§ 16.40.040. Contract for provision of emergency medical services with Central Emergency Service Area.  


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  • All emergency medical services provided within the boundaries of the Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Services shall be provided by the Central Emergency Service Area under contract executed prior to and with initial effective date of July 1, 1992. The contract shall require that the Central Emergency Service Area provide all administration, personnel and equipment necessary for provision of emergency medical services throughout the Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area, under the direction of the joint operations board, the Mayor and the Borough Assembly. The contract shall provide that for a term of five years a tax at the rate of one mill shall be levied within the Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area with all receipts and enforcement rights to be transferred to the Central Emergency Service Area as the sole tax compensation due for emergency medical services to be provided. Additionally, EMS services provided within the Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area shall be subject to the same ambulance billing schedule as are services provided within the Central Emergency Service Area. Any billing schedule for emergency medical services or equipment shall be approved by the assembly prior to its implementation.

(Ord. No. 98-73, § 4, 1-5-99; Ord. No. 91-32, § 2(part), 1991)