Service Rules and Regulations.

Dallas City Code ch. 15D, art. I, div. 6

in effect

Dallas City Code § 15D-9.27 PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE.

SEC. 15D-9.27. PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE. (a) Each private ambulance service licensee shall: (1) be available to provide private ambulance service at least Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on legal holidays; and (2) have a working, publicly-listed telephone that must be physically answered by the licensee or an employee 24 hours a day. (b) A licensee shall provide the director with not less than 10 days’ written notice prior to any change in the business address or telephone number of the private ambulance service. (c) A licensee who experiences interruption of telephone service to the place of business shall notify the director immediately. (Ord. 21861)

Dallas City Code § 15D-9.28 APPAREL TO BE WORN BY AMBULANCE PERSONNEL.

SEC. 15D-9.28. APPAREL TO BE WORN BY AMBULANCE PERSONNEL. (a) A licensee shall specify and require an item of apparel or an item placed on the apparel to be worn by ambulance personnel employed by the licensee, which item must be of such distinctive and uniform design as to readily identify the licensee’s service and must bear the name of the licensee’s service. The item specified by each licensee must be approved by the director to ensure that ambulance personnel of one licensee may be easily distinguished from ambulance personnel of another and to ensure the neat appearance of ambulance personnel. (b) While on duty, ambulance personnel shall wear the item specified by the licensee who employs the ambulance personnel and shall comply with such other identification regulations prescribed in the private ambulance service license. (Ord. 21861)

Dallas City Code § 15D-9.29 RECORDS AND REPORTS OF PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE.

SEC. 15D-9.29. RECORDS AND REPORTS OF PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE. (a) Each licensee shall maintain at a single location accurate business records of the private ambulance service. A licensee shall make records available for inspection by the director upon request. (Ord. 21861)

Dallas City Code § 15D-9.30 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.

SEC. 15D-9.30. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. (a) A person commits an offense if he: (1) intentionally follows any police car or fire apparatus that is traveling in response to an emergency call with red or white lights and siren or intentionally follows any ambulance to or near the scene of an emergency call; (2) by word or gesture, solicits on a public street within the city the business of transporting a sick, injured, or deceased person for compensation; (3) intentionally informs the fire alarm dispatcher, police dispatcher, or other fire or police official that an ambulance or more than one ambulance is needed at a location or address when the person knows that such a statement is false; or (4) operates a private ambulance or uses any equipment in providing private ambulance service that fails to comply with all minimum safety and equipment standards required for a basic life support vehicle by the Emergency Medical Services Act (Chapter 773, Texas Health and Safety Code), as amended, or by any rule or regulation promulgated under that act. (b) A licensee or permittee commits an offense if he: (1) causes, induces, or seeks to induce, without good cause, a change of destination to or from a hospital or other place specified by the person requesting private ambulance service; or (2) operates or permits the operation of a private ambulance on an emergency run or in response to an emergency call or with the use of red or white lights and sirens, without obtaining permission from the fire alarm dispatcher. (Ord. Nos. 21861; 32703)

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-141346Fetched: 10/26/2026