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(b) <br /> <br />"Advanced Life Support" shall mean any pre-hospital intervention by <br />personnel certified at the level of ENT-Paramedic as described in Section <br />4765 of the Ohio Revised Code. Such interventions include but are not <br />limited to cardiac monitoring and interpretation of cardiac rhythms, <br />external cardiac pacing, cardioversion, endotracheal intublation, <br />intravenous cannulation, intraosseous infusion, emergency needle <br />thoracotomy, and administration of medications. <br /> <br />(c) <br /> <br />"Transport" means to carry or convey a person by publicly owned and/or <br />operated motor vehicle being used in response to a call for emergency <br />medical assistance from one location to another. <br /> <br />Section 5. Each person and/or applicable third-party receiving service by the City's <br />emergency medical service including "advanced life support" basic life support and/or <br />receiving transport to a medical facility by the emergency medical services of the <br />Lakewood Division of Fire shall be charged a utilization fee, effective upon passage of <br />this Ordinance and to be implemented at the time of transition. <br /> <br />Section 6. The revenues generated by the charges for emergency medical services <br />shall be placed into the Hospital Revenue Fund or one or more funds established by <br />Council. The purpose of said funds includes, but is not limited to purchase or <br />maintenance of emergency medical equipment and supplies, the purchase or financing <br />of emergency vehicles, any related professional personnel costs, other uses which <br />fadlitate the delivery of emergency services, and any other general administrative <br />expenses. All interest earned on the monies to the credit of such funds shall be <br />credited to the same fund. <br /> <br />Section 7. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall be responsible for the <br />development of collection and billing procedures including, but not limited to, setting <br />reasonable fees, annual review of fees, preparing invoices, delivery of such invoices to <br />Medicare, Medicaid, other third party payors, and to each person who received <br />emergency medical service and/or ambulance transport (in the case of a minor, delivery <br />of such invoice to the legal guardian of the minor), and collection of said fees. City <br />Coundi shall review said fee structure annually during the budgetary process. <br /> <br />Section 8. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee may place any delinquent account for <br />collection with the Director of Law (or the Mayor's designee) who may waive the <br />aforementioned fee (or any part thereof) if it is determined that the person receiving <br />emergency medical services is indigent or otherwise unable to pay for such services. <br /> <br />Section 9. The Mayor, or the Mayor's designee, is hereby authorized to enter into one or <br />more service contraCtS or to make or approve such other arrangements as may be necessary <br />for the operation of a Fire based EMS system, including but not limited to billing and collection <br />services, and entering into third party reimbursement agreements. <br /> <br />Section 10. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and <br />relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and <br />that all such deliberation of the Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such <br />formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. <br /> <br />Section 11. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the <br />reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two- <br /> <br /> <br />