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Qac~ a uUUn 1 from Lee County to operate an emergency and non-emergency ambulance service in Lee County. c) Central Carolina Hospital is in compliance with Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the North Carolina General Statutes. d) Central Carolina Hospital is entitled to have such franchises granted and the granting of such franchises is necessary to assure the provision of continuing emergency and non-emergency ambulance service in Lee County and such action will promote the public health, safety, and welfare. e) The procedures of N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-250, 153A-45, and 153A-46 have been complied with. Section I1. Central Carolina Hospital is hereby granted the exclusive permission and franchise to operate an emergency ambulance service and a non-emergency and convalescent ambulance service in Lee County upon the terms and conditions set forth therein. Section III. Central Carolina Hospital shall at all times be in compliance with Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the North Carolina General Statutes and with the temporary rules adopted by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission effective as of January 1, 2002. Failure to maintain such compliance shall automatically terminate the franchise herein granted. Said Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the North Carolina General Statutes sets forth standards for ambulances, equipment and personnel. Section N. This franchise shall exist and continue for a period of five years from the date the franchises are granted, unless earlier terminated as herein set forth. Section V. Central Carolina Hospital is authorized to provide both emergency and non-emergency ambulance services in all of Lee County, North Carolina. Section VI. Central Carolina Hospital will continuously maintain liability insurance on both its employees and ambulances in at least the amount it states in its application for franchises or in such amounts as may be required under the laws of the State of North Carolina or its agencies, whichever amount is greater. Section VII. Central Carolina Hospital recognizes that it is the primary ambulance provider in Lee County and agrees that it will operate its emergency and its non- emergency ambulance services in a manner not inconsistent with the rules, regulations and protocols of the Lee County Department of Emergency Medical Services, and the directions of the Advance Life Support Medical Director for Lee County. 4