TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER
COUNTY OF BURLINGTON
ORDINANCE No. 2022-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH
HANOVER AMENDING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 2015-07 AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2011-02,
CHAPTER 2 OF THE “REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER,
1994" ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-052, ENTITLED “EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES THIRD-PARTY BILLING
WHEREAS, in order to support North Hanover Township’s Emergency
Medical Services, the Township bills for ambulance and transportation services
provided by the Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and the Township of
North Hanover; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 2011-01 these rates shall be
reviewed on an as needed basis and said funds will be used for the sole purpose
of supporting general operating expenses of Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company
No. 1 and North Hanover Township for providing emergency medical services, as
determined by the municipality; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Ordinance 2011-02, as amended by
Ordinance No. 2015-07, the Township Committee of North Hanover Township has adopted
the billing fees for ambulance services and wishes to amend same.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the Township of North
Hanover in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey, that Section 2-052.1
A be and is hereby amended as follows (additions are bolded and underlined;
deletions have strikethrough):
SECTION 1. 2-052 Emergency Medical Services Third-Party
Billing Plan Fees
2-052.1 A. The following fees shall be charged for emergency medical transportation
related services provided by Jacobstown
Volunteer Fire Company No. 1:
1. There shall be a fee of $800.00 825.00
for ambulance transportation.
2. There
shall be a fee of $17.00 per laden
mile for Basic Life Support (BLS) mileage
(one way).
3. There
shall be a fee of $75.00 for oxygen administration.
4. There
shall be a fee of $95.00 for
Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) pads.
5. There
shall be a fee of $35.00 for disposable
cervical collars.
6. There shall be a fee of $125.00 for Epi-Pen
per dose.
7. There shall be a fee of $75.00 for Narcan per
dose.
8. There shall be a fee of $75.00 for Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure (CPAP)
therapy.
9. There shall be a fee of $250.00 for
refusal for MVA (motor vehicle accident).
10. There shall be a fee of $125.00 for
refusal for medical call.
B. No changes.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with or in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.
SECTION 3.
If any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid,
such adjudication shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause or provision so adjudged and the remainder of the Ordinance shall remain
valid and effective.
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NOTICE
This Ordinance published herewith was introduced and
passed upon first reading at the regular meeting of the Township Committee of
the Township of North Hanover held on February 3, 2022. It will be further considered for final
passage after a public hearing to be held on February 17, 2022, at the
Municipal Building, 41 Schoolhouse Road, Jacobstown, NJ at 7:00 p.m. or as soon
thereafter as the matter may be heard, at which time and place any person
desired to be heard upon the same will be given an opportunity to be
heard. Copies are available free of
charge at the Municipal Clerk’s Office prior to the public hearing.
______________________________
Mary
Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC
Municipal Clerk
Vote to Introduce Ordinance 2022-01:
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COMMITTEE |
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Committeeman
DeBaecke |
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Deputy
Mayor Forsyth |
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Committeeman
Kocubinski |
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X |
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Committeeman
O’Donnell |
X |
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X |
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Mayor
Doyle |
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NOTICE
The ordinance read by title upon second reading herewith has been adopted at the meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee of North Hanover Township, held on February 17, 2022, and the 20-day period of limitation within which a suit, action or validity of such ordinance can be commenced, has begun to run from the date of the publication of this notice.
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Mary Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC
Municipal Clerk
Vote on Adoption:
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COMMITTEE |
MOTION |
2ND |
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ABSENT |
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Committeeman
DeBaecke |
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X |
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Deputy
Mayor Forsyth |
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X |
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Committeeman
Kocubinski |
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X |
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Committeeman
O’Donnell |
X |
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X |
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Mayor
Doyle |
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X |
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