§ 104. Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA).

EMSA is hereby designated as the sole provider of emergency and routine ambulance transport in the regulated service area pursuant to 63 O.S.1991, §§ 1-2515, et seq. No person or entity may provide emergency, routine or special events ambulance services in the regulated service area unless acting as EMSA's Operations Contractor. EMSA is authorized and directed to take such steps as are necessary to ensure the availability of both emergency and routine ambulance services within the regulated service area, subject to the following requirements:

A.

EMSA shall at all times comply with the terms of the EMS Interlocal Cooperation Agreement, the amended and restated trust indenture, this Uniform Code for emergency medical services, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations;

B.

Except during emergencies as provided by law, EMSA shall at all times employ a competitively-selected operations contractor who shall operate the EMS Control Centers (eastern and western divisions) and directly provide all ambulance services rendered under EMSA's trade name;

C.

In contracting for the provision of ambulance services, EMSA shall employ such bidding processes and contracting methods as are reasonable and effective in ensuring the uninterrupted and reliable delivery of quality ambulance services to the citizens of the regulated service area;

D.

All services provided by EMSA through its operations contractor or, in the event of an emergency directly by EMSA, shall meet or exceed the standards set forth herein and in the system standard of care, as approved and periodically updated by the Medical Control Board; and

E.

EMSA's operations contractor shall operate as a subcontractor to EMSA and under EMSA's state EMS permit. EMSA shall maintain a valid Oklahoma State EMS permit at all times.

(Ord. Nos. 17294, 19167)