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

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Sec. 30-104. Inspection of Ambulances. (a) Subsequent to issuance of any ambulance or vehicle license hereunder, the chief EMS officer shall cause to be inspected each such licensed vehicle, its equipment, premises and personnel, whenever he deemed necessary. All licensed ambulances or vehicles shall be subject to unannounced spot inspections and in any event will be inspected at least once per year. The periodic inspection required hereunder shall be in addition to any other safety or motor vehicle inspection required to be made for ambulance or other motor vehicles in the State of Texas, or other inspections required to be made, under general laws and ordinances, and shall not excuse compliance with any requirements of law and ordinance to display any official certificate of motor vehicle inspection at all times. (b) A copy of each initial, semiannual, spot or other ambulance, equipment, premises and personnel inspection report shall be promptly transmitted to the applicant or licensee to whom it refers. ( c) The chief EMS officer may immediately suspend any of the licenses issued under this chapter if an inspection reveals violations or deficiencies that might endanger a patient or the public. Sec. 30-105. Central Emergency Dispatching System. (a) It shall be unlawful for any ambulance to respond to an emergency call within the City of La Porte. (b) If any person receives any request for an ambulance service response on an emergency basis other than through the city's central dispatching system; it is the obligation of that person to immediately report the same request to the city's central dispatching system at which time a City of La Porte Emergency Medical Service (EMS) unit will be dispatched to respond. (c) It shall not be unlawful for a person operating a licensed ambulance in the city, upon responding to a direct call for non-emergency ambulance service, to operate such ambulance under non-emergency conditions. Notifying the city's central dispatching system is not required for non-emergency ambulance responses. (1) In the event that the senior ambulance attendant-driver makes the determination that a true emergency exists upon arrival, the senior ambulance attendant-driver may then proceed in an emergency status (lights and siren) to the closest appropriate hospital facility only upon notification to the city's central dispatching system. Sec. 30-106. Penalty for Violation of Chapter. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter. (b) Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, upon conviction in the municipal court of the city, shall be subject to a fine in an amount established by the city and listed in appendix B of this Code. Sec. 30-107. Variances to Chapter Requirements.