[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Jackson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 11-23-2021 by Ord. No. 27-21]
A.
The purpose
of this article is to encourage persons or entities in Jackson Township
to utilize the Township's emergency medical services when necessary
but to avoid dispatching emergency medical services for nonemergency
medical situations. As a result, it shall be a violation of this article
to request a dispatch of an emergency medical services unit for a
nonemergent medical response or transportation.
A.
A person
or business shall be subject to fees or warnings depending on the
number of dispatches made for nonemergency medical services upon the
following schedule:
B.
Fees are
to be paid within 30 days of receipt of notification. Upon failure
to remit said fee within 30 days of notice thereof, the Township may
enforce same through the Jackson Township Municipal Court.
C.
Emergency
medical services dispatches which were reasonably believed to be life-threatening
or an emergency at the time but were later deemed to be nonemergency
shall not be counted as a violation of this article.
A.
A person
or entity issued a fee under this article may appeal assessment of
a fee to the Township Business Administrator by filing a written request
for a review of the situation leading to the issuance of the fee within
10 days of receipt of the notice. The filing of an appeal of the fee
shall stay the assessment of the fee until the Business Administrator
makes a final decision on the appeal.
B.
The Business
Administrator shall make his or her decisions on the basis of a preponderance
of the evidence presented from the party filing the appeal, as well
as any information received from the emergency medical services unit.
The Business Administrator shall render a decision on an appeal of
a fee within 30 days of receipt of the appeal.
[Adopted 11-23-2021 by Ord. No. 28-21]
A.
The purpose
of this article is to preserve and enhance the availability of first
aid squad services for legitimate medical emergency situations in
Jackson Township by regulating the use of emergency medical services
units in certain nonemergency situations.
B.
For the
purposes of this article, "patient-care facilities" are defined as
all state-licensed nursing homes, rest homes, health maintenance organizations,
assisted-living facilities, health-care facilities providing inpatient
services, and other licensed or unlicensed medical providers with
the capacity to treat 10 or more outpatients simultaneously.
A.
All patient-care
facilities located within the Township are required to own, lease,
rent or have promptly available by contract sufficient and appropriately
staffed private ambulance services for the treatment and transport
of patients in need of nonemergency medical care. Such ambulance services
shall be available 365 days per year and 24 hours per day.
B.
Each patient-care facility subject to this article shall file proof of compliance with Subsection A within 60 days of the effective date of this article and thereafter annually on or before January 1.
(1)
The
required proof must consist of a written contract with no less than
two private ambulance service providers under which such providers
are obligated to respond promptly to the patient-care facility.
(2)
Alternatively,
if the patient-care facility elects to own, operate, and provide its
own ambulance service, the required proof must consist of written
documentation identifying the make, model, year, color, serial number,
license plate number, location, and staffing of each ambulance.
(3)
The
required proofs must be timely submitted to the Township Clerk, along
with a certification signed by the resident director, manager, or
other authorized corporate officer of the patient-care facility affirming
that:
A.
The failure
of a patient facility to comply with the requirements of § 86-5A
and/or B constitutes a violation of this article. Both the patient-care
facility and its resident director, manager, or authorized corporate
officer are liable for such violations, which are subject to the maximum
fines and penalties established under N.J.S.A. 40:49-5 and 40:69A-29,
and any such subsequent amendments or supplements to those statutes.
B.
In the event
that an employee or agent of a patient-care facility located in the
Township takes actions resulting in the dispatch of a Township emergency
medical services unit, and said entity determines, in its sole discretion,
that the dispatch did not involve circumstances requiring the use
of basic or advanced life support or paramedic unit, the emergency
medical services unit shall provide the Township written certification
to that effect, and the patient-care facility shall be subject to
a dispatch fee of $750, payable to the Township. Any such fees collected
by the Township shall be remitted to the appropriate emergency medical
services unit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:5-2, as determined by the Township.
If a patient-care facility fails to remit said fee within 30 days
of the notice of such fee, the Township may enforce same through the
Jackson Township Municipal Court.
