. 0010.90~ DLF 12/3/98 R: 12/9/98nk R: 12/18198 1/4/99 ORDINANCE NO. -i z I r AN ORDINANCE OF TH CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMDING SECTION 2.16.010 AN 2.16.020 OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNCIPAL CODE, REPEALING SECTIONS 2.16.030, 2.16.04, 2.16.050, 2.16.060, 2.16.070, AND 2.16.080 AN CHAlER 5.08 OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNCIPAL CODE RELATIG TO THE PROVISION OF FI AN EMERGENCY SERVICES, AN ADOPTING A NEW CHAPlER 5.08 REULATIG AMBULANCES WIIN TH CIT, AN ESTABLISllG AN EFFECTI DAlE. WHEREAS, the City and Fire Distct 10 are scheduled to consolidate lire and emergency servces on Januar 1, 1999 by way of interlocal agreement, and the City Council desires to update its muncipal code to reflect the consolidation, and WHREAS, the City Counci also desires to repea Chapter 5.08 of the Issaquah Muncipal Code and adopt new regulations pertnig to ambulance services within the City, and to provide for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; NOW, THERFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH CIT OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2.16.010 of the Issaquah Muncipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.16.010 Created. Fire and emergency medical servces for the City shall be provided by Eastside Fire and Rescue, which has been created through an Interlocal Agreement, dated November 3, 1998, DLF218102.i -1- . between the City of Issaquah and Kig County Fire Protetion District #10. Section 2. Section 2.16.020 of the Issaquah Muncipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.16.020 Fi Chef an Fire Ma. The Fire Chief of Eatside Fire and Rescue shal serve as the City's Fire Chief, and the Fire Marshal of Eastside Fire and Rescue shal serve as the City's Fire Marshal. Section 3. Sections 2.16.030, 2.16.04, 2.16.050, 2.16.06, 2.16.070, and 2.16.080 of the Issaquah Muncipal Code are hereby repealed in their entirety. Section 4. Chapter 5.08 of the Isaquah Muncipal Code is hereby repealed. Section 5. A new Chapter 5.08, entitled "Ambulances" is hereby adopted to read as follows: Chpter 5.08 AMBULNCES Sections: 5.08.010 Purpose. 5.08.020 Definitions. 5.08.030 Busines license required for each ambulance company. 5.08.040 Application for business licens -- Issuance. 5.08.050 Denial, revocation or suspension of business license. 5.08.060 Insurace and Indemnication. 5.08.070 State license and stadards and requirements. 5.08.080 Ambulance attndants. 5.08.090 Verication. 5.08.100 Kig County medical program director authority. 5.08.110 Authority of deparent. 5.08.120 Rates to be fied. 5.08.130 Response criteria. 5.08.140 Community events. 5.08.150 Violation a civi violation. DlF218io2,i -2- . 5.08.010 Puse. The City Council declares it to be in the public interest, and for the protection of the heath, saety and welfare of the residents of the City and its environs to provide for the highest level of emergency medical services reaonably practicable. The City Counci finds it to be in the public interest to provide for the inspection, regulation and control of emergency medical servces to achieve high stadards and thereby to eliinate inadequate, improper and harul practices that may endager the health and safety of the people. 5.08.020 Defitions. As used in ths chapter, the following words and phrases shal have the following meag uness the context clearly requires otherwse: A. "Ambulance," means any pnvately owned vehicle that is espealy desgned, constrcted, equipped, maitaed or us for the transporttion of patents who are sick, injured or otherw incapacitated, which is operated as par of an ambulance company for hire. B. "Ambulance attendant" mean any traied or otherwis qualed individual responsible for the operation of an ambulance and the care of the patients, whether or not the medical attendant also serves as a dnver, who is the holder of a vald certcate isued under ths chapter. C. "Ambulance company" means any person, corporation or other legal entity. as defined in!MC 1.04.010(1), who operate an ambulance for hire which: 1. Is stationed with the corporate lits of the City; or 2. Is dispatched from with or without the corporate liits of the City and repeatedly or customany makes tnps for hire with the City to pick up injured or sick fares; or 3. Makes any tnps into the City for hire to pick up injured or sick fares after occasional or repeated adverting, with the City, for such servce. Provided, that the provisions of ths chapter shal not apply to any ambulance which shall pass through the City in the delivery of fares picked up at points beyond the corporate liits of the City. D. "City Clerk" mea the City Clerk or other City employee designated by the Mayor as licensing offcial under this chapter. E. "Departent" mean the Joint Fire Departent providig consolidated servces to the City. F. "Fire offcial" means the Fire Chief or such other of Eastside Fire and Rescue employees as the Fire Chief may designate to peiform the duties provided for in ths chapter. G. "Patient" means an individual who is sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless. 5.08.030 Busnes license required for each ambulance company. Every person who operates an ambulance company shall be required to obtan a business license from the City Clerk. The busiess license shall be renewed on an annual basis. The City DLF218102:.1 -3- . Clerk shal not issue such business license unless the applicant has fuiled all requirements of ths chapter and any applicable provisions of state law relatig to personnel, equipment and operations including but not limted to Chapter 18.73 RCW and Chapter 246-976 WAC as now or hereater amended. 5.08.04 Application for busess licens .. Is. Application for a busness license to operate an ambulance company shall be made upon forms provided by the City and shal conta: A. Name, home address and telephone number of the applicant; B. Busies name under which the ambulance company wil be operate with the City, and busess address and telephone number; C. The number of ambulances to be intialy placed in servce with the City; D. The number of licensed ambulance attendats intialy to be employed; E. A roster of ambulances to be usd in the City with proof that each ambulance is currently licens as an ambulace by the state of Washigton; F. A roster of certed ambulance attndants with proof that each attndant is currently certed as an emergency medcal techncian (EM1) by the state of Washigton (includig certcation expiration date); G. Proof that ambulances and personnel ar veried trauma providers as provided in Chapter 246976 WAC; H. Certcate of Inurance and indemncation as required in IMC 5.04.06; and i. The fee as reuire by IMC 5.02.070. Prior to the issuance of a busess license, the application and all pertent records shall be reviewed and al equipment proposed for use shal be inspected by the fire offcial, who shall determine whether said records and equipment conform to all the reuirements of ths chapter, and any rues or regulations referenced herein or issued hereunder. Upon approval of the application, the City Clerk shal issue an ambulance operator's business license. 5.08.050 DelÙaI, revoction or sunson of busnes licens. The issuance of a business license to operate an ambulance company may be denied, or such licens may be suspended or revoked by the City Clerk, upon the recommendation of the fire offcial, when the public interest wil be served thereby, upon any of the following grounds: A. The makg of a false statement of material fact in the application for the business license or any data or inormation required to be contaied in such application attched thereto; or B. Faiure to comply with any provision of ths chapter or any rues or regulations referenced herein or issued pursuant to ths chapter; or C. Faiure to pay City business and occupation ta pursuant to Chapter 5.04 IMC; or D, Overcharging of customer rates set fort in the company's schedule of rates fIed pursuant to IMC 5.04.120; or E. Faiure to maita ambulances and equipment to the stadards set fort in Chapter 246-976 WAC. DLF218102.1 -4 . 5.08,060 Inurace an Indemncation. No ambulance operators business licens shal be issued, nor shal such license be vald after issuace, nor shal any ambulance be operated in the City, unes the operator maitas a policy or policies of insurance agaist claims for injunes to persons or damages to propert which may anse from or in connection with the performance of activities asocated with the operation of the ambulance company. Such inurance shal name the City as an additional inured. The ambulance company shal also indemni and hold the City harless from any cause of action ansing from the operation of the ambulance company. The minum scope and liits of coverage shal be set by the City's nsk manager or other person designated by the Mayor. A certcate of insurance shal accompany the application for license and shal be maitaed on a contiuous basis through subseuent license renewal penods. The certcate of insurace, policy and indemnication shal be in a form approved to by the City Attorney. 5.08.070 State licens an st an reuirements. Al ambulances operating in the City must be licensed by the stte of Washigton and must meet the stadards and reuirements set fort in Chapter 246-976 WAC, as now or hereafter amende.