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4 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 14,511
5 CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF
6 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
7 ARKANSAS, CONCERNING AMBULANCE SERVICES
8 AND OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
12 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
13 SECTION 1. Section 2 (b) (3) of Ordinance No. 14,511, of
14 the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, is hereby amended to read as
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16 That the Ambulance Authority may, after bid procedures,
17 select a private ambulance company for an exclusive contract to
18 provide ambulance personnel to operate the ambulance service in
19 the City of Little Rock. The ambulance company shall provide the
20 ambulance personnel necessary to operate the equipment owned by
21 the Authority and to provide those management functions delegated
22 to it under contract by the Ambulance Authority. The Ambulance
23 Authority shall own, or serve, as a primary lessee of all
24 ambulance and communication equipment, do all billings and
25 collections and shall provide all administrative oversight for
26 the ambulance service system. Nothing in this provision shall
27 prevent the Ambulance Authority from operating the ambulance
28 service and providing its own personnel.
SECTION 2. Section 3(b)(3) of Ordinance No. 14,511, is
29 hereby amended to read as follows:
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Ambulance Contractor (Contractor) means the private
31 ambulance company, if any, that contracts with the Authority to
32 provide ambulance services to the City operating alone or
33 pursuant to any Interlocal Agreements approved by the City Board
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of Directors with Pulaski County and other municipalities within
the County.
SECTION 3. Section 3(b)(9) of Ordinance No. 14,511 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
9. Arkansas Emergency Physicians' Foundation (AEPF, Inc.)
means the non - profit professional and charitable organization
composed of licensed physicians, a majority of whom are
regularly engaged in the full -time professional practice of
emergency medicine; and, which as used herein, may apply to this
organization, or any similar organization, or a separate board
created by the City.
SECTION 4. Section 3(b)(11) of Ordinance No. 14,511 is
hereby amended to ready as follows:
11. Base Station Physician means a physician licensed under
the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, and certified by the AEPF,
Inc., or the American College of Emergency Physicians.
SECTION 5. Section 6(a) of Ordinance No. 14,511, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
The City Manager may contract with the Arkansas Emergency
Physicians' Foundation (AEPF, Inc.) or any similar organization
to provide medical advice to the Authority, and physician
supervision and medical quality control over the Little Rock
amubulance service system.
SECTION 6. Section 6(b)(2) of Ordinance No. 14,511, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The AEPF, Inc., or similar organization, shall perform
medical audits when requested by the License Officer, at the
request of the Chairman of the Authority, the City Manager, any
member of the Little Rock Board of Directors, any licensed
paramedic, any licensed physician, or any member of the Ambulance
Authority Board in accordance with the terms and conditions of
its contract with the City.
SECTION 7. Section 9 of Ordinance No. 14,511, is hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 8 Section 14 of Ordinance No.14,511, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
The Ambulance Authority and AEPF, Inc., or other similar
organization, shall negotiate the fee to be paid for the services
set out above.
SECTION 9. The second sentence of Section 17 of Ordinance
No. 14,511, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Authority for the management of the scene of a medical
emergency shall be vested in the Senior Paramedic or EMT in
charge until appropriate public safety officials arrive on the
scene and take control.
SECTION 10. The first sentence of Section 20 (A) of
Ordinance No. 14,511, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The medical audit process shall be conducted under the
supervision of the Medical Director and each medical audit
hearing shall be directly supervised by a physician appointed by
the Medical Director pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
contract between the City and AEPF, Inc., or other similar
organization.
PASSED: June 2, 1987
ATTEST:
CI Y CLERK J NE CZECH
APPROVED AS TO ORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAYOR LOTTIE SHACKLEFORD
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