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No provider, driver or attendant of any ambulance having a permit issued by the County shall fix, charge, or collect for ambulance service a rate or tariff more than the rate or tariff fixed in the following manner, and all providers of ambulances shall take such action as necessary to cause rates or tariffs for the ambulances owned or operated by them to be fixed in the following manner: (Ord. 1078, § 1, 04/06/1976; Ord. 1755, § 1, 10/07/1986)

(a) Flat Rate, Zone, or Special Service Rate Schedule. All owners or providers of ambulances shall operate on a flat rate or zone basis, or time, mileage or special service basis, or a combination thereof, and shall file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors reasonable and uniform rates or a schedule of charges. Such rates or schedule of charges shall be reviewed and approved by the Board of Supervisors before becoming effective. (Ord. 1078, § 1, 4/6/1976)

(b) Review by Board of Supervisors. All rates or the schedules of charges established shall remain effective and shall not be amended or varied from except with the consent of, or by the order of, the Board of Supervisors, and the Board from time to time may review such rates or schedule of charges, and may, in its discretion, require the provider to substantiate by factual evidence and auditable financial records the reasonableness and uniformity of such rates or schedule of charges, and may, based upon its findings on the question of reasonableness and uniformity, order changes which shall be complied with. (Ord. 1078, § 1, 4/6/1976; Ord. 2364, § 5, 6/20/2006)