ORDINANCE - Chapter 10 Emergency Services Adopted 8-16-21

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CHAPTER 10-EMERGENCY SERVICES ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Secs. 10-1-10.30-Reserved ARTICLE II. 911 TELEPHONE SERVICE Sec. 10-31 Monthly Charge There is hereby imposed a monthly 911 charge upon each exchange access facility subscribed to by telephone subscribers whose exchange access lines are in the county. The schedule of such charges is set by the North Carolina 911 Board. Secs. 10-32-10-60.-Reserved ARTICLE III. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Footnotes: ---(2)--- State Law reference-Emergency medical services, G.S. 143-507 et seq; authority of county to franchise ambulance services, G.S. 153A-250; making false ambulance request, G.S. 14-286.1; regulation of ambulance services, G.S. 131E-155 et seq. DIVISION 1.-GENERALLY Sec. 10-61.- Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Ambulance means any publicly or privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed, constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended to be used for, and is maintained or operated for, the transportation upon the streets and highways in this state, of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless. Ambulance services means any publicly or privately owned enterprise engaged in the transportation of patients of emergency and nonemergency status to medical facilities. Ambulance Advisory Committee means the committee the board of commissioners has authorized the Manager to appoint which should consist of the Lee County Office of Emergency Services Director, two members of the healthcare field and two members with EMS knowledge. Backup Ambulance service means the system of personnel and equipment meeting the same criteria as ambulance service, but not normally dispatched at first call response. Committee means the County's Ambulance Advisory Committee.