<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-53. - Granting.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Hearing on application.</span> Upon receipt of an application for franchise, the board shall fix a time and place
               for hearing the applicant. No franchise shall be granted unless the board shall find,
               after hearing, that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance
               service. And in determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the
               operation of the ambulance(s) for which application for franchise is made, the board
               will consider and investigate the statements made in the application, the adequacy
               of the existing ambulance service, the financial responsibility, experience and character
               of the applicant, the public need for additional service, the ability of existing
               holders of certificates to provide any necessary additional service and any other
               factors pertinent to such determination.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Issuance of franchise.</span> On finding that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance
               service, the board may grant to the applicant a franchise on the terms and conditions
               described by this division, provided:
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               (1)
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               The applicant shall have complied with all the provisions of this article.
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               (2)
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               The ambulance(s) proposed to be operated under the franchise shall be found to meet
               the requirements of the rules and regulations governing ambulance service adopted
               by the state department of human resources or a representative thereof.
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               (3)
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               There are no unsatisfied judgments of record against the applicant.
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               (4)
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               No franchise may be sold, assigned, or transferred to or in any way vest in any person
               other than the applicant to whom the franchise is granted.
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               (5)
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               The applicant must maintain continuous insurance coverage in the amounts specified
               in section <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH12EMSE_ARTIIAM_DIV1GE_SS12-31_12-32RE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">12-32</a> of this chapter and submit new insurance certificates when coverage is changed or
               renewed.
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               (6)
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               Any change of ownership of a franchised ambulance service, including the acquisition
               of more than ten percent of the common stock of any corporation by an individual not
               named as an owner in the original application, shall be considered a material change
               necessitating a new franchise application and issuance of a new franchise.
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               (Ord. of 11-15-82, Â§ IV; Ord. of 3-14-16(1), Â§ 1)
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