(a) Application for a permit to operate an ambulance service shall be made to the board by the operator of the ambulance service upon forms provided by the administrator and shall be accompanied by a permit fee that shall be a base amount plus an amount for each vehicle used by such operator in such operator’s ambulance service and that shall be fixed by rules and regulations of the board to cover all or any part of the cost of regulation of ambulance services.

(b) The application shall state the name of the operator, the names of the emergency medical service providers of such ambulance service, the primary territory for which the permit is sought, the type of service offered, the location and physical description of the facility whereby calls for service will be received, the facility wherein vehicles are to be garaged, a description of vehicles and other equipment to be used by the service and such other information as the board may require.

(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed as granting an exclusive territorial right to operate an ambulance service. Upon change of ownership of an ambulance service the permit issued to such service shall expire 60 days after the change of ownership.