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Home My WebLink About20130179.tiffCORRECTED NOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE (Corrected as to the addition of Section 7-2-100.6.6) Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was introduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14, 2013. A public hearing and final reading was completed on February 4, 2013, with changes being made as listed below, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 2013 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: February 14, 2013 PUBLISHED: February 19, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON FINAL READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld County, or by an ambulance service that has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a fire, ambulance or hospital district operating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical services. Amend Sec. 7-2-80. Exclusions, to read as follows: The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the following: A thru G - No change An ambulance service, licensed by another Colorado county, that provides only intermittent transport of patients to and from Weld County not exceeding 100 trips annually. c.,1O/3-0/7`j Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A. After receipt of an original application for an ambulance service license or ambulance vehicle permit, or a renewal thereof, the Department shall review the application and the applicant's record and provide for an inspection of equipment and vehicles to determine compliance with this Chapter. The Director shall make a recommendation for licensure to the Board of County Commissioners upon a finding that: 1. The ambulance service staff, vehicles, records, insurance, protocols, equipment and location comply with the requirements of this Chapter; 2. The ambulance service's emergency medical technicians are certified in accordance with the rules pertaining to emergency medical services of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1. The recommendation of the Director. 2. The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3. The information contained in the official record. 4. Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5. The recommendation of the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Service (EM/TS) Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The EM/TS Council shall also provide: a. Recommended Service Area. b. Recommended Tier of License. 6. The applicant has complied in all respects with the requirements of this Chapter. Delete Sec. 7-8-20. County paramedic service. Delete Sec. 7-8-30. Triage authority. CORRECTED NOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE (Corrected as to the addition of Section 7-2-100.B.6) Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was iintroduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14, 2013. A public hearing and final reading was com- pleted on February 4, 2013, with changes being made as listed below, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Com- missioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.. Monday thru Friday, or may be ac- cessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMER- GENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 2013 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: February 14, 2013 PUBLISHED: February 19, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON FI- NAL READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld County, or by an ambulance ser- vice that has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a fire, ambulance or hospital district op- erating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical ser- vices. Amend Sec. 7-2-80. Exclusions, to read as follows: The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the following: A thru G - No change H.An ambulance service, licensed by another Colorado county, that provides only intermittent transport of patients to and from Weld County not exceeding 100 trips annually. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A.Affer receipt of an original application for an ambulance service license or ambulance vehicle permit, or a renewal thereof, the Department shall review the application and the applicant's record and provide for an inspection of equipment and vehicles to determine compliance with this Chapter. The Director shall make a recommendation for licensure to the Board of County Commissioners upon a finding that: 1 The ambulance service staff, vehicles, records, insurance, protocols, equipment and location comply with the requirements of this Chapter; 2.The ambulance service's emergency medical technicians are certified in accordance with the rules pertaining to emergency medical services of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. B.The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners: said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure appli- cation requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1.The recommendation of the Director. 2.The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3.The information contained in the official record. 4.Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5.The recommendation of the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Service (EM/TS) Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The EM/TS Council shall also provide: a. Recommended Service Area. b. Recommended Tier of License. 6.The applicant has complied in all respects with the requirements of this Chapter. Delete Sec. 7-8-20. County paramedic service. Delete Sec. 7-8-30. Triage authority. The Tribune February 19, 2013 Affidavit of Publication STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher SS. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley, in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Nineteenth day of February A.D. 2013 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Nineteenth day of February A.D. 2013 that said The Greeley Tribune has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements withinthe meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. February 19, 2013 Total Charges: $25.10 19th day of February, 2013 oN1t1111pep My Commission Expires 6/144100::e;1.1,..!, -;0:>14,T I NOTARY Iii N. ; PUBLIC 'Or 9 r Notary OF coO ' '- 711111son I NOTICE OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was introduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14, 2013, with changes being made as listed below. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on February 4, 2013. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's Office at phone (970) 336-7215, Extension 4225, or fax (970) 352-0242, prior to the day of the hearing if, as a result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: February 4, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: January 18, 2013 PUBLISHED: January 23, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON SECOND READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld County, or who has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical services. Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service, to read as follows: No person shall provide or operate an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County ,2u/3 -- 0 79 Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7-2-80 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordinance. The license shall issue only in the following tiers of service: Tier I: Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier II: Licensure authorizing for transports of patient(s) to and from licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III: Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to amend these rules and regulations and any other individual conditions of licensing as applied to any particular license, as needed in keeping with its legislative function and in order to implement the policy of the State of Colorado that the regulation and control of ambulance licenses is in the exclusive purview of the boards of county commissioners. Persons or firms seeking application and approval of any ambulance license under this Chapter acknowledge that Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, may contract with specific ambulance service provider(s) which will serve their emergency ambulance needs. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A - No change The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1. The recommendation of the Director. 2. The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3. The information contained in the official record. 4. Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5. The recommendation of the Weld County EMS Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. Affidavit of Publication NOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was introduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14, 2013. A public hearing and final reading was com- pleted on February 4, 2013, with changes being made as listed below, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted 10 the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Com- missioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be ac- cessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMER- GENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 2013 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: February 8, 2013 PUBLISHED: February 13, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON FI- NAL READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld County, or by an ambulance ser- vice that has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a fire, ambulance or hospital district op- erating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical ser- vices. Amend Sec. 7'2-80. Exclusions, to read as follows. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the following: A thru G - No change H.An ambulance service, licensed by another Colorado county, that provides only intermittent transport of patients to and from Weld County not exceeding 100 trips annually. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A After receipt of an original application for an ambulance service license or ambulance vehicle permit, or a renewal thereof, the Department shall review the application and the applicant's record and provide for an inspection of equipment and vehicles to determine compliance with this Chapter. The Director shall make a recommendation for licensure to the Board of County Commissioners upon a finding that: 1The ambulance service staff, vehicles. records, insurance, protocols, equipment and location comply with the requirements of this Chapter 2.The ambulance service's emergency medical technicians are certified in accordance with the rules pertaining to emergency medical services of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. B.The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners: said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical re- sponse to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1The recommendation of the Director. 2.The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3.The information contained in the official record. 4.Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5.The recommendation of the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Service (EMITS) Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to resi- dents of the County. The EMITS Council shall also provide: a. Recommended Service Area. b. Recommended Tier of License. Delete Sec. 7-8-20. County paramedic service. Delete Sec. 7-830. Triage authority. The Tribune February 13, 2013 STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, SS. that the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley, in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said noticewas contained in the Thirteenth day of February A.D. 2013 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Thirteenth day of February A,D. 2013 that said The Greeley Tribune has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issuethereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. February 13, 2013 Total Charges: $23.99 13th day of February, 2013 My Commission Expires 6/14/2013 NOTICE OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was introduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14, 2013, with changes being made as listed below. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on February 4, 2013. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's Office at phone (970) 336-7215, Extension 4225, or fax (970) 352-0242, prior to the day of the hearing if, as a result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: February 4, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: January 18, 2013 PUBLISHED: January 23, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON SECOND READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld County, or who has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical services. Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service, to read as follows: No person shall provide or operate an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County c;?c[3- x'79 Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7-2-80 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordinance. The license shall issue only in the following tiers of service: Tier I: Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier II: Licensure authorizing for transports of patient(s) to and from licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III: Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to amend these rules and regulations and any other individual conditions of licensing as applied to any particular license, as needed in keeping with its legislative function and in order to implement the policy of the State of Colorado that the regulation and control of ambulance licenses is in the exclusive purview of the boards of county commissioners. Persons or firms seeking application and approval of any ambulance license under this Chapter acknowledge that Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, may contract with specific ambulance service provider(s) which will serve their emergency ambulance needs. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A - No change. B. The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1. The recommendation of the Director. 2. The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3. The information contained in the official record. 4. Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5. The recommendation of the Weld County EMS Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. NOTICE OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 was introduced on first reading on December 26, 2012, and a public hearing and second reading was held on January 14. 2013, with changes being made as listed below. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Admin- istration Building. 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on February 4, 2013. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's Office at phone (970) 336-7215, Extension 4225, or fax (970) 352 0242, prior to the day of the hearing if, as a result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Admin- istration Building. 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. ORDINANCE NO. 2012-15 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMER- GENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: February 4, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: January 18, 2013 PUBLISHED: January 23, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune CHANGES MADE TO CODE ORDINANCE #2012-15 ON SECOND READING Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions, to read as follows: Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, by an ambulance service whose primary base of operation is located in Weld Countyor who has a contract or agreement with Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, to provide emergency medical services. Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service, to read as follows: No person shall provide or operate an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7-2-80 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordinance. The license shall issue only in the following tiers of service: Tier l:Llcensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier IlLicensure authorizing for transports of patient(s) to and from licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III:Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter- A.The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to amend these rules and regulations and any other individual conditions of licensing as applied to any particular license, as needed in keeping with its legislates function and in order to. implement the policy of the State of Colorado that theregulation and control of ambulance licenses is in the exclusive purview of the boards of county commissioners. Persons or firms seeking application and approval of any ambulance license under this Chapter acknowledge that Weld County, a Weld County municipality, or a district operating within Weld County, may contract with specific ambulance service provider(s) which will serve their emergency ambulance needs. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application, to read as follows: A - No change. B.The Director shall seta date for consideration of the appfication by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1. The recommendation of the Director. 2.The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3.The information contained in the official record. 4.Any agreement or contract to provide primary care in Weld County. 5.The recommendation of the Weld County EMS Council as to whether or not the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Tribune January 23. 2013 Affidavit of Publication STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, Ss. that the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley, in said county and state: that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Twenty-third day of January A.D. 2013 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Twenty-third day of January A.D. 2013 that said The Greeley Tribune has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. January 23, 2013 Total Charges: $24.96 23rd day of January, 2013 My Commission Expires 6/14/2013 Notary Public WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2012-15 IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld, including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before said date of adoption, and WHEREAS, the Weld County Code is in need of revision and clarification with regard to procedures, terms, and requirements therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be, and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are revised to read as follows. CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Amend Sec. 7-1-20. Delegation. A. The Board of County Commissioners designates and delegates to the Director of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment the authority to manage the Emergency Medical Services Rules and Regulations as set out in this Chapter. Under the direction of the Board, inspections, permitting of individual ambulances, application processing and review, recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for licensure, and other administrative functions necessary to implement this Chapter shall be the responsibility of the Director. B. The Board of County Commissioners may promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations for the operation and licensing of ambulance services in the County as recommended by the Director to provide for quality emergency medical services and to ensure compliance with state law and any resolution adopted by the Board. C. The Board of County Commissioners shall review, and consider for approval, all applications for ambulance service licenses, based upon the recommendation of the Director and the application materials submitted. Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter. 2013-0179 Ambulance service license means a nonexclusive authorization issued by the Board of County Commissioners to operate an ambulance service, publicly or privately within the County, as further defined in Section 7-2-10 of this Chapter. Ambulance vehicle permit means the authorization issued by the Department with respect to an ambulance used, or to be used, to provide ambulance service in the County. Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, either by contract or agreement with Weld County. Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service. No person shall provide or operate an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7-2-80 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordinance. The license shall issue only in the following tiers of service: Tier I: Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier II: Licensure authorizing for transports of patient(s) to and from licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III: Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. A. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to amend these rules and regulations and any other individual conditions of licensing as applied to any particular license, as needed in keeping with its legislative function and in order to implement the policy of the State of Colorado that the regulation and control of ambulance licenses is in the exclusive purview of the boards of county commissioners. Persons or firms seeking application and approval of any ambulance license under this Chapter acknowledge that Weld County may contract with specific ambulance service provider(s) which will serve the emergency ambulance need of Weld County and participating municipalities. Amend Sec. 7-2-80. Exclusions. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the following: A. Vehicles used for the transportation of persons injured at a mine when the personnel used on the vehicles are subject to the mandatory safety standards of the federal mine safety and health administration, or its successor agency. B. Vehicles used by other agencies, including quick response teams and rescue units that do not routinely transport patients or vehicles used to transport patients for extrication from areas inaccessible to a permitted ambulance. Vehicles used in this capacity may only transport patients to the closest practical point for access to a permitted ambulance or hospital. C. Vehicles, including ambulances from another state, used during major catastrophe or mass casualty incident rendering services when permitted ambulances are insufficient. D. An ambulance service that does not transport patients from points originating in Colorado, or transporting a patient originating outside the borders of Colorado. E. Vehicles used or designed for the scheduled transportation of convalescent patients, individuals with disabilities, or persons who would not be expected to require skilled treatment or care while in the vehicle. F. Vehicles used solely for the transportation of intoxicated persons or persons incapacitated by alcohol as defined in Section 25-1-302, C.R.S., but who are not otherwise disabled or seriously injured and who would not be expected to require skilled treatment or care while in the vehicle. G. Ambulances operated by a department or an agency of the federal government, originating from a federal reservation for the purpose of responding to, or transporting patients under federal responsibility. H. An ambulance service that provides only intermittent transport of patients to and from Weld County not exceeding 25 trips annually. Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application. A. After receipt of an original application for an ambulance service license or ambulance vehicle permit, or a renewal thereof, the Department shall review the application and the applicant's record and provide for an inspection of equipment and vehicles to determine compliance with this Chapter. The Director shall make a recommendation for licensure to the Board of County Commissioners upon a finding that: 1. The ambulance service staff, vehicles, equipment and location comply with the requirements of this Chapter; 2. The ambulance service's emergency medical technicians are certified in accordance with the rules pertaining to emergency medical services of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; and 3. The applicant has complied in all respects with the requirements of this Chapter. B. The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1. The recommendation of the Director. 2. The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3. The information contained in the official record. 4. Any agreement or contract in place in which Weld County is a party that grants to the ambulance service making the application the right to provide primary care in Weld County, pursuant to Section 30-11-107(1)(q), C.R.S. Amend Sec. 7-7-10. Unlawful practices. The following practices shall be unlawful and shall be grounds for a suspension or revocation of a license: A. Willful and deliberate failure to respond to any emergency call. B. Willful and deliberate failure to transport a patient when required in the event of an emergency. C. Administering unnecessary treatment or supplies to a patient for the purpose of increasing the patient's bill. D. Administration of any substance unless under the protocol and/or order of the physician advisor or medical control. E. Charging for treatment or supplies not actually provided to a patient. F. Requiring and/or allowing any employee of an ambulance service to be on continuous duty for any one (1) period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours, except in cases of extreme emergency. G. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, failure to deliver a patient to the most appropriate licensed medical facility as determined by the physician advisor, dependent upon the patient's medical needs. H. Conduct which constitutes a significant threat to the health or safety of the individuals receiving emergency care from a licensed ambulance service. Noncompliance with any rule or regulation set forth in the EMS Laws concerning the duties and responsibilities of emergency medical technicians or medical directors. J. Call jumping, which is defined as a response to a call for ambulance service by one ambulance service company with the knowledge that another ambulance service company has either been notified to respond to the call or is actually responding to the call, unless the call is of a life -critical nature and the closest ambulance has responded. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby is, directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with the amendments contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections as they currently exist within said Code; and to resolve any inconsistencies regarding capitalization, grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections in said Code. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. NOTICE PURSUANT to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 published above, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on December 26, 2012. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on January 14, 2013. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 336-7215, Extension 4225, or fax (970) 352-0242, prior to the day of the hearing if, as the result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your E -Mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@co.weld.co.us. SECOND READING: January 14, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. THIRD READING: February 4, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: December 28, 2012 PUBLISHED: January 2, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2012-15 IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, pursu- ant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld, including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before said date of adoption, and WHEREAS , the Weld County Code is in need of revision and clarification with regard to proce- dures, terms, and requirements therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be, and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are revised to read as follows. CHAPTER7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Amend Sec. 7-1-20. Delegation. A. The Board of County Commissioners designates and delegates to the Director of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment the authority to manage the Emergency Medical Services Rules and Regulations as set out in this Chapter. Under the direction of the Board, inspections, permitting of individual ambulances, application processing and review, rec- ommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for licensure, and other administrative func- tions necessary to implement this Chapter shall be the responsibility of the Director. B. The Board of County Commissioners may promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations for the operation and licensing of ambulance services in the County as recommended by the Di- rector to provide for quality emergency medical services and to ensure compliance with state law end any resolution adopted by the Board. C. The Board of County Commissioners shall review, and consider for approval, all applications for ambulance service licenses, based upon the recommendation of the Director and the applicat- ion materials submitted. Amend Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions. The foNowing definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter. Ambulance service license means a nonexclusive authorization issued by the Board of County Commissioners to operate an ambulance service, publicly or privately within the County, as further defined in Section 7-2-10 of this Chapter. Ambulance vehicle permit means the authorization issued by the Department with respect to an ambulance used, or to be used, to provide ambulance service in the County. Primary care means the initial response and care for emergency medical services, either by contract or agreement with Weld County. Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service. No person shall provide or operate an ambulance service publicly or privately in the County unless that person holds a valid license to do so issued by the Board of County Commissioners, except as provided in Section 7-2-80 below. The fee for said license shall be set by separate ordnance. The license shall issue only in the following tiers of service: • Tier I:Licensure authorizing for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter, Tier II:Licensure authorizing for transports of patient(s) to and from licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for Primary Care, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. Tier III:Licensure authorizing for Standby Service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter. A. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to amend these rules and regulations and any other individual conditions of licensing as applied to any particular license, as needed in keeping with its legislative function and in order to implement the policy of the State of Colorado that the regulation and control of ambulance licenses is in the exclusive purview of the boards of county commissioners. Persons or firms seeking application and approval of any ambulance license under this Chapter acknowledge that Weld County may contract with specific ambulance service provider(s) which will serve the emergency ambulance need of Weld County and participating municipalities. Amend Sec. 7-2-80. Exclusions. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the following: A. Vehicles used for the transportation of persons injured at a mine when the personnel used on the vehicles are subject to the mandatory safety standards of the federal mine safety andhealth administration, or its successor agency. B. Vehicles used by other agencies, including quick response teams and rescue units that do not routinely transport patients or vehicles used to transport patients for extrication from areas inaccessible to a permitted ambulance. Vehicles used in this capacity may only transport patients to the closest practical point for access to a permitted ambulance or hospital. C. Vehicles, including ambulances from another state, used during major catastrophe or mass casualty incident rendering services when permitted ambulances are insufficient. D. An ambulance service that does not transport patients from points originating in Colorado, or transporting a patient originating outside the borders of Colorado. E. Vehicles used or designed for the scheduled transportation of convalescent patients, individu- als with disabilities, or persons who would not be expected to require skilled treatment or care while in the vehicle. F. Vehicles used solely for the transportation of intoxicated persons or persons incapacitated by alcohol as defined in Section 25-1-302, C.R.S., but who are not otherwise disabled or seriously injured and who would not be expected to require skilled treatment or care while in the vehicle. - G. Ambulances operated by a department or an agency of the federal government, originating from a federal reservation for the purpose of responding to, or transporting patients under federal responsibility. H. An ambulance service that provides only intermittent transport of patients to and from Weld County not exceeding 25 trips annually. Amend Sac. 7-2-100. Approval of application. A. After receipt of an original application for an ambulance service license or ambulance vehicle permit, or a renewal thereof, the em shall review the application and the applicant's record and provide for an inspection of equipment and vehicles to determine compliance with this Chapter. The Director shall make a, recommendation for licensure to the Board of County Commissioners upon a finding that: 1.The ambulance service staff, vehicles, equipment and location comply with the requirements of this Chapter: 2.The ambulance service's emergency medical technicians are certified in accordance with the rules pertaining to emergency medical services of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; and 3.The applicant has complied in all respects with the requirements of this Chapter. B. The Director shall set a date for consideration of the application by the Board of County Commissioners; said date being a regular Board of County Commissioner business meeting no less than five (5) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance service to have met all licensure application requirements. The Board of County Commissioners must find that the issuance of the license will contribute to an efficient, effective, and coordinated emergency medical response to residents of the County. The Board shall consider the following: 1.The recommendation of the Director. 2.The facts presented at the Board meeting. 3.The information contained in the official record. 4.Any agreement or contract in place in which Weld County is a party that grants to the ambulance service making the application the right to provide primary care In Weld County, pursuant to Section 30-11-107(1)(q), C.R.S. Amend Sec. 7-7-10. Unlawful practices. The following practices shall be unlawful and shall be grounds for a suspension or revocation 01 a license: A.Willful and deliberate failure to respond to any emergency call. ''BWillful and deliberate failure to transport a patient when required in the event of an emergency. C.Administering unnecessary treatment or supplies to a patient for the purpose of increasing the patient's bill D.Administration of any substance unless under the protocol and/or order of the physician advisor or medical control. cc-hatci:D for beatmm".-.oppliss flat cduaty provided to a patient. F.Requiring and/or allowing any employee of an ambulance service to be on continuous duty for any one (1) period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours, except in cases of extreme emergency. G.Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, failure to deliver a patient to the most appropriate licensed medical facility as determined by the physician advisor, dependent upon the patient's medical needs. H,Conduct which constitutes a significant threat to the health or safety of the individuals receiving emergency care from a licensed ambulance service. (.Noncompliance with any rule or regulation set forth in the EMS Laws concerning the duties and responsibilities of emergency medical technicians or medical directors. J.Call jumping, which is defined as a respohse to a call for ambulance service by one ambulance service company with the knowledge that another ambulance service company has either been notified to respond to the call or is actually responding to the call, unless the call is of a (tie -optical nature and the closest ambulance has responded. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby is, directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with the amendments contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsec- tions as they currently exist within said Code: andao resolve any inconsistencies regarding capital- ization, grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections in said Code. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fad that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. NOTICE PURSUANT to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2012-15 published above, was introduced and, on motion duly made -and seconded, approved upon first reading on December 26, 2012. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on January 14, 2013. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 336-7215, Extension 4225, or fax (970) 352-0242, prior to the day of the hearing if, as the result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to partici- pate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. end 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.co.weld.co.us). E -Mail messages sent to en individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure Inclusion of your E -Mall correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egealck@co.weid-co.us, SECOND READING: January 14, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. THIRD READING: February 4, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: December 28, 2012 The Tribune January 2, 2013 (`Pft_ Jfi - i`5 Affidavit of Publication No STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher ss. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley, in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true. copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Second day of January A.D. "2013. and the last publication thereof in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Second day of Januay A.D. 2013_ that said The Greeley Tribune has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period sf at least six month; next pier i ) ±h first issue thereof contained said notice Cr advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United .hates mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. January 2, 2013 Total Charges: $73.53 . /PtC v 2nd f)( day of January, 2013 My Commission Expires 6/14/2 0Zen. v I NoTARV to PUBUG /4-7) +4%rrrOFCOya*"' 1 Hello