<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-56. - Ambulance franchise.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Compliance with applicable laws.</span> Each franchised ambulance service shall comply at all times with the requirements
               of this article, the franchise granted under this article, and all applicable state
               and local laws relating to health, sanitation, safety, equipment, and ambulance design
               and all other laws and ordinances as well as OEMS rules.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Right of control.</span> Prior approval of the county through the application process shall be required where
               ownership or control of more than ten percent of the right of control of the franchisee
               is acquired by a person or group of persons acting in concert, none of whom own or
               control ten percent or more of such right of control, singularly or collectively,
               at the date of the franchise. By its acceptance of the franchise, the franchisee specifically
               agrees that any such acquisition occurring without prior approval of the county shall
               constitute a violation of the franchise by franchisee and shall be cause for termination
               at the option of the county.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Change of ownership.</span> Any change of ownership of a franchised ambulance service without the approval of
               the county shall terminate the franchise and shall require a new application and a
               new franchise and conformance with all the requirements of this article as upon original
               franchising.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Sale, assignment, mortgaging or transferral.</span> No franchise may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the
               approval of the county and a finding of conformance with all requirements of this
               article as upon original franchising. Each franchised ambulance service, its equipment
               and the premises designated in the application for all records relating to its maintenance
               and operation as such shall be open to inspection by the state, the county or their
               designated representatives.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Official entries.</span> No official entry made upon a franchise may be defaced, removed, or obliterated.
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               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="709378">
                  Ord. No. 14-11-11
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               , Â§ 1, 11-18-14)
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