<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 27-12. - Enforcement.</div>
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               (a)
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               The county emergency medical services director shall be responsible for:
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               (1)
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               Overseeing of the regulations contained within this chapter.
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               (2)
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               Receiving all franchise proposals from potential providers.
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               (3)
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               Reviewing each proposal for conformance to this chapter.
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               (4)
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               Recommending to the board of commissioners the approval or disapproval of the franchise
               to the applicant submitting the proposal.
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               (b)
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               It shall be the responsibility of the ambulance provider to ensure that the ambulance
               operation complies with the provisions of this chapter and all rules adopted for this
               chapter. Upon the violation of any part of this chapter or any rule adopted under
               authority of this chapter, the county shall have the power to revoke or suspend the
               franchise of the violator. The operation of an ambulance without a valid franchise
               or after a franchise has been suspended or revoked or without an emergency medical
               technician and/or medical responder aboard as required by G.S. 131E-158, shall constitute
               a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment or both in the discretion of the
               court.
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               (Ord. of 7-8-2020)
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