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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1365 KNOWN AS THE AMBULANCE ORDINANCE BY SETTING STANDARDS FOR PERSONS OR FIRMS TO OPERATE EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS PERSONS OR FIRMS TO OPERATE EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.
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WHEREAS, in order to protect the citizens of the City of Jonesboro, it is necessary to establish certain guidelines for the operation of emergency and non-emergency transport services within the city; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1365, known as the ambulance ordinance should be amended as hereinafter set out.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that
SECTION 1: No person or firm shall furnish, operate, maintain, conduct, advertise or in any way engage in or profess to engage in the business of providing emergency or non-emergency transport of patients upon the streets and highways of the City of Jonesboro unless that person or firm shall provide a standard of service equal to the specific standards of paramedic as defined by the Rules and Regulations pertaining to Emergency Medical Services as promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas.
SECTION 2: No person or firm shall furnish, operate, maintain, conduct, advertise or in any way engage in or profess to engage in the business of providing emergency or non-emergency transport of patients upon the streets and highways of the City of Jonesboro unless that person or firm shall provide a standard of service equal to those set out in the following guidelines:
(A) An ambulance service must operate four (4) paramedic level ambulances between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
(B) An ambulance service must operate two (2) paramedic level ambulances between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, and 24 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday;
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