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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: May 6, 2008
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Adding Chapter 4.36 (Emergency Medical Services) to
Dublin Municipal Code.
Report Prepared by David Rocha, Deputy Chief, Alameda County
Fire Department; Joni Pattillo, Assistant City Manager.
ATTACHMENTS:
1.
Ordinance Adding Chapter 4.36, relating to Emergency
Medical Services, to the Dublin Municipal Code.
RECOMMENDATION: IJ)P 1.
Waive reading and ADOPT the Ordinance Adding
Chapter 4.36, relating to Emergency Medical Services, to the
Dublin Municipal Code (Attachment 1).
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
There is no cost associated with the adoption of this ordinance. In
the event that an emergency medical services provider is established
in Dublin, the City would receive the proceeds from any fines levied
against that provider.
DESCRIPTION:
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Non-911 ambulance services, Basic Life Support and Critical Care Transport, have been unregulated and
have been operating without emergency medical service oversight. This has led to problems with
employee and customer complaints and equipment issues over which the Alameda County Emergency
Medical Services Agency (County EMSA) has no authority. Currently, these ambulance providers are
under no obligation to provide disaster relief assistance, may not have medically trained supervisors, and
may not have appropriate quality control procedures, and there is no requirement that their ambulances or
employees comply with County EMSA policies. County EMSA currently has no right to conduct
ambulance inspections.
The County EMSA is the Local EMS Agency (LEMSA) designated to plan, implement and evaluate the
local Emergency Medical Services System of Alameda County. The County EMSA maintains contracts
with first responder agencies to provide 911 ambulance services, but has no authority over non-911
ambulance providers. There are eight non-911 ambulance companies currently operating in the county,
with several more making plans to start services in the near future. At this time, none of the established
companies is based in Dublin.
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In order to establish a comprehensive system of administration and oversight of non-911 ambulance
services, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda recently adopted an ordinance adding
Chapter 6.114 to the County General Ordinance Code. Section 6.114.030 of the new Chapter provides
that, upon adoption by a city of the ordinance, the County shall "have enforcement powers within that
city." The proposed Ordinance would add a new Chapter to the Dublin Municipal Code requiring any
emergency medical service provider based or operating within the City to comply with the requirements
imposed by Chapter 6.114 of the County General Ordinance Code.
On April 15, 2008 the City Council held a public hearing regarding the proposed ordinance. Following
the public hearing the City Council waived the reading and introduced the ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council waive reading and ADOPT the Ordinance Adding Chapter 4.36,
relating to Emergency Medical Services, to the Dublin Municipal Code (Attachment 1).
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE 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 ofthis 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.
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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.
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 ofthe State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6 th day of May, 2008.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Janet Lockhart, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carolyn Parkinson, Interim City Clerk