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Operations contract; EMS district.

Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-13-4
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Sec. 12-13-4. - Operations contract; EMS district. (a) The city may enter into an operations contract with an entity, who upon execution of the operations contract shall become the operations contractor, to provide all BLS and ALS ambulance service to the city in response to emergency transport calls and routine/nonemergency transport calls within the city and to coordinate all components and care aspects for the entire EMS system in the city. The city shall designate the operations contractor to be the EMS lead agency. The operations contractor shall staff, operate and control the EMS dispatch center. As the EMS lead agency, the operations contractor shall enter into agreements with communications resource facilities to provide on-line medical direction. The operations contractor shall perform any other duties as provided hereunder or as provided in the operations contract. (b) The city will authorize execution of the operations contract with the initial operations contractor hereunder, upon expiration or termination of the initial operations contract, the city may enter into an operations contract with an entity that meets the standards hereof. (c) EMS district. Pursuant to MCA 1972, § 41-59-53 et seq., the city is established as an emergency medical services district. The operations contractor is hereby designated as the emergency medical service lead agency. The governing board of the city EMS district shall be the city council. The EMS lead agency shall function as the city EMS authority for the council and as such has the responsibility for coordinating all components and care aspects of the emergency medical service system in accordance with local, state, and federal laws, rules and regulations. As the EMS authority representing the city EMS district, the EMS lead agency is authorized to receive and expend appropriations from the state's emergency medical service operating fund (EMSOF). (Ord. No. 2527, § 1, 9-19-23)
Source: City of Biloxi, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Land Development Ordinance (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/biloxi/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH12LIBURE_ARTXIIIAMSE_S12-13-4OPCOEMDIFetched: 11/1/2026

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