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COMMISSIONER LOY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RATES AS SHE FELT THE INVESTMENT WOULD BE VERY HIGH IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS TO BE .HANDLED AND QUESTIONED THE AFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON VOLUNTEER EFFORTS. MR. ODOM STATED THAT VOLUNTEERS CAN STILL DO THIS, BUT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A LICENSED SERVICE IN THE AREA. COMMISSIONER LOY POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD GAVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO AN AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT NOW, DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE AFFECT ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF NEED WOULD HAVE ON VOLUNTEERS. MR. ODOM NOTED THAT YOU WONT HAVE VOLUNTEER AIR AMBULANCES BE- CAUSE IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE MR. ODOM TO FIND OUT IF HE CAN MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. MR. ODOM STATED THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A MATTER OF 30 DAYS THAT HE JUST MUST HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND CALL FOR A STATE IN- SPECTION. COMMISSIONER LOY POINTED OUT THAT YOU CAN ONLY ISSUE ONE CERTIFI- CATE OF NEED IN AN AREA THIS SIZE. SHE CONTINUED THAT THIS IS A VALUABLE SERVICE, AND SHE WOULDN�T WANT TO TIE IT DOWN TO ONE CERTIFICATE, OR HAVE IT AFFECT OUR VOLUNTEERS` SERVICES, UNTIL MR. ODOM DETERMINES FOR SURE WHETHER HE WANTS TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS OR NOT. MR. ODOM NOTED THAT THEY PROVIDE AIR TAXI SERVICE NOW, AND THIS WILL BE AN EXTRA SERVICE. HE STATED HE DID NOT FEEL THE STATE WILL LICENSE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. THE QUESTION OF RATES AROSE, AND MR. ODOM STATED THAT THE RATES DEPEND ON THE AIRCRAFT THEY USE. -HE INFORMED THE BOARD THERE ARE NO STATE REULATIONS ON RATES BECAUSE THEY ARE A NON-SCHEDULED CARRIER. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY ADDITIONAL FACTS THE BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE OF BEFORE REACHING A DECISION ON ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF NEED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE REITERATED THAT PIPER AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE IN EMERGENCIES, AND MR. ODOM SAID THEY WOULD AGREE TO EXCLUDE TRANSPORTING OF BABIES FROM THEIR LICENSE AS PIPER PROVIDES. THIS SERVICE.. 40 SES 2 11977