Ordinance No. 8,840Published in The Baytown Sun: 20000224 -1
_Tuesday, February 29, 2000, and
Wednesday, Match 1, 2000. ORDINANCE NO. 8840
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 30 "EMERGENCY SERVICES" ARTICLE III "EMERGENCY
.MEDICAL . SERVICES"' OF THE . CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING FIVE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 30 "Emergency Services" Article III "Emergency Medical
Services" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 30. EMERGENCY SERVICES
ARTICLE III. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
See. 30-91. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Ambulance means any vehicle used, designed or redesigned for the purpose of transporting the sick
and injured.
City limits means that area in the city within its corporate limits, plus the plant sites of those
industries that have an industrial district agreement with the city, whether or not such plant site is
within or without the corporate limits of the city.
Committee means the city's emergency medical service advisory committee created in division 2 of
this article.
Director means the director of the city's health department.
Emergency circumstances means the existence of circumstances in which the elements of time and
expeditious transporting of an injured person for medical or surgical treatment are essential to the
health or life of such person, in which rescue operations or competent first aid or both at the place
of the emergency may be essential to the health or life of such person.
Emergency medical services means services used to respond to an individual's perceived need for
immediate medical care and to prevent death or aggravation of physiological or psychological
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aid assistance or a trip to the hospital or other place for medical attention.
Emergency medical services vehicle means:
(1) A basic life - support emergency medical services vehicle;
(2) An advanced life- support emergency medical services vehicle;
(3) A mobile intensive -care unit; or
(4) A specialized emergency medical services vehicle.
EMS division means the EMS division of the city.
Medical Transfer Service Permit means a certificate of authorization issued by the city to the owner
allowing such owner to operate an ambulance for medical transfer services within the city limits.
Medical Transfer Service means a response made by an ambulance for the transportation of
individuals to or from a medical facility, a nursing home or residence under circumstances which
do not constitute an emergency.
Medical Transfer Service Provider means a person providing medical transfer services and holding
a valid medical transfer services permit.
State department of health means Texas Department of Health as presently constituted, or any
successor agency.
Sec. 30 -92. Administration and enforcement.
The director is vested with the authority and the responsibility for the administration and
enforcement of this article.
Sec. 30-93. Appeals.
(a) Any person wishing to appeal a decision of the EMS coordinator on the grounds that the
decision misconstrues or wrongly interprets this chapter may, within 15 days after the
decision, appeal the decision to the director, the EMS medical director and the city's health
authority by making written request to the director. Such request must be filed with the city
clerk within 15 days after such person has been notified of the decision of the EMS
coordinator and must set forth in detail the basis of the appeal. The appealing party shall
comply with the EMS coordinator's decision pending appeal unless the EMS coordinator
shall direct otherwise.
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(b) Any person shall have the right to appeal any decision of the officers designated in
subsection (a) of this section to 'the city council by making written request to the city
manager. Such request must be filed with the city- clerk within 15 _days after such person has
been notified of the decision of the officials and must set forth in detail the basis of the
appeal.
(c) No person shall have any right to appeal for relief to any court in regard to any matter
covered by this article until after such person has exhausted the appeal procedure provided
for in this section.
Sec. 30 -94. Penalty for violation.
Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in section
1 -14. In addition, the city attorney is authorized to file suit in any court of competent jurisdiction to
enjoin any person from violating or causing to be violated any of the sections of this article.
DIVISION 2. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sec. 30 -121. Created; composition.
An emergency medical service advisory committee is created, to consist of seven citizens who are
residents of the city. The city council shall appoint the members of the committee and shall
initially designate four of their appointments to serve two years and three of their appointments to
serve one year. Thereafter all appointments shall be for two years. However, the city council may
remove a member at any time by vote of the city council.
Sec. 30 -122. Meetings; recommendations to council.
The committee shall meet at least two times per year. The committee shall submit to the city
council from time to time its recommendations as to any specifications for emergency medical
services vehicles and its recommendations as to revisions to this article.
Sec. 30 -123. Duties.
It shall be the duty of the committee to exercise the following powers:
(1) review and recommend to the city council specifications for construction, equipment
and numbers of emergency medical services vehicles necessary to provide service
by the city;
(2) perform such other functions as may be duly delegated to it from time to time by the
city council or the city manager.
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is DIVISION 3. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Sec. 30 -151. Response to call.
An emergency medical services vehicle shall be considered on an emergency medical service call
when it is responding to a call for emergency assistance even though, upon arrival of the place of
the emergency, it is found no further emergency medical assistance is required or when it is
responding to a call for routine service and during such trip, emergency circumstances develop,
whether because the call for assistance was falsely made or otherwise.
Sec. 30 -152. Persons authorized to engage in service.
(a) The operation of emergency medical services vehicles on the city streets for the furnishing
of emergency medical service is declared to be a governmental function of the city to be
performed by the EMS division in accordance with this article. It shall be unlawful for any
person, including a medical transfer services provider, other than employees of the EMS
division or an agency of the United States government, while driving emergency medical
services vehicles operated by the emergency division, to furnish or attempt to furnish
emergency medical service or to operate or drive or cause to be operated or driven any
medical services vehicles on the streets of the city for the purpose of furnishing emergency
medical service.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection (a) of this section if:
(1) The person operating an ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle, upon
responding to a direct call for ambulance service, determines that an emergency
existed requiring the sick or injured person to be transported with all practical speed
for medical treatment and attention and obtained permission to operate such
ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle in emergency ambulance service
from the public safety communications division;
(2) The emergency medical service was provided by an emergency medical services
vehicle or ambulance based outside the city when not in use and operated by a
company having an established place of business and permanent address outside the
city, provided:
a. The sick or injured person was picked up outside the city limits and was
transported to a hospital within the city;
b. The emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance performing such
emergency service was, at the time, duly licensed and operated in accordance
with V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 773.001 et seq.; and
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C. The driver of such emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance
complied with all speed and other traffic regulations of the city and the state;
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(3) The person operating an emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance within
the city_ was. performing a service under contract of maintaining an emergency
medical services vehicle or ambulance at a particular location or event, for the
purpose of transporting sick or injured persons for medical or hospital treatment, and
determined that a sick or injured person at such location or event required immediate
hospital or medical attention and obtained permission to operate such emergency
medical services vehicle or ambulance in emergency service from the public safety
communications division; or
(4) The emergency medical services vehicle service was provided at the request of the
public safety communications division due to unavailability of a city emergency
medical services vehicle or ambulance.
(c) In each instance set out in subsections (b)(1) through (4) of this section, the driver or
operator of such emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance shall, prior to
commencement of each emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance run, notify the
public safety communications division of the conditions requiring the operation of the
vehicle in emergency medical service or ambulance service, the location in which he is
proceeding under emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance service and shall obtain
permission for such trip from the public safety communications division. Each emergency
medical services vehicle or ambulance operated under subsections (b)(1) and (2) of this
section shall comply with the requirements of this article regarding emergency medical
services vehicles or ambulances, insofar as traffic safety is concerned. Each ambulance
being operated under subsections (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall comply with all
requirements of this article regarding emergency medical services vehicles or ambulances
of every nature. Upon arriving at the destination, the driver or operator will again notify the
public safety communications division that he has arrived and is no longer in emergency
medical services vehicle or ambulance service. When the driver or operator of an
emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance is responding to a direct call for
emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance service under emergency conditions, he
shall inform the public safety communications division of the location of such call and all
information as he may have concerning the circumstances surrounding the request for
service. If the public safety communications division reports that an emergency services
vehicle is either in route to the same location or has arrived there and instructs such driver
or operator not to respond to such call, it shall be unlawful for such driver or operator to so
respond when instructed not to do so by the public safety communications center.
Sec. 30 -153. Fees.
(a) To partially defer the cost incurred by the city in providing emergency medical service, a
basic fee of $325.00 is established to be collected from the user of emergency medical
service provided by the city. In addition, the following fees are established to be collected
as applicable:
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(1)
Mileage (per patient mile) ...................$ 6.50
(2)
Extra attendant ...... ...............................
50.00
(3)
Oxygen ................. ...............................
30.00
(4)
Defibrillation supplies .........................
35.00
(5)
Endotracheal tube . ...............................
25.00
(6)
IV fluid D5W ........ ...............................
20.00
(7)
IV fluid normal saline .........................
20.00
(8)
IV administration set ...........................
25.00
(9)
Gauze pad 4 X 4 ..... ............................... 1.00
(10)
Gauze pad 5 X 9 ..... ............................... 3.00
(11)
Gauze pad 10 X 30 . ............................... 7.00
(12)
Kerlix 4" ................. ...............................
5.00
(13)
Cold pack ............... ............................... 5.00
(14)
Burn sheet ............ ...............................
20.00
(15)
Dextrostix ............. ...............................
15.00
(16)
EKG pads ............. ...............................
10.00
(17)
Pacing pads ........ ............................... 100.00
(18)
Suction tip ............ ...............................
15.00
(19)
Blood tube ............ ...............................
10.00
(20)
Auto ventilation supplies ....................
25.00
(21)
Bag valve mask .... ...............................
50.00
(22)
Bandaging per site ...............................
20.00
(23)
CPR ...................... ...............................
50.00
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(24)
Chest decompression ..........................
50.00
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(25) :
External cardiac pacing .......................
75.00
(26)
ECG monitor ........ ...............................
50.00
(27)
Infection control ... ...............................
50.00
(28)
Interosseous cannulation .....................
75.00
(29)
Nebulizer .............. ...............................
35.00
(30)
OB kit ................... ...............................
25.00
(31)
Pulse oximeter supplies .......................
20.00
(32)
Spinal immobilization .........................
40.00
(33)
Splinting per site .. ...............................
20.00
(34)
Stand by per hour . ...............................
40.00
(35)
Suctioning ............ ...............................
25.00
(36)
Surgical airway .. ............................... 120.00
(37)
Adenosine (6 mg) ....... ..........................30.00
(38)
Atropine sulphate . ...............................
15.00
(39)
Atrovent (2 mg) .......... ..........................15.00
(40)
Benadryl (50 mg) ....... ..........................15.00
(41)
Bretylol ..................... ..........................15.00
(42)
Calcium chloride .. ...............................
15.00
(43)
Dextrose 50% ....... ...............................
15.00
(44)
Dexamethasone .... ...............................
15.00
(45)
Dobutamine .......... ...............................
15.00
(46)
Dopamine ............. ...............................
30.00
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Epinephrine 1:1000 .............................
15.00
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(48)
Epinephrine 1:10,000 ..........................
15.00
(49)
Glucagon .............. ...............................
50.00
(50)
Isuprel ....................... ..........................15.00
(51)
Lasix ..................... ...............................
20.00
(52)
Lidocaine (100 mg) .... ..........................15.00
(53)
Lidocaine drip ...... ...............................
15.00
(54)
Magnesuim sulphate ...........................
15.00
(55)
Mannitol .................... ..........................50.00
(56)
Methylprednisolone ............................
15.00
(57)
Morphine sulphate ..............................
15.00
(58)
Narcan .................. ...............................
15.00
(59)
Nitro spray ........... ...............................
15.00
(60)
Norcuron .............. ...............................
15.00
(61)
Norepinephrine .... ...............................
15.00
(62)
Oxytocin ............... ...............................
15.00
(63)
Phenegran ............. ...............................
15.00
(64)
Procainamide ........ ...............................
15.00
(65)
Provental .................... .........................15.00
(66)
Sodium bicarbonate ............................
15.00
(67)
Succsycholine ...... ...............................
15.00
(68)
Thiamine .............. ...............................
15.00
(69)
Valium (10 mg) .......... ..........................15.00
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® (70) Versed .................. ............................... 50.00
(b) _.. Bills .for emergency: medical service that have not been paid within 30 days of the date that
such bill was mailed by the city shall be deemed delinquent. Delinquent bills for emergency
medical service shall be charged ten percent interest, plus reasonable attorney's fees if a
lawsuit is filed to collect the delinquency.
Sec. 30 -158. False call or request for service.
Any person who shall willfully, in writing or orally or by use of any telephone, telegram,
radio or mechanical device or contrivance whatsoever or by any name known, make, give, send a
report or communicate any false call or request for emergency medical service or communicate any
false report or falsely report any act or fact situation initially and voluntarily to the dispatcher or to
any person operating an ambulance or emergency medical service vehicle in the city for the
purpose of causing or which report or false call or request for services is calculated to cause an
ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle to respond or to do or perform some act or to do
or render some service as a result thereof shall be guilty of an offense. The offense denounced in
this section is basically the offense of giving or causing to be given by any means a false
emergency medical service alarm or false emergency medical service request, and nothing in this
section shall be construed as including a prohibition against the offense of false alarm or report
prohibited by V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 42.06.
DIVISION 4. MEDICAL TRANSFER SERVICES
Subdivision 1. Permits
Sec. 30 -181. Permit required; exception
(a) Required. No person shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise be
engaged in the operation of medical transfer services upon or over any public street within
the city limits without having first obtained a medical transfer services permit.
(b) Exception. A medical transfer services permit shall not be required for:
(1) emergency medical service vehicles or ambulances owned and operated by a
governmental entity; or
(2) emergency medical service vehicles or ambulances operating at the request of the
city in cases of a mutual aid, disaster or system overload.
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(a) An application for a.medical transport service permit shall be filed with the. director on a
form provided by the director. Application for initial service may be made at any time. The
applicant shall provide at least the following information:
(1) the name, title, business name, business address, and business phone number of the
applicant as well as the following information as applicable:
a. If the person submitting the application represents a partnership, then the
name, title, business name, business address, and business phone number
shall be given on all partners and persons having an interest in the business;
b. If the person submitting the application represents a corporation, the name
and location of its principal place of business, as well as the name, telephone
number and address shall be given on all the officers and directors of the
organization;
(2) documentary evidence from the city's tax assessor - collector that ad valorem taxes
on the property to be used in connection with the operation of the proposed medical
transfer service have been paid;
(3) the names, business addresses, and business phone numbers of organization
responsible for dispatching ambulances;
(4) the name, address, and phone numbers for the medical director responsible for all
aspects of the operation of the applicant's medical transfer services within the city
limits;
(5) a description of the make, vehicle identification number and license number of each
ambulance proposed to be utilized in providing medical transfer services within the
city limits;
(6) level of care that the applicant proposes to provide according to the state department
of health standards within the city limits;
(7) a certificate of insurance meeting the requirements of section 30 -184; and
(8) proof of a current valid state department of health emergency medical service
provider permit.
(b) The application shall include a sworn statement by the applicant that the information
provided in the application is true and correct.
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® Sec. 30 -183. Fee.
Each.. application for. permit required by this division shall be accompanied by a
nonrefundable permit fee as listed below, to cover the expense of carrying out the provisions of this
article:
Application Fee and one ambulance.
Each additional ambulance ...............
There shall be no proration of fees.
Sec. 30 -184. Insurance.
..................$250 per year
..................$100 per year
(a) Any applicant for a permit under this division shall, before the permit can be issued,
procure, maintain and furnish proof of financial responsibility as required by law and as
prescribed in this section. The applicant shall keep in full force and effect during the entire
term of his permit the following insurance coverages in the minimum limits listed:
1. Automobile liability insurance of no less than $20,000.00 for bodily injury to or
death of one person in any one accident and, subject to such limit for one person, in
the amount of $40,000.00 for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any
one accident and in the amount of $15,000.00 for injury to or destruction of property
of others in any one accident. This automobile liability insurance shall not contain a
passenger liability exclusion.
2. Commercial general liability insurance with a minimum aggregate of $500,000.00
and a minimum per occurrence limit of $250,000.00.
The insurance company shall be of sufficient assets, with an agent in the state upon whom
service of process may be made, and shall be approved by the city attorney. Every
insurance policy and certificate of insurance must contain a provision or an endorsement
requiring that the city clerk shall be given at least 30 days' written notice prior to the date of
cancellation before such policy may be cancelled by the insurer for any cause.
Such insurance shall be written by an insurance carrier licensed to do business in this state
and which shall be of sufficient assets, with an agent in the state upon whom service of
process may be made, and shall be approved by the city attorney. Every insurance policy
and certificate of insurance must contain a provision or an endorsement requiring that the
policy will not be canceled, suspended, voided or reduced until at least 30 days' prior
written notice has been given to the city via certified mail, return receipt requested.
Additionally, the city shall be added as an additional insured on the policies, and the
coverage shall contain no special limitation on the scope of protection afforded to the city.
If the policy does not provide coverage for "any auto," then a schedule of the covered autos
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permitted to operate within the city.
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(b) If the city attorney determines that the insurance coverages required in subsection (a) of this
section has become impaired and requires new and additional insurance, the city attorney
shall require such additional insurance in such company as he may feel is required to ensure
a faithful performance by the operator of ambulances and his agents, servants and
employees, as well as a payment by such operator of ambulances, his agents, servants and
employees or because of the violation by the operator of ambulances, individually or
through his agents, servants or employees, of any city ordinance or any of the laws of the
state or of the United States.
(c) If the insurance policy is cancelled and no insurance policy is filed by the owner or
ambulance operators before the cancellation, the permit to operate ambulances granted to
such person shall be automatically revoked.
Sec. 30 -185 Inspection.
(a) The director shall have the right to inspect at any time all ambulances permitted or to be
permitted under this division to determine if such vehicles meet the following minimum
standards:
(1) Each vehicle shall be equipped according to the state department of health
equipment standards, and as determined by the ambulance service medical director;
(2) Each vehicle shall be free from dirt or rubbish and shall be otherwise clean and
sanitary;
(3) Each vehicle shall meet the general standards and requirements of this article;
(4) Each vehicle shall have the company name displayed on each side of the vehicle and
on the rear; and
(5) Each vehicle shall be inspected each year by a person authorized to conduct vehicle
safety inspections by the state.
(b) At no time shall any ambulance that is found to be unsafe by the director be operated on the
streets of the city. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the director from
inspecting any ambulance at any time and if the director finds that any ambulance is in a
defective condition, the director shall order the use of the ambulance discontinued until the
ambulance is reinspected and approved.
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® Sec. 30 -186. Payment of ad valorem taxes.
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. -It shall be the duty of every._ medical transfer services provider to pay all ad valorem taxes
assessed by the city against such vehicle and all other personal and real property used in such
business. The failure to pay such ad valorem taxes before they become 90 days delinquent shall
operate as a revocation of the permit issued in accordance with this division.
Sec. 30 -187. Issuance of permits.
(a) Under this division, the director shall issue to each applicant a permit for each vehicle upon
the applicant's filing of written proof of insurance as required in this division, upon
ensuring that all city taxes on each vehicle and on all other personal and real property used
in such business have been paid and upon a determination that all requirements of this
article and all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations have been satisfied.
(b) Permits shall be issued for a 12 -month period. Such period shall run from January 1 to
December 31 of each year. Any new permit issued during the year shall begin on the date
of issuance and shall end on December 31 of that year. The permit shall state the period for,
which the permit is issued, the name of the owner, the make of the vehicle, the vehicle
identification number, and the current license number.
Sec. 30 -188. Renewal.
(a) An application for renewal of an existing permit shall be filed on or before December 15 of
each calendar year. The application process shall be the same as specified in this
subdivision for initial permits.
(b) The director shall issue a medical transfer service permit for each ambulance for which it
has received a renewal application upon the applicant's filing of written proof of insurance
as required in this division, upon ensuring that all city taxes on each vehicle and on all other
personal and real property used in such business have been paid and upon a determination
that all requirements of this article and all applicable state and federal statutes and
regulations have been satisfied.
(c) If a permit has been suspended during the permit year, reissuance of such permit will be
reviewed by the director, the EMS medical director and the city's health authority during
December of such year. The awarding of such permit shall be denied if the director, the
EMS medical director and the city's health authority determine that the health, general
public safety and welfare of the citizens of the city demand such a result.
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® Sec. 30 -189. Transferability.
A permit issued under this division shall be personal to the permittee and shall not be
transferable.
Sec. 30 -190. Alteration of terms by city council.
The city council expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, change, or eliminate any of
the provisions of any permit issued under this division, during the life of the permit, to:
(1) Eliminate or delegate any conditions that might prove obsolete or impractical; or
(2) Impose any additional conditions upon any owner, as may be just and reasonable,
and which are deemed necessary for the purpose of promoting adequate, efficient,
and safe ambulance service to the public.
Sec. 30 -192. Revocation.
In addition to the penalties as provided in this code for violations of this article, a medical
transfer service provider or any of its officers agents and/or employees who violate any section of
this article, including allowing drivers to operate or drive any vehicle while not properly licensed,
is subject to immediate cancellation of its medical transfer service permit to operate within the city
limits by the director. However, not less than ten days before such cancellation, the owner shall be
given written notice and an opportunity to be heard before the to the director, the EMS medical
director and the city's health authority as to why the permit should not be cancelled. No such
notice or hearing shall be deemed necessary prior to the revocation of a permit for failure to
maintain proper insurance as required in section 30 -184.
Subdivision 2. Services and Regulations
Sec. 30 -201. Operation of ambulances.
The driver or operator of any ambulance of a medical transfer service provider shall comply
with all of the state traffic laws and city ordinances, including this article, in furnishing medical
transfer service. Any such driver or operator shall not permit the ambulance of a medical transfer
service provider to be used as an emergency medical services vehicle or for emergency medical
services without compliance with all requirements of this article regarding emergency medical
services vehicle or ambulance service.
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Sec. 30 -203. Structural and licensing requirements.
(a) -_ No emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance shall be operated on the public streets
of the city unless it is free of structural defects and unless it has no serious impairment of
any safety feature resulting from an accident or otherwise.
(b) No emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance shall be operated upon the streets of
the city for the purpose of furnishing emergency ambulance service unless and until such
vehicle or ambulance has been licensed in accordance with V.T.C.A., Health and Safety
Code § 773.001 et seq.
Sec. 30 -204. Required equipment.
No emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance shall be operated upon the city streets
for the purpose of furnishing ambulance service, unless such vehicle or ambulance is equipped in
accordance with V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 773.001 et seq. and all regulations of the state
department of health.
Sec. 30 -205. Display of name.
Under this article, every emergency medical services vehicle or ambulance shall have the
name of the ambulance or emergency medical service displayed on both exterior sides.
Section 2: 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 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the 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 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten days from its passage by
the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of
this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within
ten days after passage of this ordinance.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 24th day of February, 2000.
ATTEST:
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GA W. ITH, rty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, R., ity Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Nfayor