§ 5-30. Required insurance coverage for applicants for ambulance service.

(a)

No vehicle regulated by this chapter shall operate in this parish unless the following insurance coverages are in effect:

(1)

For injury to or death of individuals resulting from any cause to which the owner of the vehicle would be liable, regardless of whether the vehicle was being driven by the owner or his/her agent, and for damages to the property of another in the amounts specified in this article;

(2)

The applicant for a license to operate an ambulance service shall provide automobile liability insurance for not less than the following limits of liability: for each accident causing bodily injury (including death at any time resulting there from), five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each person; five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each accident, and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) property damage sustained in any one (1) accident;

(3)

The applicant for a license to operate an ambulance service shall provide medical malpractice liability insurance in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00);

(4)

The applicant for a license to operate an ambulance service shall provide general liability insurance in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate.

(b)

No insurance coverage shall be satisfactory unless issued by an insurance company authorized to write such coverage in the state.

(Ord. No. 22477, § 6, 4-13-05)