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No person, either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise be engaged in the business or service of the transportation of patients upon the streets, alleys, or any public way or place within Humboldt County, unless s/he holds a currently valid permit for operation of an ambulance service, issued pursuant to this chapter. An ambulance service permit shall allow for emergency and non-emergency transport of patients from a point originating within the permittee’s allowed zone(s) of operation. Upon issuance of an ambulance service permit, the permittee must operate an ambulance service within the allowed zone(s) of operation until the permit expires, is suspended, or is relinquished by the permittee. The permittee shall respond, or arrange for an alternate responder, to all requests for assistance, and shall treat and transport all patients who request or require transport, without regard to the ability of the patient to pay. No such permit shall be required for an ambulance which is: (Ord. 1078, § 1, 04/06/1976; Ord. 1755, § 1, 10/07/1986)

(a) Rendering assistance to permit holding ambulances in the case of major catastrophe or emergency with which the ambulance services of the County are insufficient or unable to cope; or (Ord. 1078, § 1, 4/6/1976; Ord. 1755, § 1, 10/7/1986)

(b) Operated from a location or headquarters outside the County in order to transport patients who are picked up beyond the limits of Humboldt County to locations within the County; provided, however, that no such outside ambulance shall be used to pick up patients within the County for transportation to locations within the County unless the person, subject to the provisions of § 551-3 of this chapter in respect of such ambulance, holds a currently valid permit issued pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 1078, § 1, 4/6/1976; Ord. 1755, § 1, 10/7/1986)