[Adopted 3-21-1995 (Ch. 10, Art. VII, of
the 1985 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 5-9-2013 by Ord. Amendment No. 2013-02]
The Town shall charge for emergency medical
services rendered in accordance with the following schedule of fees:
|
Service
|
Fee
|
|---|---|
|
Basic life support (BLS) routine supplies
|
$50
|
|
BLS defibrillation supplies
|
$364
|
|
Advanced life support (ALS) defibrillation supplies
|
$364
|
|
IV supplies
|
$75
|
|
IO needle
|
$175
|
|
ALS disposable supplies: airway
|
$265
|
|
ALS routine disposable supplies
|
$52
|
|
Oxygen
|
$180
|
|
Extra attendant
|
$50
|
|
Ground mileage
|
$21
|
|
ALS Level 1
|
$807
|
|
ALS Level 1 – emergency
|
$1,278
|
|
BLS
|
$673
|
|
BLS – emergency
|
$1,076
|
|
ALS Level 2
|
$1,850
|
|
Specialty care transport
|
$2,186
|
|
Unlisted ambulance service
|
$100
|
|
Continuous positive airway pressure mask (CPAP)
|
$319
|
|
CPAP tubing
|
$106
|
|
EKG-12 lead
|
$51
|
|
EKG-1 to 3 leads
|
$19
|
The Town may either bill for the tasks set out
herein or contract for said billing.
The Town Manager shall propose all rules, regulations
and policies relative to the implementation and administration of
the billing procedures specified herein. The Town Manager shall have
the authority to adjust the fee schedule both in the amount charged
and the scope of services to ensure that the Town is adequately compensated
for the services it has rendered. The Town Manager shall prepare an
annual report for the Town Council regarding the current fee schedule
and the revenue generated hereunder.
All monies collected under this article shall
be maintained in a collection fund administered at the direction of
the Town Council. Any resident of Smithfield who receives emergency
medical services and who has no third-party insurer or agency to pay
for the same shall be eligible to have any charge arising from the
operation of this article paid from said collection fund.
The paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases
of this article are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
or paragraph shall be declared unconstitutional or illegal by a valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
or illegality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, or paragraphs of this section, since the same would have
been enacted by the Town Council without the incorporation of any
such unconstitutional or illegal phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph.
