HomeMy WebLinkAbout3943ORDINANCE NO. 3943
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDI~ANCE
NO. 1987 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE . REGULATING THE
OPERATION OF TAXICABS, AMBULANCES . . ."; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION OF DIALYSIS PATIENTS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1987, Section One, Subsection
(a), Paragraph 13 is amended to read:
"13. 'Medical Transportation' means the transportation
for hire, except by taxicab, of any passengers who may be wounded,
sick, injured, ill, incapacitated, infirm, an expectant mother,
or dead person, to or from any office, facility or institution
which regularly offers any type of medical care or service."
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 1987, Section One, Subsection
(a) is amended by adding Paragraph 23 to read:
"23.
'Dialysis Transportation Vehicle' means any pri-
'vately owned motor vehicle which is equipped and used exclusive-
ly for the purpose of medical transportation of passengers re-
quiring treatment for instage renal disease at any licensed
Hemo-dialysis Unit."
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 1987, Section One, Subsection
(a) is amended by adding Paragraph 24 to read:
"24. 'Medical Transportation Vehicle' means any vehicle
included in the definition of an ambulance, a dialysis transporta-I
tion vehicle or a wheelchair passenger transportation vehicle, whiJh
is used for medical transportation." i
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SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 1987, Section Four, Subsection i
(b) is amended by adding Paragraph 6 to read: I
"6. Not more than one (1) dialysis transportation vehicle I
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shall be permitted for each 25,000 residents of the City of San
Bernardino, or major portion thereof."
SECTION 5. Ordinance No. 1987, Section Nine, Subsection
(a) is amended to read:
"(a) TOWING, AMBULANCE AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION
VEHICLES. No carrier which operates towing vehicles, ambulances, i
wheelchair passenger transportation vehicles or dialysis transporl-
tat ion vehicles shall operate, or permit to be operated, any i
vehicle, under the provisions of this ordinance, unless and
until such vehicle is covered by public liability insurance
of not less than $50,000.00 for the injury or death of one
person, and $100,000.00 for the injury or death of two or more
persons in anyone accident, and property damage insurance
of not less than $10,000.00 for anyone accident, and the policy
of such insurance or a certificate thereof, in an insurance
company approved by the Bureau, has been filed with the Bureau.
Such policy or certificate shall set forth with particularity
the make, number and other identifying data of each vehicle
covered by such policy, together with the expiring date of
such policy, and other required information."
SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 1987, Section Forty-Three, is
amended by adding Subsection (3) to read:
"(3) Dialysis Transportation Vehicle rates:
(a) Response to call, the rates established by the
Hedi-cal Program of the State of California.
(b) Each mile or fraction thereof, the rates
established by the Medi-Cal Program of the State of California."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
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. adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
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AYES:
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ABSENT:
meeting thereof, held
, 1980, by the following
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foregoing ordinance is hereby
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, 1980.
Approved as to form:
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