Sec. 158.206. - Certificate term and renewal.

(a) A certificate shall become effective upon the date of issuance and shall be subject to recertification by the certificate holder every 24 months thereafter. (b) Upon recertification, a certificate shall be extended by the Director for successive 24-month periods. Ninety days before expiration of 24 months of certificates issued hereunder, the certificate holder shall submit with the Director a written application for recertification together with application filing fee specified in Section 158.204 . If the certificate is not extended, $1,000 of the filing fee shall be refunded. (c) In the event that the recertification application is not filed by the application deadline, the Director shall notify the certificate holder who shall have 14 additional days after the application deadline set forth herein to file an application. There shall be a $100 penalty for each day after the application deadline that the application is filed late. If the application is not filed within the 14 days after the application deadline then the certificate holder will suspend operations at the end of the current 24-month term until the Director has completed review of any other applications to provide EMTS. (d) A certificate shall be renewable upon receipt of the renewal application which will provide information on changes and additions to the emergency medical transportation service since the previous issuance of a certificate. The certificate shall be renewed upon the presentation of the renewal application and a current (renewed) license, issued by the State of Florida, to the Director. The Director shall then note the adjusted date on the appropriate form. (Ord. 97-450-E, § 1; Ord. 98-119-E, § 1)