§ 5.5-6. Issuance of permit.

(a)

If the requirements set forth in sections 5.5-3 and 5.5-5 are complied with, the permit officer shall issue to the applicant an ambulance operator permit unless the permit officer has determined from his investigation of the moral character of the applicant, or of the applicant's managing agent or managing personnel, that the issuance of the permit would not be in the public interest. If an applicant does not comply with the foregoing requirements or if any of the applicant's ambulances do not meet the requirements of section 5.5-4, the permit officer shall notify the applicant, by certified mail within twenty-one (21) calendar days of the date of his receipt of the application, of the specific deficiencies and allow the applicant thirty (30) days from the receipt of such notification to prove to the satisfaction of the permit officer that the deficiencies have been corrected. If the requirements of section 5.5-3 and section 5.5-5 are not met within thirty (30) days, the application shall be deemed to have expired and to be of no effect.

(b)

If a permit is issued, the permit officer shall note on the permit the motor number of each ambulance which has been approved under section 5.5-4 and which will be allowed to be operated in the permittee's ambulance service business. Whenever the permittee no longer intends to use an approved ambulance as an ambulance, or ownership of the ambulance is transferred, or the ambulance becomes inoperable as an ambulance for any reason, except for a repair period not to exceed ten (10) days, the permittee shall notify the permit officer within five (5) days after such event and the permit officer shall remove that ambulance from the approved list on the permit.

(c)

An ambulance operator permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) year unless earlier suspended or revoked.

(Ord. of 12-2-80, § 6)