L-0.2, r. 2 - Ministerial Order concerning the determining of ambulance service zones and the maximum number of ambulances per area and per zone, the standards for ambulance service subsidies, the standards of transport by ambulance between institutions and rates of transport by ambulance

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. Determining of the maximum number of ambulances per area and per zone

The maximum number of ambulances per zone is determined, according to the size of the population served, with reference to the following scale:

(1)  1 vehicle for a zone of 0 to 15,999 inhabitants;

(2)  2 vehicles for a zone of 0 to 15,999 inhabitants if 2 of the following conditions apply:

— the number of trips made exceeds 375;

— most of the trips made covers more than 200 km return;

— the zone is so isolated that it is impossible to rapidly contact the dispatching point in another zone when 2 calls come in;

(3)  2 vehicles for a zone of 16,000 to 39,999 inhabitants;

(4)  1 additional vehicle per 25,000 inhabitants in a zone of 40,000 inhabitants and over.

The maximum number of ambulances as determined per area and per zone is indicated in Schedule I.

Despite the maximum number of ambulances, the holder of an ambulance service permit may continue to operate the number of ambulances he is authorized to operate as of 1 April 1983.

M.O. 84-07-20, s. 2.