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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 20-08 MuniCode Emergency Medical Svs ORDINANCE NO. 20 - 08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN *********** ADDING CHAPTER 4.36 TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Chapter 4.36 shall be added to the Dublin Municipal Code to read as follows: Chapter 4.36 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Sections: 4.36.010 4.36.020 4.36.030 Definitions. Compliance with County Ordinance Code required. City Liability. 4.36.010 Definition. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: "Basic Life Support Ambulance Service" or "BLS" means the service performed in response to a non- emergency call. Specifically, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures that, at a minimum, include recognizing respiratory and cardiac arrest and starting the proper application of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and CPR to maintain life without invasive techniques until the victim may be transported or until advanced life support is available. "Critical Care Transport" or "CCT" means any emergency or non-emergency transport of a patient where the skill level required in the care of that patient during transport requires, or may require, care within the CCT-Paramedic or CCT-RN scope of practice. 4.36.020 Compliance with County Ordinance Code required. Every company based in the City of Dublin which provides Basic Life Support Ambulance Service or Critical Care Transport, and every company which provides Basic Life Support Ambulance Service or Critical Care Transport within the City of Dublin shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 6.114 of Title 6 of the Ordinance Code of the County of Alameda, as it is now and as it may be amended in the future. 4.36.030 City Liability. Unless expressly agreed in writing, the City of Dublin and its officers and employees shall not be liable for any costs or charges associated with compliance with this Chapter or the rules or regulations promulgated hereunder. Ord No. 20-08, Adopted 5/06/08, Item 4.12 Page 1 of2 Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances. Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days following its adoption. Section 4. Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 2008, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Sbranti and Scholz, and Mayor Lockhart NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATa: [ f-k Deputy City Clerk Ord No. 20-08, Adopted 5/06/08, Item 4.12 Page 2 of2