[Ord. 421, 10/12/1994; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
1. The Emergency Medical Services System Act (EMSSA), 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8101
et seq., as amended, was enacted to assure readily available and coordinated
emergency medical services of the highest quality to residents and
visitors to Pennsylvania.
2. The EMSSA mandates minimum standards for basic life support ambulance
services, advanced life support ambulance services and the staffing
of such services.
3. The Board of Supervisors finds that only the operation of a unified
and comprehensive emergency medical service operating complete medical
care and transportation services including, but not limited to, basic
life support services, advanced life support services, stretcher vehicle
services and wheelchair vehicle services, through one highly trained
staff, from one central facility, using the highest quality equipment,
can ensure the continuous and stable provision of such services, which
are necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents
and visitors to the Township.
[Ord. 421, 10/12/1994; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
Therefore, through this Part, it is the intent of the Board
of Supervisors to rely on the Emergency Medical Service Institute
(EMSI) and its minimum standards, which are intended to be and shall
be in addition to and supplementary to those standards contained in
the EMSSA, to license, regulate and control emergency medical services
and related transportation services in order to ensure, protect and
guarantee the availability of continuous and stable emergency medical
services and related transportation of the highest quality for all
of the residents of and visitors to the Township.
[Ord. 421, 10/12/1994; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
1. No person shall in any way operate an emergency medical service in
the Township without the required license from EMSI.
2. Every emergency medical service operating in the Township shall provide,
at least, the following services:
A. Twenty-four-hour a day, seven-day a week advanced life support ambulances,
basic life support ambulances, stretcher vehicle services, and wheelchair
vehicle services in adequate quantity to reasonably service the residents
of and visitors to the Township. Such service shall be made available
regardless of a resident's or visitor's ability to pay for
such services or failure to pay in the past. Nothing herein shall
preclude an emergency medical service from using all lawful means,
except refusal to provide full services upon request, to collect its
lawful debts.
B. Full participation and agreement in any mutual aid agreement which
may be proposed for the Township and surrounding municipalities.
[Ord. 421, 10/12/1994; as added by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
Valley Ambulance Authority, and any other emergency medical
services entity licensed to operate in the Township by the EMSI, is
designated as the official emergency medical service for the Township.
[Ord. 421, 10/12/1994; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, or fails to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements
thereof, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
plus costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township,
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
to the extent permitted by law for the punishment of summary offenses.
A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof in
which a violation of this Part is found to exist and for each section
of this Part found to have been violated. The Township may also commence
appropriate actions in equity or other to prevent, restrain, correct,
enjoin, or abate violations of this Part. All fines and penalties
collected for violations of this Part shall be paid to the Township
Treasurer. The initial determination of ordinance violation is hereby
delegated to the Township Manager, the Police Department, the Code
Official, the authorized designee of the Township Manager, and to
any other officer or agent that the Township Manager or the Board
of Supervisors shall deem appropriate.