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CODE ORDINANCE 2013-7
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and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are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
Add the following under Sec. 7-1-30. Definitions:
Mutual Aid Agreement means a written agreement between agencies, organizations, or
jurisdictions to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries. It agrees to assist by furnishing
personnel, equipment, and expertise in a specified manner at requisite times.
Amend Sec. 7-2-10. License for ambulance service.
A. 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 of this Article. 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 patients that originate in Weld County from
licensed medical facilities. This licensure does not provide for primary care, as
defined in Section 7-1-30 of this Chapter.
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Tier III: Licensure authorizing for standby service, as defined in Section 7-1-30 of this
Chapter.
B. - No change.
Amend Sec. 7-2-70. Reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions.
The County may enter into reciprocal licensing and permitting agreements with other
counties and neighboring states.
The Department may accept vehicle inspections from other Colorado counties. Said
inspections shall have occurred within the most recent licensure period (not to exceed 12
months; by the inspecting County.
Amend Sec. 7-2-80. Exclusions.
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 from the County not exceeding one hundred (100) trips
annually.
Amend Sec. 7-2-90. Application requirements.
Every applicant for an ambulance service license or an ambulance vehicle permit shall
complete and submit to the Department an application and supporting documents for approval.
Said application for approval shall contain but not be limited to the following information:
A thru F - No change.
G. A list of all emergency medical service providers who may be called upon to respond to an
emergency with the ambulance service. This list shall include the following information on
each person:
1. Complete name, residential address and date of birth.
2. The highest level of certification, licensure or training attained
3. A copy of a current EMT -B, EMT -1 or EMT -P certificate issued by the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment; nurse licensure or an Advanced
First Aid card from the American Red Cross; or a First Responder course
completion certificate issued by a Division -recognized training center or training
group.
4. Proof of a valid driver's license.
5. A current statement of criminal complaint or convictions, including Class I and II
traffic violations, within the previous twelve (12) months.
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H thru M - No change.
N. A list of ambulance agencies, fire departments, special districts and other EMS providers
with which the applicant has mutual aid agreements.
Amend Sec. 7-2-100. Approval of application.
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 Commissioners business
meeting no less than ten (10) business days after the Director has deemed the ambulance
service to have met all licensure application requirements and has received the
recommendation of the Weld County Emergency Medical/Trauma Service (EM/TS). 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:
Remainder of Section - No change
Amend Sec. 7-3-50. Criminal record of ambulance crew member.
Unless waived by the Board of County Commissioners, no person shall be employed by
an ambulance service as an ambulance crew member who has been convicted of any of the
following offenses within the previous twelve (12) months from the date of application: felony,
misdemeanor or Class I or Class II traffic offense. The applicant shall submit for ach crew
member a crimina bac-cgroune clec-c provicec by -.le Co oraco Bureau o- Investigation and
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ambu ance crew member io cs a current criver's icense. —ie crimina bac-cgrounc ciec-c and
moor veiic e recorcs mus be current within / 5 cays o= tie date of submitta o tie ambu ance
license application.
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.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2013-7 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 23rd day of September, A.D., 2013.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
William F. Garcia, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Douglas Rademacher, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Sean P. Conway
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mike Freeman
County Attorney
Barbara Kirkmeyer
First Reading:
Publication:
Second Reading:
Publication:
Final Reading:
Publication:
Effective:
August 12, 2013
August 19, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune
September 4, 2013
September 11, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune
September 23, 2013
September 30, 2013, in the Greeley Tribune
October 5, 2013
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