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Section 5.84.090 System standard of care--Changes and upgrades--Conditions.

    Upgrades to the system standard of care may be periodically proposed by the medical program director, after input from any appropriate ad hoc or standing advisory committees established pursuant to this chapter. The medical program director shall notify the city and all affected holders of licenses, permits and certifications of the proposed upgrade not less than thirty days prior to the date scheduled for its implementation. The affected persons or entities may submit a statement of financial impact to the director documenting their projected actual and reasonable costs of implementing and maintaining such upgrade and the impact of such costs on the fees, if any, they charge for their services or the amount of local government funding for such services. The financial impact statement shall be submitted in a format approved by the medical program director. If no financial impact statements are submitted by the ambulance service contractor or if the statements submitted show that the proposed upgrade can be implemented without an increase in fees to consumers or an increase in local government subsidy or cost, the upgrade shall be implemented as scheduled. If financial impact statements are submitted by the ambulance service contractor to show that the upgrade will result in increased fees to consumers or increased local government subsidies or costs, the proposed upgrade shall be referred to the EMS administrative board for review. If financial impact statements are submitted by other affected holders of licenses, permits and certifications to show that the upgrade will result in increased fees to consumers or increased local government subsidies, the impact statements shall be referred to the medical program director for consideration in adopting the upgrade.(Ord. M-3180 § 3 (part), 1995: Ord. M-3012 § 4(b)(1), 1992)

(M-3623 Section 9, Amended, 07/07/2003, Prior Text)