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File #: 24-1372    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Recommendation Status: Passed
File created: 9/3/2024 In control: Health Services Department
On agenda: 9/24/2024 Final action: 9/24/2024
Title: Denial of Rite Way BLS Services, Inc.'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)
Attachments: 1. EMSAC's Report and Recomendation on Rite Way BLS Services, Inc.'s Application for a COPCN to Provide Interfacility BLS Transport Services in Orange County, Florida, 2. NHT COPCN Applicants Objection letter, 3. Rite Way BLS Objection-RG Amb, 4. Rite Way COPCN Application 2024
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 Medical Director

CONTACT: Sandra Roe

PHONE: 407-836-7611

DIVISION: EMS, Office of the Medical Director

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Denial of Rite Way BLS Services, Inc.'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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PROJECT: N/A

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 Rite Way BLS Services, Inc. ("Rite Way") 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 Rite Way'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, Rite Way 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 Rite Way's application; and (6) Rite Way's application. At the conclusion of the meeting, EMSAC found that the issuance of an additional COP...

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