<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-54. - Standards.</div>
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               (a)
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               Each franchised ambulance service shall at all times comply with the requirements
               of this division; the franchise granted under this division; all applicable state
               and local laws relating to health, sanitation, safety, equipment and ambulance design;
               and all other laws and ordinances.
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               (b)
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               Prior approval of the county shall be required where ownership or control of more
               than ten percent of the right of control of the franchise is acquired by a person
               or group of persons acting in concert, none of whom owned or controlled ten percent
               or more of such right of control, singularly or collectively, on the date the franchise
               was awarded. The county reserves the right to withhold approval and require a new
               franchise application. By its acceptance of the franchise, the franchisee specifically
               agrees that any such acquisition occurring without prior approval of the county shall
               constitute a violation of the franchise by the franchisee and shall be cause for termination
               at the option of the county.
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               (c)
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               Any change of ownership of a franchised ambulance service shall terminate the franchise
               and shall require a new application and a new franchise and conformance with all the
               requirements of this division as upon original franchising.
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               (d)
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               No franchise may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the
               approval of the county and a finding of conformance with all requirements of this
               division as upon original franchising. Each franchised ambulance service, its equipment
               and the premises designated in the application and all records relating to its maintenance
               and operation as such shall be open to inspection by the state or county or their
               designated representatives.
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               (e)
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               No official entry made upon a franchise may be defaced, removed or obliterated.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6-24)
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