[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
(now Borough Council) of the Borough of Beach Haven 7-12-2004 by Ord. No.
2004-13. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Inc., shall
be and is hereby recognized as the official ambulance service and
first aid service providing emergency transport service and other
emergency services in and for residents of the Borough of Beach Haven,
County of Ocean, State of New Jersey.
No person shall hereafter become a member of
the Beach Haven First Aid Squad unless and until they have met all
of the qualifications for membership as set forth in the Bylaws of
the Beach Haven First Aid Squad.
[Added 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-21; amended 9-13-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-20; 3-9-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-02C; 8-30-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29C]
No member of the Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Inc., shall have
been convicted of any disqualifying offense as determined by the New
Jersey Department of Health for the position of EMT within this state,
any other state, or by the federal government. Every applicant for
membership in the Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Inc., shall have submitted
his/her fingerprints, and all other necessary paperwork, to the Beach
Haven First Aid Squad for a complete criminal history and motor vehicle
background check.
[Added 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-21; amended 8-30-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29C]
Every person seeking to join the Beach Haven First Aid Squad,
Inc., shall make application in writing to the company, stating date
and place of birth and, if naturalized, give date and place, residence,
and physical condition.
Every active member of the Beach Haven First
Aid Squad, Inc., shall in each and every year be required to respond
to not less than 24 medical emergency calls.
[Amended 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]
An accurate record shall be kept by the Secretary
of said Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Inc., and reported under oath
by the President of said Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Inc., and attested
to by the Secretary of that organization to the Council of the Borough
of Beach Haven on or before January 15 of each and every year.
The recognition of the Beach Haven First Aid
Squad, Inc., as the official ambulance service of the Borough of Beach
Haven shall not preclude the operation of private ambulance services
when requested by citizens or residents of the Borough of Beach Haven,
provided such private ambulance services strictly comply with the
following rules and regulations:
A.Â
No such ambulance service shall provide service to
any citizen or resident of the Borough of Beach Haven or any other
person in said Borough unless and until such ambulance service has
first provided to the person securing such service a written statement
of charges to be rendered for the service to be provided, and no charges
in excess of the written statement of charges provided in advance
shall be permitted to be collected by such private ambulance service.
B.Â
Any private ambulance service wishing to provide ambulance
service for residents of the Borough of Beach Haven or visitors to
the Borough of Beach Haven shall post with the Chief of Police of
the Borough of Beach Haven in advance of providing any such service
a schedule of fees and charges to be rendered to users of that ambulance
service, and no charges shall be rendered in excess to the fee schedule
posted with the Chief of Police of the Borough of Beach Haven for
such private ambulance service.
