[CC 1985 §6-601; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set out herein:
AMBULANCE
Vehicle(s) equipped or used for the transportation of wounded, injured, sick, or deceased persons for hire within the corporate limits of the City except those operated by the City. The term "ambulance" shall not include vehicles used for the purposes of picking up, upon the request of relatives or municipal or other authorities in the case of deceased persons whose families cannot be located, dead bodies, either at a home, a hospital, or other place for the purpose of transporting such deceased persons, nor shall it include vehicle(s) used for the purpose of transporting such deceased persons.
CITY
The City of Mulvane, Kansas.
DESIGNATED SUPERVISORY AGENCY
The Mulvane Emergency Services Department of Mulvane, Kansas.
GOVERNING BODY
The City Council of the City.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or enterprise of any kind.
SUPERVISORY OFFICIAL
The authorized representatives of the Mulvane Emergency Services Department charged with the responsibility of insuring compliance with all the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1985 §6-629; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Unless prevented by an emergency, it shall be the duty of each ambulance driver to, within one-half (½) hour after conveying any injured, sick, or dead persons to any public or private hospital, or removing him/her or them therefrom, or after conveying or removing any such person(s) within the City to another place within the City, or beyond its limits, notify the Police Department of such operation. Such notice shall give the name and address of such injured, sick or dead person when such information is available and the place to and from which such person was removed. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the removal of such injured, sick, or dead person, such person owning or operating an ambulance hereunder, an agent or employee, shall file a written report with the Chief of Police, giving the information required above and any other relevant information which the Police Department might require. The Police Department shall provide written forms upon which the information required in this Section shall be written.
[CC 1985 §6-630; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Every person operating an ambulance within the City, which answers calls in emergency cases, shall upon receipt of the call to convey a patient in an emergency case immediately notify the Police Department of such call, giving the location of the patient, the time the call is received, and the hospital or other location to which the patient is to be removed.
[CC 1985 §6-631; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the operator of an ambulance in an emergency case to discharge any injured, ill or deceased person at the hospital nearest the place where the injured, ill or deceased person is picked up unless otherwise directed by the injured or ill person, spouse, or legal guardian except for major burn or critically injured patient(s). The discharge of major burn patient(s) shall be made directly to the local burn treatment center in accordance with protocols established by the Sedgwick County Medical Society. The discharge of critically injured patient(s) will be to the trauma facility within the City possessing the highest level of trauma care capabilities as verified by the American College of Surgeons, nearest the place where the injured person is picked up and in accordance with protocols established by the Sedgwick County Medical Society. It is unlawful for a driver of an ambulance to operate said ambulance in excess of forty-five miles per hour (45 mph) unless the posted speed is in excess of forty-five miles per hour (45 mph). It is unlawful for the driver of an ambulance to enter an intersection controlled by stop and go lights or by a stop sign at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour (10 mph), unless the signal is green.
B. 
A facility shall be treated as if the facility has a trauma care capability at a level verified by the American College of Surgeons, as to the discharge of critically injured patient(s) hereunder if the following conditions have been met:
1. 
Application for site visit has been submitted to the American College of Surgeons for one of the levels of trauma care capability that is recognized as being verifiable by the American College of Surgeons.
2. 
The Board of Directors or other appropriate officials of such facility certifies to the Board of Health that the facility is currently capable of and has in place and will continue to have in place at all material times a program that meets the clinical requirements of the American College of Surgeons for the requested level of verification contained in its application. Documentation that substantiates the certification shall be submitted to the Board of Health.
3. 
The facility agrees to and has entered into an appropriate agreement that indemnifies and holds the City, the Board of County Commissioners of the applicable County Board of Health harmless from any and all claims, demands, liabilities and costs that arise or allegedly arise from the treatment of critically injured trauma patient(s) that are discharged to the facility pursuant to provisions contained herein.
4. 
The Mulvane Emergency Services Department finds that the conditions herein have been met by the facility.
C. 
If the Mulvane Emergency Services Department finds that a facility has met the conditions then such facility shall be treated as if it has received a verification of the American College of Surgeons at the level sought in such application subject to Subsection (D); provided however, that such level shall not be deemed to exceed the highest level previously granted by the American College of Surgeons to any other facility within the City.
D. 
A facility shall be entitled to receive critically injured trauma patient(s) pursuant to Mulvane Emergency Services Department findings under Subsection (B) of this Section for a period of time not to exceed five (5) months or the date that the American College of Surgeons make a final decision on the application, whichever time comes first.
[CC 1985 §6-615; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
The Director of Emergency Services shall inspect or cause to be inspected the vehicles and premises designated in the application hereunder and shall certify his/her approval in writing when he/she finds that such vehicles and premises are suitable from the standpoint of health and sanitation for the conduct of an ambulance business and that all State laws and local ordinances have been complied with. Upon the issuance of a license and a certificate of convenience and necessity as herein provided, the Director of Emergency Services shall, at least once each three (3) months, cause an inspection to be made of the ambulances operated by the licensee and the premises used by the licensee in its operation of an ambulance business to determine that the vehicles and premises are suitable for the conduct of an ambulance business.
[CC 1985 §6-616; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
The Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall cause to be inspected the vehicles designated in the application hereunder and shall certify its approval when it finds that such vehicles are suitable from the standpoint of safety for the conduct of an ambulance business and that all State laws and local ordinances relating to safety have been complied with. The Mulvane Emergency Services Department after the issuance of a license and certificate of public convenience and necessity hereunder shall cause the vehicles operated by the licensee to be inspected once each three (3) months to determine that the vehicles are suitable from the standpoint of safety for the conduct of an ambulance business and that all State laws and local ordinances relating to safety are being complied with.
[CC 1985 §6-617; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Any person issued a license and certificate of convenience and necessity under the provisions of this Chapter shall charge the public the rates set forth in their application for a license, and should the licensee desire to raise the rates, they shall file an application with the Mulvane Emergency Services Department for permission to raise their rates. The Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, which shall not be more than thirty (30) days after such application. At such hearing, the Mulvane Emergency Services Department may in their discretion recommend to the Governing Body that the applicant be allowed to increase the rates charged to the public by the licensee. It is unlawful for any licensee to charge the public higher rates than those listed in the licensee's application for a license or higher rates than those authorized by the Governing Body, as herein provided. It is grounds for the revocation of a license and of the certificate of convenience and necessity issued hereunder for a licensee to violate the provisions of this Section.
[CC 1985 §6-618; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
The terms and limitations of the Sections herein of this Code shall not apply in any instances to any ambulance service that has been established and exists pursuant to a contract between the City and the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick and Sumner Counties, Kansas, and any ambulance service being operated pursuant to a contract between the City and the Board of County Commissioners shall be exempt from the application of the above cited Sections of the Code. Any City operated ambulance service shall also be exempt hereunder but shall adhere to the operational standards of this Chapter.