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509 transportation services and for whom no emergency medical care is to be provided in accordance with lawful and appropriate orders from the patientsv physician. A long-term or chronically ill patient with an indwelling naso-gastric or urinary catheter may be classified as a non-emergency patient for local ambulance transportation (call origin and destination within the County) when the patientVs physician authorizes transportation by a non-emergency ambulance service provider at the time of service, when no medical care or procedures are required enroute, and when such authorization is documented on the Ambulance Call Report. A patient with an intravenous line in place may only be transported as a non-emergency patient if the intravenous line is discontinued while ambulance service is being provided (i.e. no intravenous infusion at any time while ambulance service is being provided), or if the patient is being transported by an entity providing service as described in Section 2(c) or Section 6.2. SECTION 2. FRANCHISE REQUIRED: No person either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in the business or service of the transportation of either non-emergency or emergency patients for calls originating within Cabarrus County unless he is in compliance with all the requirements set forth herein and has been granted a franchise for the operation of such business or service by the County pursuant to this ordinance. Provided, however, that no franchise shall be required for any entity: (a) that is rendering assistance to Cabarrus County E.M.S. in the event of a major catastrophe or other exigent situation when requested by, and acting under the operational control of, Cabarrus County E.M.S. for the duration of such catastrophe or situation; or (b) that transports patients who are picked up beyond the limits of Cabarrus County for transportation to locations within Cabarrus County, but no such entity shall pick up patients within Cabarrus County unless it is rendering assistance to Cabarrus County E.M.S. as provided for is Section 15 of this ordinance, or is providing return transportation of an out-of-county resident; or (c) that is owned, operated, employed or hired by, or under the service of a hospital or hospital authority to transport such hospital°s or hospital authority's non-emergency patients to, from or between medical facilities providing, however, that such service shall comply with all State rules and regulations governing either Category I or Category II (non-emergency) ambulance providers. (d) that is a Category IV air ambulance provider, in compliance with all State rules and regulations governing Category IV air ambulances providing, however, that such air ambulance shall not provide prehospital emergency medical service within the County unless requested by and coordinated with Cabarrus County Emergency Medical Service. SECTION 3. APPLICATION FOR AMBULANCE FRANCHISE: Applications for a franchise to operate ambulances in Cabarrus County hereunder shall be made upon such forms as may be prepared or prescribed by the County and shall contain: (a) The type of franchise requested; either non-emergency ambulance service or emergency ambulance service. (b)The name and address of the applicant. (c) The name under which the applicant does business or proposes to do business along with a certified copy of any articles of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, or assumed name certificate. (d) The training and experience of the applicant in the transportation and care of patients. (e) A description of and copy of State certification for each ambulance operated by the applicant. (f) A copy of State certification for each Emergency Medical Technician employed by the applicant. (g) The location and description of the place or places from which it is intended to operate. (h) Audited or unaudited financial statements of the owner's operations in Cabarrus County, said financial statements to be in such form and in such detail as may be required by the County.