HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3840 RESOLUTION NO. 3840
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH COVERING PROCEDURES, RULES AND
RATES PERTAINING TO AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHIN THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND REPEALING RESOLU-
TION NO. 3358
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1. Resolution No . 3358 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . Anyone doing business as an ambulance serv-
ice within the City of Huntington Beach must meet the need
and necessity requirements and license requirements as set
out in the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code .
SECTION 3. The following rules and regulations will govern
any ambulance service doing business within the City of Huntington
Beach:
(a) The equipment will be checked and approved by the Chief
of Police .
(b) The procedures for using this equipment must meet the
approval of the Chief of Police.
SECTION 4. Ambulance services will adhere to the following
rates which were effective February 4, 1974:
BASIC CHARGE:
Per stretcher patient $35 plus $1. 50 per mile or
fraction thereof from point of
pickup to final destination
Per sit-up patient One-half of complete stretcher
charge
NOTE: In case one sit-up patient only is transported,
patient must pay the full stretcher charge .
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ADDITIONAL CHARGES :
Emergency calls $5 per patient
Night charge (7 : 00 p .m.
to 7: 00 a.m. ) $5 per patient
Oxygen rendered en route $5 minimum
Resuscitator $10 minimum
Alcoholic $5 minimum
Splint $2 . 75 minimum
Standby time $5 per each 15 minutes
or fraction thereof
Travelling off paved roads $5 minimum
Meeting trains, boats and
airplanes $5 minimum
Ambulance refused or not
needed upon arrival $30
In response to Veterans' calls , adhere to the approved
rates of the Veterans Administration.
In response to county calls , adhere to the approved rates
of the County of Orange .
SECTION 5. At the time of collection or billing, the am-
bulance service shall present to the customer a complete itemized
list of all charges together with a schedule of fees printed
thereon.
SECTION 6 . The Chief of Police, through the City Admin-
istrator, will administer the rules .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of February, 1974 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Res. No. 3840
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly appointed, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day
of February 19 74 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Green, Coen, Duke, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley, Gibbs
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California