<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 28-28. - Franchise required for non-emergency ambulance transportation.</div>
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               (a)
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               No person either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain,
               advertise or otherwise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in the business or service
               of non-emergency ambulance transportation of patients within Halifax County unless
               the person holds a valid permit for each ambulance used issued by the North Carolina
               Department of Human Resources and has been granted a franchise for the operation of
               such business or service by the county pursuant to this chapter.
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               (b)
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               No person shall drive an ambulance, attend a patient in an ambulance, or permit an
               ambulance to be operated within Halifax County unless the operator holds a valid credential
               to do so, issued by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Office of Emergency
               Medical Services.
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               (c)
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               No person under 18 years of age shall be allowed to drive, attend a patient, or operate
               any equipment in conjunction with any ambulance within Halifax County unless the ambulance
               provider holds a valid commercial automobile policy, a general liability policy, and
               a workers compensation policy, approved by the county, concerning the limited activities
               of these members and special provisions that provide insurance coverage for these
               members, ambulance provider and Halifax County.
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               (d)
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               No franchise shall be required for the following:
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               (1)
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               An ambulance provider rendering assistance in the case of a major catastrophe, mutual
               aid or back-up emergency services under the Halifax County EMS system plan; or
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               (2)
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               An ambulance provider lawfully operating from a location outside Halifax County, but
               providing non-emergency ambulance transportation for a patient from outside the county
               to a patient care facility within the county, or from a patient care facility within
               the county to a destination outside the county; or
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               (3)
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               An ambulance provider under the operation of the county; or
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               (4)
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               An ambulance provider owned and operated by an agency of the United States government.
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               (Ord. of 5-5-97(1), Â§ III; Ord. of 10-24-00(1), Â§ III; Ord. of 6-6-2011, Â§ III(3.1-3.4);
               Ord. of 04-01-2024 (1), Att. A)
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