§ 16-143. General regulations.

(a)

No person as owner, agent, or otherwise shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain advertise, or otherwise engage in or profess to engage in providing ambulance services for calls originating in this parish, except as otherwise provided herein, unless that person holds a current parish ambulance operator's license.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate any ambulance within the parish for the purpose of transporting patients for a fee or charge without first obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity and ambulance operator's license. These requirements shall apply to any future or pending ambulance service applicants but shall not be required of any person operating an ambulance who:

(1)

Operates from a location outside the parish and transports any patient from a point of origin outside the parish to a destination inside the parish.

(2)

Operates from a location outside the parish and transports any patient from a point of origin within the parish to a destination outside the parish.

(3)

Transports only the patients of the institution, corporations, firm or individual owning and operating the ambulances when such services are rendered at no cost or charge to the patient.

(4)

Transports only ambulatory or wheelchair patients.

(c)

No person shall operate an ambulance for response to calls originating in the parish unless such ambulance has a valid ambulance certification sticker issued by the state department of health and hospitals.

(d)

No person shall operate an ambulance in response to calls originating in this parish unless such ambulance is staffed by a driver and an attendant who hold valid state licenses for their respective duties.

(Code 1985, § 23-9; Ord. No. 2966, § 1, 6-23-1993)