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CITY OF RENTOI`T, tiaASHINGTON
ORDINANCE P10. 2 9 s 1
AN OP.DINANCE OF THE CITY OF REiVTON, WASHINGTON
AP�NDING SECTION 5-3313 OF TITLE V (BUSINESS
REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NOo 1628 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON"
RELATING TO EZ�RGEiQCY CARE AND CHARGES THEREFOR
BY THE CI�Y FIRE DEPART��NT ,
THE CIT� COUNCIL OF TH� CITY OF REIQTON DO ORDAIN AS �'OLLOtr]S:
SECiION I: Existing Section 5-3313 of Title V (Business Regulations)
of Ordinance No. 1625 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton" is hereby amended to read as £ollows :
Section 5-3313, as amended - CITY FIRE aLP�RT�NT AID CAR:
In the event that the City` s Fire Department operates an aid car,
then in such event the Fire Department reserves the right to respond
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to any emergency situation and/or the transportation of any patient
to a hospital when:
(A) The patient is in critical condition and no licensed
ambulance is immediately available; or
(�) There is a lack of ambulance or ambulances to timely
respond to th.e scene; or
(C) wh.en a number of patients are in dire need of trans-
portation to a hospital and a bona fide emergency exists,
Whenever the Cityps Fire Department aid car provides these services
specified hereinabove, a charge of $ 20 . 0o shall be made to
the patient and/or person authorizing such service for transporting
such patient to the Valley General Hospital, Such billing shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Director of Finance,
In all other cases , an ambulance iicensee shall transport the
patient to the hospital when the custody o� the patient has been
released �o such licenseeo No efiort shall be made by the licensee
to assume the custody of a patient before release of custody has been
made by the officer in charge,
SECTION II: This Ordinance shall be effective upon its approval,
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