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NO. 15,763
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION
5- 27(B)(1) OF THE LITTLE ROCK CITY
CODE, 1988, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF A LITTLE ROCK
PHYSICIAN TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BOARD;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock wishes to assure that
there is a qualified physician serving on the Board of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, Emergency Medical Health Care
Facilities Board__( "Ambulance Authority Board "), and _
WHEREAS, the current plan to have a member of the
Arkansas Emergency Physicians Foundation, Inc., ("AEPF") does
not assure that a Little Rock physician will be available for
service, and
WHEREAS, Arkansas law requires that appointees by the
City to a City board, commission or authority must be a resident
of the City, and
WHEREAS, because of this requirement and other problems
the Ambulance Authority Board does not have a physician member
that serves and attends the Board,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: Section 5- 27(b)(1) of the Little Rock City
Code, 1988, is amended to read as follows:
(1) A practicing Arkansas licensed medical doctor who
resides within the City;
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SECTION 2: All ordinances and parts of ordinances
inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.
SECTION 3: EMERGENCY CLAUSE. To assure that the best
emergency advanced life support is being provided to the
citizens of the area serviced by the Ambulance Authority, it is
imperative to have a trained, practicing physician serve on the
Ambulance Authority Board of Directors in order to fully protect
the health, safety and welfare of these citizens. Because of
problems with State law that requires that City appointees must
reside within the City, and problems with the present ordinance
that limits medical membership on the Board to those physicians
that are members of AEPF, the City has not had the benefit of a
medical doctor for several months. An emergency is therefore
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in effect from and
after the date of its passage so a medical doctor can be
appointed and begin to serve immediately upon the Ambulance
Authority Board of Directors.
PASSED: October 17, 1989
ATTEST:
CLERK, JANE,CZECH
AS TO /FORM:
MARK STODOLA, CITY ATTORNEY
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APPROVED:
MAYOR .G. "BUDDY" VILLINES
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