It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish, operate, advertise
or otherwise engage or profess to be engaged in the operation of an
emergency ambulance upon the streets of Hillsboro unless said person
is:
(1)
A member
of the City of Hillsboro EMS unit officially on duty;
(2)
An employee
of a political subdivision or agency of the state;
(3)
A person
providing service to or from a hospital located in the City of Hillsboro
going to or from a hospital located outside of the city limits of
Hillsboro;
(4)
Any
person meeting requirements of the State of Texas for personnel, vehicles
and equipment who responds to a request of the Hillsboro Fire Department,
EMS unit or director of public safety to lend assistance when a major
disaster or other occurrence results in emergency calls exceeding
the capacity of City of Hillsboro EMS vehicles; or
(5)
Ambulance
transfer service franchise holder under Division 3 herein.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
There shall be and it is hereby created, a service to the people
to be called the City of Hillsboro Emergency Medical Service (EMS),
which service shall be provided by the Hillsboro Fire Department under
the authority of the director of public safety.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
Emergency medical service shall be available to all persons
within the city limits of the City of Hillsboro.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
(a)
No insane
or mentally ill person will be transported without an attendant or
nurse accompanying such person. The City of Hillsboro shall not be
responsible for obtaining any nurse or attendant.
(b)
Any
drunk, disorderly or unruly person ordered by a doctor or police officer
to be transported in an ambulance may be refused by the city unless
such person shall be accompanied by a police officer in said ambulance.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
Any person who uses the emergency medical service of the city
shall pay the city for such services. Charges for emergency medical
services shall include but not be limited to standing time, standby
time, oxygen, medication and other related expenses incurred by the
City of Hillsboro EMS. The city council shall by resolution set the
rates for emergency medical services, including but not limited to
emergency calls, standing time and emergency pre-hospital care provided
by the City of Hillsboro EMS.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
(a)
All
requests for standby emergency medical service shall be made to the
City of Hillsboro EMS at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of
the time such services will be necessary. City Hillsboro EMS shall
not be required to provide standby service, but may provide such services
where feasible. In the event the standby vehicle is used to transport
a person to a hospital or other medical facility from the standby
site, each person transported shall be charged for an emergency call
and any additional services rendered.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
With the sole exception of insurance assignments for Medicare
and Medicaid, the City of Hillsboro shall not accept any insurance
assignments as a method of payment for ambulance services performed.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
Any person who utilizes the ambulance services of the city who
fails to pay for such services within (60) days after a statement
of costs for such services has been mailed to the address of the user
or parent (in the event a minor is the user) 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 guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 93-12-21 adopted 12/21/93)
