HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4659 RESOLUTION NO. 4659
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 N0. 4261
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby
resolves as follows :
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 4261 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Anyone doing business as an ambulance service
within the city of Huntington Beach must meet the need and
necessity requirements and license requirements as set out
in the Huntington Beach Municipal 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 :
BASIC CHARGE:
Per stretcher patient $60 plus $3 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.
Maximum number one ambulance can carry : Five (5)
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ADDITIONAL CHARGES :
Emergency Calls $10 per patient
Night charge (7 p.m. to 7 a.m. ) $10 per patient
Oxygen rendered en route $10 per patient
Resuscitator $10
Alcoholic $10
Splint $10
Standby time $12.50 per each 15
minutes or fraction thereof
Travelling off paved roads $5
Meeting trains , boats and airplanes $5
Ambulance refused or not needed on
arrival* - $30
*NOTE : No- charge when ambulance is called by fire, police
or harbors and beaches .
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 Administrator,
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 21st
day of August 1978.
ATTEST:
ALICIA M. WENTWORTH Mayor
City Clerk
By';'Le a",
Deputy 61
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Cit Administrator City Attorney
INIT ATED AND APPROVED:
Chief of Police
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Res. No. 4659
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, 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 21st day
of August 19 78 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, MacAllister, Mandic, Shenkman
NOES: Councilmen:
Thomas, Siebert, Bailey
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach California
BY:
Deputy