Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)RegulationsEmergency Medical Services Regulations, 2017Part 3 : Licensing of Emergency Medical Services13. Issuing of licence and licence tokens |
| (1) | When an application for an Emergency Medical Service has been approved, or conditionally approved, subject to the Emergency Medical Service being inspected by a duly authorised inspecting officer and found to be compliant in terms of these Regulations, the Head of Department must— |
| (a) | issue a licence to operate the service concerned; and |
| (b) | issue a licence token for each vehicle to be used by that Emergency Medical Service as an ambulance, medical rescue vehicle or medical response vehicle. |
| (2) | A licence contemplated in subregulation (1)(a) must contain the following: |
| (a) | The name of the owner of the Emergency Medical Service; |
| (b) | the name of the Emergency Medical Service; |
| (c) | the geographical location of the station of the Emergency Medical Service within the health district; |
| (d) | the type of service to be rendered by the Emergency Medical Service; |
| (e) | the type and number of vehicles the Emergency Medical Service will operate; and |
| (f) | any other information which the Head of Department may consider necessary. |
| (3) | A licence token contemplated in subregulation (1)(b) must contain the following: |
| (a) | The name of the Emergency Medical Service; |
| (b) | the registration number of the vehicle; |
| (c) | the date on which the licence token was issued; |
| (d) | the date on which the licence token expires; and |
| (e) | the type of vehicle. |
