§ 5.5-22. Aid to victims required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any ambulance attendant or driver, after arrival at the scene with clearance from the fire dispatcher, to fail or refuse to render aid and assistance to a person who is sick, injured or incapacitated at the location of an emergency. It shall be unlawful for any ambulance operator, his agent or employee, to refuse to carry or transport a patient at the scene of an emergency after having been dispatched thereto or cleared thereto by the fire dispatcher; provided, however, there shall be no violation of this section if the sick, injured or incapacitated person or a relative at the scene affirmatively refuses to receive any aid or assistance or refuses to be transported to a place of treatment; provided further, this section shall not apply when circumstances indicate beyond reasonable doubt that the person desiring transportation is not in need of immediate first aid or medical treatment.

(b)

In case of death in the ambulance, in the absence of contrary instructions given by next-of-kin or other responsible persons related to the deceased, or by a medical doctor, the body shall be delivered to a hospital morgue.

(Ord. of 12-2-80, § 22)