§ 24-92. Qualifications for ambulance drivers.

No person shall drive an ambulance on the roads of the parish and no person who owns or controls an ambulance shall permit it to be so driven unless the driver thereof shall meet the following qualifications, in addition to those imposed by section 24-91:

(1)

He is a person at least 18 years of age.

(2)

No person shall drive an ambulance upon the streets of the parish, and no person who owns or controls an ambulance shall permit it to be driven unless the driver shall have then in force a Class D chauffeur's license.

(3)

No person shall be employed in any capacity on any ambulance unless [he/she] is an emergency medical technician as defined herein.

(4)

He has never been convicted anywhere under the laws of this state, or any other state, or of the United States, or other applicable laws of parishes and cities of the offense of murder, aggravated battery, aggravated rape, simple rape, aggravated burglary, simple burglary, aggravated kidnapping, simple kidnapping, armed robbery, simple robbery, pandering, prostitution, soliciting for prostitutes, illegal possession or sale or use of narcotics, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, indecent behavior with a juvenile, and has not been convicted two or more times of any traffic offense during the year preceding the filing of the application.

(5)

He has not been convicted of any other felony, or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude against the criminal laws of this state or any other state, or of the United States, within five years, and has not served any part of a sentence therefor within five years, before the date of the filing of the application, and he is not presently charged therewith, or with any of the felonies, offenses or misdemeanors set forth in subsection (4) of this section, or with violating any of the provisions of this article.

(6)

He is not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor, does not use any narcotic drugs, and is not suffering from any disease or infirmity which might make him an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver.

(Ord. No. 36-89, § 28:8, 11-13-89; Ord. No. 94-23, 7-27-94)