<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-52. - Requirements for certification of a first responder agency or an individual first responder.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               No agency or department shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, be engaged
               in or profess to be engaged in service as a first responder agency unless that agency
               holds a currently valid certificate to operate as a first responder issued by the
               county department of emergency medical services and approved by the county board of
               commissioners or its designated representative.
               
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               (b)
               
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               No person shall operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, be engaged in or profess to
               be engaged in business or service of a first responder unless that person is affiliated
               with a certified first responder agency and holds a currently valid medical responder
               certification issued through the state office of emergency medical services.
               
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               (c)
               
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               All first responder medical agencies will operate under the county emergency medical
               system plan.
               
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               (d)
               
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               A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
               
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               (Ord. of 12-7-92(2), Â§ 2; Ord. No. 1998-14, 9-21-98; Ord. No. 2005-02, 5-23-05;
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                  Ord. No. 2021-32
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               , Â§ 7, 12-20-21)
               
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