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80.07 Emergency Ambulance Response Fees
80.07 EMERGENCY AMBULANCE RESPONSE FEES
 
The fees for emergency ambulance response services are hereby established:
 
Services/Response                               Resident Fee              Non-Resident Fee    
 
Non-transport Patient Run Occurrence*                            $75.00                                    $125.00
Transport Patient Run Occurrence                                      $200.00                      $250.00
Special Handling Fee                                                                        $100.00                      $150.00
Patient Supervised Waiting Time – first ¼ hour                $125.00                      $175.00
Patient Supervised Waiting Time – ea. addt’l ¼ hour        $60.00                                    $60.00
Basic Life Support                                                                $200.00                      $250.00
Advanced Life Support                                                         $400.00                      $450.00
Level I Motor Vehicle Response Service**                      $435.00                      $485.00
Level II Motor Vehicle Response Service                          $495.00                      $545.00
Level III Motor Vehicle Response Service***                  $1,800.00                  $1,850.00
Level IV Motor Vehicle Response Service                                    $2,100.00                  $2,150.00
Mileage to an from each location, per mile                                   $8.00                          $8.00
Special Event – initial personnel, per hour                         $150.00                      na
Special Event – additional personnel, per hour                  $50.00                                    na
 
*When two or more members of an immediate family reside at the same address and the patient run occurrence is rendered at that family’s home, only one fee shall be charged for the patient run occurrence when more than one family member receives non-ALS treatment and no transport occurs.
 
**When the Richmond Fire Department emergency ambulance and personnel responds to a motor vehicle accident to administer emergency medical services, each patient and/or vehicle involved shall be evaluated according to the services that were rendered at the scene and/or during transportation to a medical care facility. Each response will then be assigned the appropriate Level as defined in the definition section of this Chapter and shall be billed accordingly. Responses will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
 
***Richmond residents shall not be charged for extraction rescue services as the result of a motor vehicle accident. However, fees consistent with the remainder of services provided (including but not limited to hazardous material spill control or medical services) shall be charged.


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