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Ambulance Provider means an individual, firm, corporation <br /> or association who engages or professes to engage in the <br /> business or service of transporting Patients or providing <br /> other EMS Services. <br /> Approved means approved by the North Carolina Medical Care <br /> Commission pursuant to the latter' s rules and regulations <br /> promulgated under the authority of Law. <br /> Convalescent Ambulance means an Ambulance used on a <br /> scheduled basis solely to transport Patients having a known <br /> non-emergency medical condition. Convalescent Ambulances <br /> shall not be used in place of any other category of <br /> Ambulance as defined herein. <br /> County means the Grantor, Orange County, and its Board of <br /> Commissioners or its designated representative. <br /> Emergency means something dangerous or serious which <br /> happens suddenly or unexpectedly and involves a Victim or <br /> other Patient who is or may be in need of immediate EMS <br /> Services or medical treatment in order to prevent loss of <br /> life or further aggravation or physiological or <br /> psychological illness or injury. <br /> Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) means an individual who <br /> has completed a. training program in emergency medical care <br /> at least equal to the National Standard Training Program <br /> for Emergency Medical Technicians as defined by the United <br /> States Department of Transportation and has been certified <br /> as an emergency medical technician by the North Carolina <br /> Office of Emergency Medical Service. <br /> EMS Franchise Ordinance means "An [Orange County] Ordinance <br /> Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder, and Rescue <br /> Service and Granting of Franchises and Contracts to the <br /> Operators in the County of Orange . " <br /> EMS Nontransporting Service means providing EMS Services <br /> using EMS Non-Transporting Vehicle. <br /> EMS Nontransporting Vehicle means a motor vehicle dedicated <br /> and equipped to provide First Responder or Rescue Services <br /> or to move medical equipment and EMS personnel functioning <br /> within the scope of practice of EMT-P to the scene of a <br /> request for assistance . EMS Nontransporting Vehicles shall <br /> 3 <br />