<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-51. - Application for ambulance or rescue vehicle franchise.</div>
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               (a)
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               Application for a franchise to operate ambulances or rescue vehicles in the county
               shall be made upon such forms as may be prepared or prescribed by the county and shall
               contain:
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               (1)
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               The name and address of the applicant and of the owner of the ambulance or rescue
               vehicle.
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               (2)
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               The trade or other fictitious name, if any, under which the applicant does business
               or proposes to do business, along with a certified copy of an assumed name certificate
               stating such name or articles of incorporation stating such name.
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               (3)
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               A resume of the training and experience of the applicant in the transportation and
               care of patients.
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               (4)
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               A description and copy of state certification for each ambulance or rescue vehicle
               owned and operated by the applicant.
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               (5)
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               The location and description of the place or places from which it is intended to operate.
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               (6)
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               Audited financial statement of the applicant, such financial statement to be in such
               form and in such detail as may be required by the county.
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               (7)
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               A description of the applicant's capability to provide 24-hour coverage, seven days
               per week for the district covered by the franchise applied for and an accurate estimate
               of the minimum and maximum times for a response to calls within such district.
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               (8)
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               Any information the county shall deem reasonably necessary for a fair determination
               of the capability of the applicant to provide ambulance service in the county in accordance
               with the requirements of state laws and the provisions of this article.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6-21)
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               County authority in regulating ambulance services, G.S. 153A-250.
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