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County revises ambulance certificate rules, creates vehicle permit and extends application cycle
Summary
St. Lucie County adopted a rewritten COPCN ordinance to focus on ambulance services: it reduces certificate classes to two (Class A emergency for fire district, Class B nonemergency for private providers), introduces an annual vehicle permit and inspection process, updates insurance limits, and moves application cycles to four years.
The Board adopted an updated Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) ordinance that refocuses county oversight on ambulance services, establishes a new vehicle permit and inspection process, adjusts insurance requirements and expands advisory council membership.
Public Safety Director Ron Garetta told the board the rewrite reduces certificate classes…
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