m. 5.09A.030 of this chapter. 5.09A.060 Penalty for Violations. Any person, firm or cor- poration convicted of violating any provision, or failing to comply with any requirement, rule or regulation, of this chapter, sball be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 for each offense. Each day of any such violation or failure to comply shall constitute a separate offense." Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect C. days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this day 1973. ATTEST:. Mayor City Clerk -3-