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3. Patients for whom BLS transport is provided by the fire department <br /> shall be billed four hundred eighty-eight dollars per transport, the cost <br /> of the medical supplies used in the transport, and fifteen dollars and <br /> forty-two cents per mile. For the purposes of this subsection, BLS <br /> means as follows: <br /> Transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of <br /> medically necessary supplies and services involving noninvasive <br /> emergency medical services requiring basic medical treatment skills. <br /> The ambulance must be staffed by an individual who is qualified, <br /> pursuant to state and local laws, to be an emergency medical <br /> technician—basic (EMT—basic). <br /> 4. The Fire Chief is authorized to administratively set the cost of medical <br /> supplies. A current list of Such costs is available at the fire department. <br /> N. Compliance with Medicare and Medicaid Requirements. This chapter and <br /> the fire department transport service fees hereunder shall be construed and <br /> implemented in a manner consistent with applicable Medicare and Medicaid <br /> requirements. If any part of this chapter is found to conflict with Medicare and <br /> Medicaid requirements, the conflicting part of this chapter shall be <br /> inoperative to the extent of the conflict and such finding or determination <br /> shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this chapter. <br /> Section 2. Severability <br /> Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this <br /> Ordinance or its application to any person or situation, be declared <br /> unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the <br /> validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to any other <br /> person or situation. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted <br /> this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion <br /> thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, <br /> clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. <br /> Section 3. General Duty <br /> It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the <br /> health, safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise <br /> establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should <br /> be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Ordinance. It is the <br /> specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this <br /> Ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its <br /> officers or employees. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is intended nor shall <br /> be construed to create or form the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or <br /> its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from any <br /> 10 <br />