Ordinance No. 5,613900913 -1
ORDINANCE NO. 5613
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 101 "EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICE," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR
DIRECT TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE SERVICE AREA
AND ESTABLISHING A SERVICE FEE; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 10 -1 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to add a definition to
read as follows:
Sec. 10 -1. Definitions.
Direct Transport - Transporting a patient from the
scene of an accident or location to a facility capable
of providing appropriate care.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown,
Texas, is hereby amended by adding a subsection, to be numbered
10- 3(a)(3), which said section reads as follows:
Sec. 10 -3. Fees.
(a)(3) For direct transport to medical facility
not within the city limits or the city's
additional service area ..................$250.00
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the
extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this
ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and
governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: If any provisions, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED,
City Council of
September, 1990.
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ATTEST:
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READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
the City of Baytown, this the 13th day of
ILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
RANDALL B. STRONG City Attorney
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0. H UTTO, Mayor