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Section 6.. The EMS System Plan <br /> Grantee shall comply with the Grantor' s official written <br /> EMS System plan for the management and deployment of EMS <br /> Services Vehicles within the Franchise District and, <br /> additionally, within other service areas pursuant to the <br /> EMS System Mutual Aid Plan and any cooperative agreement to <br /> continue services in service areas where Franchisees' EMS <br /> System franchises have been suspended. <br /> Section 7 . Staffing and Performance Requirements <br /> (a) Grantee shall comply with the scope of practice rules <br /> promulgated by the North Carolina Medical Board <br /> pursuant to Law regarding the medical skills and <br /> medications that may be used by credentialed emergency <br /> medical service personnel at each level of Patient <br /> care . <br /> (b) Grantee shall comply with standards for drivers and <br /> attendants developed by the North Carolina Medical <br /> Care Commission as requirements for certification of <br /> emergency medical technicians pursuant to Law and <br /> rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of - <br /> Medical Examiners for advanced life support <br /> technicians, which are incorporated in this subsection <br /> by reference. <br /> (c) No staff of Grantee shall drive an Ambulance Vehicle, <br /> attend a Patient in one, or permit one to be operated <br /> when transporting a Patient within the County unless <br /> the driver holds a currently valid North Carolina <br /> Drivers license and a currently valid credential as an <br /> EMT or EMT-P issued by the North Carolina Department <br /> of Human Resources, office of Emergency Medical <br /> Services . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in an <br /> exceptional circumstance when an EMT or EMT-P is not <br /> available for the purpose of driving only, or when <br /> providing Non-Transporting Service, an approved <br /> firefighter, First Responder, Rescue Service Provider <br /> or law enforcement officer with a currently valid--- <br /> North Carolina Drivers license may drive an Ambulance, <br /> provided such d'river does not attend a Patient or <br /> Victim or does not otherwise provide medical services <br /> to a Patient or Victim. <br /> 9 <br />