Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: September 3, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Raul Pino, MD, MPH, Director
FROM: Christian Zuver, MD, EMS, Office of the Medical Director
CONTACT: Sandra Roe
PHONE: 407-836-7611
DIVISION: EMS, Office of the Medical Director
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Denial of Florida Ambulance Services, LLC d/b/a Florida Medical Transport’s Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide Interfacility Basic Life Support Transport Services in Orange County, Florida. (EMS, Office of Medical Director)
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PURPOSE: In April 2024, Orange County’s EMS, Office of the Medical Director Division notified Orange County’s Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (EMSAC) that Florida Ambulance Service LLC d/b/a Florida Medical Transport (“FMT”) had applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) to provide interfacility basic life support transport services. Pursuant to Section 20-95 of the Orange County Code, EMSAC met on June 26, 2024, to evaluate the countywide emergency medical services system and review FMT’s application to expand the system by issuing an additional COPCN to provide interfacility basic life support transport services. At the meeting, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) framed the issue, FMT presented its application, and EMSAC heard public comment and deliberated. In determining whether the application was in the interest of public convenience and necessity, EMSAC considered the guidelines adopted by the Board in Section 20-95 of the Code. Specifically, EMSAC considered: (1) the number of providers currently providing services and the type and quality of services being provided; (2) the historic number of requests for service; (3) the benefits of the proposed service; (4) the results of the most recent County conducted survey; (5) the written objections to FMT’s application; and (6) FMT’s application. At the conclusion of the meeting, EMSAC found that the issuance of an additional COPCN is not in the interest of the public convenience and necessity and voted to recommend a denial of FMT’s application. On July 10, 2024, EMS provided the Board with EMSAC’s Report and Recommendation and a recommendation of denial from EMS, copies of which are attached to this Memorandum.
BUDGET: N/A