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ORDINANCE 95-03 § 304.04 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE 2. The district service area which the applicant recommendation and any input from other service providers, desires to serve; municipalities, or interested groups or citizens and may grant or deny the requested certificate of public convenience and 3. The location and description of the place or necessity. In making his recommendation. the EMS director places from which the applicant will operate: shall consider the following factors: 4. The source of funds which will enable the W The population density and composition of applicant to continence operation, and a the likely areas within which the proposed ALS BLS or schedule of any rates which the applicant nonemergency medical transport service will operate intends to charge; The need of the people in the area for ALS 5. The names and addresses of at least three BLS, or non-emergencv medical transport service. (3) local references; Lc I A comparison of estimated annual requests 6. The need for the proposed service in the for service in the particular certificate category with the requested service area. current number of vehicles satisfying requests. 67. Such other reasonable information as may be (M Such other factors as may be considered required by EMS director. important by the EMS Director. Section 304.06. Exemptions Section 304.05 8. Contents of certificate. A vehicle rendering services as an ambulance in the Any certificate issued under this division shall require event of a major catastrophe or emergency when ambulances the service provider and all employees, including paramedics with permits based in the locality of the catastrophe or and emergency medical technicians, to comply with the emergency as defined in the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement following: are incapacitated or insufficient in number to render the services needed and any ambulance owned and operated by the 1. Agree to respond only to emergency prehospital calls federal government are exempt from the provisions of this in the sa#itod-district service area and, when units Ordinance. are available, to provide response to other districts service areas in the county when requested to do so Section 304.94 7. Same -Investigation; staff by the other providers or by the EMS director. JQM recommendation. A only) After an application has been received by the county, 2. Post a copy of standard operating procedures which the EMS director shall cause an investigation to be made into the service provider will use to give general specific the application, including a determination of the public need instructions to its personnel concerning the nature of for the proposed service in.the geographical area requested. their duties and responsibilities. These procedures must be reviewed by the EMS director prior to the The EMS director shall contact the medical director, effective date of the certificate. all other service providers in the county, and any municipality in which the applicant desires to provide service. Within sixty 3. Comply with all lawful directive of the EMS director (60) days from receipt of the completed application, the EMS and medical director, including any medical protocols director shall schedule a public hearing before the board of and training directives not preempted by the state. county commissioners with notice to all other service providers in the requested service distdot area, any 4. Provide continuous and uninterrupted service within municipality in the requested service district area and to the the rzanUied-district; service area. be in sewicoa�td general public by publication in the local newspaper with at , least one week's notice. At the public hearing the board of , county commissioners shall consider the EMS director's Supp. No. 1 304/3 JANUARY 24, 1995 39 Ba®P( U4 PAi;F 170