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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2021-18
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 Chapter 7 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is,
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
CHAPTER 7
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
ARTICLE VII - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT
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. thru E. — No change.
F. Requiring and/or allowing any employee of an ambulance service or fire department licensed
to provide ambulance service to be on continuous duty not in excess of internal agency fatigue
policy, except in cases of extreme emergency or disaster.
G. — No change.
H. Conduct which constitutes a significant threat to the health or safety of the individuals
receiving emergency care from a licensed ambulance service or a fire department licensed to
provide ambulance service.
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I. — No change.
J. Call jumping, which is defined as a response to a call for ambulance service by one (1)
ambulance service company or a fire department licensed to provide ambulance service with
the knowledge that another ambulance service company or a fire department licensed to
provide ambulance service 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 Municode 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.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2021-18 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 6th day of December, A.D., 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Steve Moreno, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Scott K. James, Pro -Tern
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Perry L. Buck
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mike Freeman
County Attorney
Lori Saine
Date of signature:
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First Reading:
Publication:
November 3, 2021
November 7, 2021, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: November 17, 2021
Publication: November 21, 2021, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: December 6, 2021
Publication: December 12, 2021, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: December 17, 2021
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