2007-11-12 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting

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Medical Director means any licensed physician who serves in an advisory capacity to any ambulance for the purposed of providing medical direction under the terms of the Medical Practice Act (Texas Occupations Code, Subtitle B) and rules promulgated by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to the terms of the Medical Practice Act. Mileage: the distance traveled by an ambulance from the point where the patient is picked up, to the hospital or to a rendezvous point. No Treatment / No Transport: means a response by EMS that required no treatment and no transport of any patients. Non-Emergency means any request for ambulance service response (no emergency lights and/or siren) that is made by telephone, or other means of communication in circumstances which are or have been represented to be of a non-emergent nature requiring non-emergent servIce. Non- Resident: an individual domiciled outside the City of La Porte. Non Member: is any facility or business / industrial entity located outside of the corporate geographical boundaries of the City of La Porte that utilizes the city's emergency medical service (EMS), but either elects not to or has not executed a contractual agreement with the City of La Porte for the provision of emergency medical services by the City of La Porte EMS Department. Non-Member Fee: is a per event charge for a La Porte EMS Department response to any facility or business / industrial entity located outside of the corporate geographical boundaries of the City of La Porte that has either elected not to or has not executed a contractual agreement with the City of La Porte for the provision of emergency medical services by the City of La Porte EMS Department. This charge is independent of any patient charges that apply as a result of the response. Officer means the Chief EMS Officer, any Chief EMS Officer designee or a police officer of the City of La Porte, Texas Patient: a person who receives an EMS response or a person who receives emergency medical services from the City of La Porte EMS. Person means any individual, corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision of agency, business, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. Police means any officer of the City of La Porte Police Department. Private Ambulance: means any privately owned motor vehicle that is specially designed or constructed and equipped and is intended to be used for and is maintained or operated for the transportation of patients.