§ 1-9-48. Insurance.

No ambulance franchise shall be issued under this article, nor shall such franchise be valid after issuance, nor shall any ambulance or rescue vehicle be operated in the county, unless there is at all times in force and effect insurance coverage, issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state, for each ambulance or rescue vehicle owned and/or operated by or for the ambulance service providing for the payment of damages: in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for death or injury to any one (1) person arising out of one (1) accident; three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for death or injury to all persons arising out of one (1) accident, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for damage to any property arising out of one (1) accident, in accidents resulting from any cause for which the owner of the vehicle would be liable on account of liability imposed on him by law, regardless of whether the ambulance was being driven by the owner or his agent.

(Ord. No. 36, § 10.1, 6-4-79)

State law reference

Business under assumed name, G.S. § 66-68 et seq.