§ 45-41.1. Required findings.

The LEMSA shall not approve air ambulance and non-911 ground ambulance Provider Agreements, and shall not recommend 911 ambulance Provider Agreements, unless all of the following findings are made:

(a)

That the LEMSA has considered the impact the service will have on the existing system in regards to emergency medical care, cost of services, and any other issues relative to the integrity of the existing system.

(b)

That the applicant or its responsible managing employee is adequately trained and experienced in the field of ambulance services.

(c)

That each ambulance will be staffed by at least two (2) persons, one (1) of whom is an Attendant and the other a Driver.

(d)

That neither the applicant nor any co-partner or managing employee thereof is registered as a sex offender under the provisions of Penal Code Section 290.

(e)

That the applicant or any co-partner or managing employee thereof affirms that he neither habitually nor excessively uses, used, nor is addicted to the use of narcotics or dangerous drugs nor has been convicted of any offense relating to the use, sale, possession or transportation of narcotics, mood or mind altering or habit forming drugs.

(f)

That the applicant or any co-partner or managing employee thereof affirms that he is not a habitual user of intoxicating beverages to excess.

(g)

The applicant or any co-partner or managing employee thereof within the three (3) year period immediately preceding the application has not been under suspension, revocation, or probation by the Department of Motor Vehicles for cause involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle and has not been convicted of any of the following offenses:

(1)

Failure to stop and render aid in an accident involving injury or death;

(2)

Driving while intoxicated;

(3)

Reckless driving.

(h)

That the applicant or any co-partner or managing employee thereof has not been convicted of any offense punishable as a felony in the State of California and has not been convicted of the crime of theft of either degree within the ten (10) year period immediately preceding the application.

(i)

The applicant or any co-partner or managing employee thereof does not have any undisclosed financial interest in more than one (1) ambulance company operating within Butte County.

(j)

That each ambulance owned or operated by the applicant has been certified by the California Highway Patrol as in compliance with the regulations pertaining to ambulances and complies with the provisions of the EMRO.

(k)

That the Local EMS Agency has certified the applicant's compliance with all applicable regulations, standards, and requirements.

(l)

That the applicant has signed the statement of intended compliance with the regulations set forth in Article V.

(Ord. No. 4057, § 1, 5-21-13)