The provision of medical assistance in emergency
situations is a matter of vital concern affecting the public health,
safety and welfare. It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the
health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Cheektowaga
by providing for the registration and licensing of ambulance services
operating within the Town of Cheektowaga, the creation of an Emergency
Medical Services Board and the establishment of minimum equipment
and communications standards for emergency medical services.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AMBULANCE
Any vehicle equipped for the care of and used in the transportation
of the wounded, sick, injured, ill or infirm people.
BASE STATION
The location where ambulances are stationed and from which
they are dispatched.
[Added 2-19-1986]
DISPATCHER
An employee of the Fire Alarm Committee, Cheektowaga Police
Department or any other entity designated, from time to time, to dispatch
ambulance services by the Board.
EMS BOARD
The Cheektowaga Emergency Medical Services Board created
hereunder.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or any organization of any kind.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to the following:
A. Ambulances owned and/or exclusively operated by any
federal, state, county or other governmental agency.
B. Private vehicles utilized on an infrequent basis in
the transportation of a convalescent from a hospital to his/her home
or from his/her home to an outpatient clinic or hospital.
C. Private vehicles used in the transportation of the
infirm or crippled to and from places for rehabilitory therapy.
D. A physician, resident intern or registered nurse.
E. Any ambulance operated by a duly-organized volunteer
fire company, organized and existing under Article 11 of the Town
Law.
The Town Board shall determine the license fees
to be assessed from time to time by resolution.
All licensees which operate an ambulance subject
to this chapter in the Town of Cheektowaga shall procure and maintain
liability insurance with insurance companies authorized to do business
in the State of New York in such kinds and amounts as shall be, from
time to time, determined by the EMS Board. A certified copy of each
policy (or certificate of insurance, if deemed acceptable by the EMS
Board) shall be submitted with each license application and thereafter
upon renewal or replacement of each policy. Each such policy shall
contain a provision agreeing to notify the EMS Board and the Town
Clerk, Town of Cheektowaga, Town Hall, Broadway and Union Road, Cheektowaga,
New York, 14227, at least 30 days in advance in the event of any material
alteration, cancellation or nonrenewal of such insurance. Any applicant
unable to comply with the requirements established by the EMS Board
may apply for a waiver by providing full details of the circumstances
to the EMS Board.
The owner of an ambulance to whom a license
has been issued under the provisions hereof shall be under duty and
obligation to, and by accepting such license shall be deemed to, consent
to the following obligations:
A. Designate base station for ambulance service where
such service can be reached at all times.
B. Give prior notice to the dispatcher when and why an
ambulance is out of service.
C. Notify the dispatcher when a particular ambulance is replaced and, if replaced, comply with the licensing requirements of §
52-5 above.
D. Any additional requirements which may be imposed,
from time to time, by the EMS Board.