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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />2. It shall be unlawful for the driver or the attendant of <br /> <br />an emergency ambulance to fail to render first aid and assistance <br /> <br />to the sick or injured at the place of the emergency. <br /> <br /> <br />3. It shall be unlawful for an emergency ambulance operator, <br /> <br />or any of his or its drivers or attendants, to refuse to carry or <br /> <br />transport any sick or injured person at the place of an emergency <br /> <br />after having been dispatched thereto or cleared thereto by the <br /> <br />police radio dispatcher, and the circumstance that the sick or <br /> <br />injured person is, or appears to be, indigent, shall not serve <br /> <br />as an excuse from this requirement. <br /> <br />Section 17. Penalty. <br /> <br />Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the <br /> <br />provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde- <br /> <br />meanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to <br /> <br />exceed Two Hundred ($200) Dollars for such offense. Each day's <br /> <br />violation shall constitute a separate offense. <br /> <br />. <br />Section lB. Severability Clause. <br /> <br />If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or <br /> <br />phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any <br /> <br />person or set of circumstances, if for any reason are held to be <br /> <br />unconstitutional, void or invalid (or for any reason unenforce- <br /> <br />able), the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, <br /> <br />or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances, <br /> <br />shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City <br /> <br />Commission of the City of La Porte in adopting this ordinance, <br /> <br />and of the Mayor of the City of La Porte in approving this <br /> <br />ordinance, that no portion hereof or provision or regulation <br /> <br />contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of <br /> <br />any unconstitutionality or invalidity, or any other portion, <br /> <br />provision or regulation, and to this end, all provisions of this <br /> <br />ordinance are declared to be severable. <br /> <br />,...~i'f <br />