The ambulance service equipment held by the city shall be utilized as an ambulance service for persons requesting or utilizing such service, which shall be subject to the further provision of this article, and such ambulance service shall be under the immediate supervision of the fire chief, and under the overall supervision of the city manager and such equipment shall be maintained at locations under the direction of such fire chief, subject to the approval of the city manager.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1901)
Any person who utilizes the ambulance service of the city, whether such person requested the same or not, by reason of emergencies then existing, shall pay for said service the amounts as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A of this code.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1902)
Any person who utilizes the ambulance service of the city and who fails to pay for said service within thirty (30) days after a statement of costs for such service has been mailed to the address of the user or parent, in the event a minor is the user, which address shall be sufficient for the purpose of this section, in accordance with the address which is supplied to the operator of the ambulance or which is obtained from the hospital where such person is delivered, shall be prima facie evidence by the copy of notice of statement as forwarded by the city for the purposes of this section.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1903)
It shall be prima facie evidence that the person utilizing such service did so with the intent to defraud upon a showing that such person was notified in writing of the indebtedness for such service, which notice in writing shall be by certified or registered mail to the address as is set forth in section 1.15.003 hereof or by personal service of a peace officer of the city, and upon failure of such person to pay such indebtedness within ten (10) days after receipt of notice. A copy of the caption of the ordinance adopting this section shall accompany the notice forwarded to the user of such services by certified or registered mail.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1904)
Ambulances owned and operated by the city shall be restricted to responding to emergency calls in its incorporated areas of Dallas and Ellis Counties. Ambulances owned and operated by the city shall not be used for the transport of nonemergency patients.
(1996 Code, sec. 1.1905)