§ 18-60. Inspections.

(a)

The public safety director, or his designee, shall inspect each applicant and certificate holder during review of the application, and thereafter on or before October 1 as a continuing part of the certification process. This inspection shall determine the continuing compliance with this article and all state laws, rules and regulations by the certificate holder as a condition of certificate issuance.

(b)

Inspections may be conducted with or without prior notice to the certificate holder and shall be conducted whenever such inspection is deemed necessary by the public safety director in order to determine compliance with this article and a certificate holder's certificate of public convenience and necessity. Inspections shall be conducted without impeding patient care.

(c)

If during the course of an inspection, a situation is found which, in the determination of the public safety director, may jeopardize the safety or welfare of the service personnel or patient care, the public safety director shall issue a deficiency correction notice or exercise the powers necessary to ensure the certificate holder's compliance with its certificate and this article. The deficiency correction notice shall state the nature of the deficiency and specify a time for correction of the deficiency. Failure to correct the deficiency in the time specified in the deficiency correction notice may result in action pursuant to section 18-63.

(Code 1982, § 1-12.5-14; Ord. No. 96-04, pt. A, 2-20-1996)