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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6412 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964) , AS AMENDED, WHICH CHAPTER REGU- LATES THE OPERATION OF AMBULANCES, BY AMENDING SEC- TION 6-5(h) THEREOF BY PROVIDING TIME FOR COMPLI- ANCE WITH AMBULANCE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; BY AMENDING SECTION 6-19(c)AND SECTION 6-22 BY PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PERMITS FOR AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS; MAK- ING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEV- ERABILITY CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Paragraph (h) of Sec. 6-5 of Chapter 6 of the Fort Worth City Code (1964) , as amended, is hereby amended, and after having been so amended, same shall be and read as follows: " (h) The character and condition of the ambulance or ambulances to be used by any opera- tor, (save and except the primary contractor of the City of Fort Worth, Texas) , who has one or more ambulances for hire lawfully in use upon the public streets and thoroughfares of the City of Fort Worth shall be as hereinafter provided and such operator shall have twenty-four months from the date of the adoption of this ordinance within which to bring replacements or additions to his fleet of ambulances into compliance with the definition of ambulance as hereinabove de- fined, invalid coaches excepted. "In the event the City Council finds that the public convenience and necessity require the issuance of such certificate and that the appli- cant meets the required qualifications to give proper and adequate service to the best interest of the inhabitants of the City of Fort Worth, the City Council shall direct the License Offi- cer to issue a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to such applicant for the number of ambulances which the City Council determines are required thereunder." SECTION 2. That Paragraph (c) of Sec. 6-19, Operating Regulations, of Chapter 6 of the Fort Worth City Code (1964), as amended, is hereby amended, and after having been so amended, same shall be and read as follows: " (c) Each ambulance shall have in addition to the driver, an attendant who holds a current valid certificate showing that he has satisfacto- rily completed the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - Basic 72-hour ambulance personnel train- ing course, also known as the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course, certified by the City Health Officer, which attendant shall remain in attendance with the patient being conveyed. "Pending initiation of the next available training course for Emergency Medical Technician, the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth may issue temporary permits for ambulance attendants to applicants other than those employed by the primary contractor of the City of Fort Worth. It is the intention of the City Council that those applicants employed by the primary contractor of the City of Fort Worth may be issued temporary permits as long as such primary contractor has not less than seventy-five percent of the number of certified emergency medical technicians em- ployed as ambulance attendants as are required to adequately staff and meet operational require- ments for ambulance service as deemed necessary by the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth." SECTION 3. That Sec. 6-22, Qualifications of Applicants for Drivers' and Attendants' Registration, of Chapter 6 of the Fort Worth City Code (1964) , as amended, is hereby amended, and after having been so amended, same shall be and read as follows: "Sec. 6-22. Qualifications of Applicants for Drivers' and Attendants' Registration. "Each applicant for registration as an ambu- lance driver or attendant in the City shall be - 2 - a citizen of the United States of America. Each applicant for an ambulance driver's registration must be the holder of a current chauffeur's li- cense issued by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Each applicant must be able to speak, read and write the English language. Each applicant must furnish a written certificate from the City Health Officer that he is of sound physique, possesses good eyesight and good hear- ing, is not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble, or infirmity of body or mind, has had a blood test and a chest x-ray, and is not addicted to the use of drugs or intoxicating liquors so as to render him unfit to perform the duties of the driver or attendant. Each applicant must fur- nish satisfactory proof that he is a person of good moral character. Each applicant must fur- nish proof that he holds a valid certificate showing that he has satisfactorily completed the Red Cross Advanced First-Aid Course and the 6-hour American Heart Association's course in cardio-pulmonary resusitation, and such proof must be certified by the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth. All applicants for ambulance attendant must also furnish proof of satisfactory completion of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic 72- hour personnel training course, and such proof must also be certified by the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth. "Pending initiation of the next available training course for Emergency Medical Technician, the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth may issue temporary permits for ambulance attendants to applicants other than those employed by the primary contractor of the City of Fort Worth. It is the intention of the City Council that those applicants employed by the primary contractor of the City of Fort Worth may be issued temporary permits as long as such primary contractor has not less than seventy-five percent of the number of certified emergency medical technicians em- ployed as ambulance attendants as are required to adequately staff and meet operational require- ments for ambulance service as deemed necessary by the Health Director of the City of Fort Worth." SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances affecting ambulance regulations except insofar - 3 - as it may be in conflict with the provisions of those ordi- nances in which instance or instances they are hereby ex- pressly repealed. SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitu- tionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Code, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitu- tional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect on and after April 1, 1971. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ro—"4"'j'0�0 City Attorney Adopted this the 28th day of December A. D. 197 .