Subject:
Title
Approval, Re: Renewal of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Fire Rescue Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested the Board approve the renewal of the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) and authorize the Chair to execute the COPCN with Brevard County Fire Rescue (ALS, BLS and ALS Non-Transport), Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department (ALS), Coastal Health Systems of Brevard, Inc. (ALS and BLS), Kennedy Space Center (ALS and BLS), Canaveral Space Force Station (ALS and BLS) City of Palm Bay (ALS), Health First-Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a First Flight (ALS), City of Titusville (ALS), City of Cocoa (ALS), City of Cocoa Beach (ALS), City of Melbourne (ALS), City of Satellite Beach (ALS), City of Indialantic (ALS), and City of Rockledge (ALS), for the 2020-2023 renewal period.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Per State requirements of the Emergency Medical Services Act (Chapter 401, Florida Statues) and Rules (Chapter 64-J, Florida Administrative Code), any First Responder providing an Advanced Life Support (ALS) level of service or any ambulance provider who provides Advanced Life Support or Basic Life Support (BLS) level of service in transporting patients must possess a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN). Each is renewed for a three-year period.
In accordance with the EMS Ordinance, Brevard County Fire Rescue has received the written requests from those agencies, mentioned above to have their COPCN’s renewed. Those requests have been validated and are on file at the Fire Rescue Center, 1040 South Florida Avenue, Rockledge.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Return 19 Original, signed certificates to Pamela Barrett, Brevard County Fire Rescue Department, 1040 S. Florida Avenue, Rockledge, FL 32955