[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Red Bank by Ord. No. 2003-34; amended in its entirety by Ord. No. 2004-22 (Sec. 3-13 of the 1987 Revised
General Ordinances). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any licensed health care facility, hospital, institution,
care center, convalescent home, old-age home, nursing home, and any
other establishment or institution for the care, treatment, lodging
or nursing of persons mentally ill, mentally deficient or mentally
retarded, acutely or chronically ill, or who are crippled, convalescent,
infirm or in any way afflicted, or who reside therein for any purpose
whatsoever.
All nursing homes within the Borough of Red Bank shall be and
are hereby required to have immediately available a private ambulance
service or a private van-type vehicle suitable to be used as an ambulance
for the conveyance of nonambulatory as well as emergency patients
as the need arises. All nursing homes shall also have a backup or
secondary service for such transportation need.
All nursing homes shall file proof of the availability of such
emergency ambulance or equivalent-type carrier service with the office
of the Borough Clerk on or before July 1, 2004. Such detailed proof
will include the details of the ambulance or van-type vehicle available
to the nursing home as required by this chapter, including the names,
addresses, telephone numbers and contact person as to both the primary
and backup or secondary service for such transportation needs. Further,
the nursing home shall update this filing with the Borough Clerk at
any time when there is a change with regard to service and on or before
January 1 of each and every year thereafter.
All nursing homes within the Borough of Red Bank shall prominently
post at the emergency desk of each nursing home and such other places
as may be appropriate in the particular nursing home (so that calls
may be promptly and accurately made to the appropriate service) the
name, telephone numbers as well as the methodology for employees or
other persons manning the facility to contact the transportation service.
Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of this
chapter, including the provision of filing the details and proof of
the availability of such emergency vehicles to the nursing home and
the requirement to post the information to insure that nursing home
personnel are cognizant of the procedure to contact the transportation
service shall be liable to pay a fine of $500 per day for each offense.
In the event the nursing home does not substantially follow
the methodology set forth in this chapter with regard to a primary
and secondary contact for transportation arrangements but rather knowingly
contacts the Red Bank First Aid for such transportation, First Aid
may file a complaint in the Municipal Court against such person or
entity and the penalty in such event will be a fine of $500 for the
first violation and a minimum fine of $1,250 for each and every violation
thereafter.
