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Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 1797. - 1797. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1797.1. - 1797.1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the...

Section 1797.2. - 1797.2. It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain...

Section 1797.3. - 1797.3. The provisions of this division do not preclude the...

Section 1797.4. - 1797.4. Any reference in any provision of law to mobile...

Section 1797.5. - 1797.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to promote...

Section 1797.6. - 1797.6. (a) It is the policy of the State of...

Section 1797.7. - 1797.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the ability...

Section 1797.8. - 1797.8. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 1797.9. - 1797.9. (a) This division shall not be construed to regulate...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 1797.50. - 1797.50. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in...

Section 1797.52. - 1797.52. “Advanced life support” means special services designed to provide...

Section 1797.53. - 1797.53. “Alternative base station” means a facility or service operated...

Section 1797.54. - 1797.54. “Authority” means the Emergency Medical Services Authority established by...

Section 1797.56. - 1797.56. “Authorized registered nurse,” “mobile intensive care nurse,” or “MICN”...

Section 1797.58. - 1797.58. “Base hospital” means one of a limited number of...

Section 1797.59. - 1797.59. “Base hospital physician” or “BHP” means a physician and...

Section 1797.60. - 1797.60. “Basic life support” means emergency first aid and cardiopulmonary...

Section 1797.61. - 1797.61. (a) “Certificate” or “license” means a specific document issued...

Section 1797.62. - 1797.62. “Certifying entity” means a public safety agency or the...

Section 1797.63. - 1797.63. “Certifying examination” or “examination for certification” means an examination...

Section 1797.64. - 1797.64. “Commission” means the Commission on Emergency Medical Services created...

Section 1797.66. - 1797.66. “Competency based curriculum” means a curriculum in which specific...

Section 1797.67. - 1797.67. “Designated facility” means a hospital which has been designated...

Section 1797.68. - 1797.68. “Director” means the Director of the Emergency Medical Services...

Section 1797.70. - 1797.70. “Emergency” means a condition or situation in which an...

Section 1797.72. - 1797.72. “Emergency medical services” means the services utilized in responding...

Section 1797.74. - 1797.74. “Emergency medical services area” or “EMS area” means the...

Section 1797.76. - 1797.76. “Emergency medical services plan” means a plan for the...

Section 1797.78. - 1797.78. “Emergency medical services system” or “system” means a specially...

Section 1797.80. - 1797.80. “Emergency Medical Technician-I” or “EMT-I” means an individual trained...

Section 1797.82. - 1797.82. “Emergency Medical Technician-II,” “EMT-II,” “Advanced Emergency Medical Technician,” or...

Section 1797.84. - 1797.84. “Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic,” “EMT-P,” “paramedic” or “mobile intensive care...

Section 1797.85. - 1797.85. “Exclusive operating area” means an EMS area or subarea...

Section 1797.86. - 1797.86. “Health systems agency” means a health systems agency as...

Section 1797.88. - 1797.88. “Hospital” means an acute care hospital licensed under Chapter...

Section 1797.90. - 1797.90. “Medical control” means the medical management of the emergency...

Section 1797.92. - 1797.92. “Limited advanced life support” means special service designed to...

Section 1797.94. - 1797.94. “Local EMS agency” means the agency, department, or office...

Section 1797.95. - 1797.95. “Mobile stroke unit” means a multijurisdictional mobile facility that...

Section 1797.97. - 1797.97. “Poison control center” or “PCC” means a hospital-based facility...

CHAPTER 2.5 - The Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund

Section 1797.98a. - 1797.98a. (a) The fund provided for in this chapter shall...

Section 1797.98b. - 1797.98b. (a) Each county establishing a fund, on January 1,...

Section 1797.98c. - 1797.98c. (a) Physicians and surgeons wishing to be reimbursed shall...

Section 1797.98e. - 1797.98e. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 1797.98f. - 1797.98f. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an emergency...

Section 1797.98g. - 1797.98g. The moneys contained in an Emergency Medical Services Fund,...

CHAPTER 3 - State Administration

ARTICLE 1 - The Emergency Medical Services Authority

Section 1797.100. - 1797.100. There is in the state government in the Health...

Section 1797.101. - 1797.101. The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by...

Section 1797.102. - 1797.102. The authority, utilizing regional and local information, shall assess...

Section 1797.103. - 1797.103. The authority shall develop planning and implementation guidelines for...

Section 1797.104. - 1797.104. The authority shall provide technical assistance to existing agencies,...

Section 1797.105. - 1797.105. (a) The authority shall receive plans for the implementation...

Section 1797.106. - 1797.106. (a) Regulations, standards, and guidelines adopted by the authority...

Section 1797.107. - 1797.107. The authority shall adopt, amend, or repeal, after approval...

Section 1797.108. - 1797.108. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, the...

Section 1797.109. - 1797.109. (a) The director may develop, or prescribe standards for...

Section 1797.110. - 1797.110. The Legislature finds that programs funded through the authority...

Section 1797.111. - 1797.111. With the approval of the Department of Finance, and...

Section 1797.112. - 1797.112. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Fund is hereby...

Section 1797.113. - 1797.113. The Emergency Medical Services Training Program Approval Fund is...

Section 1797.114. - 1797.114. The rules and regulations of the authority established pursuant...

Section 1797.115. - 1797.115. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and...

Section 1797.116. - 1797.116. (a) The authority shall establish additional training standards that...

Section 1797.117. - 1797.117. (a) The authority shall establish and maintain a centralized...

Section 1797.118. - 1797.118. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, and except...

Section 1797.119. - 1797.119. (a) The authority shall distribute to each local EMS...

Section 1797.120. - 1797.120. (a) The authority shall develop, using input from stakeholders,...

ARTICLE 2 - Reports

Section 1797.121. - 1797.121. The authority shall report to the Legislature on the...

Section 1797.122. - 1797.122. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health facility as...

Section 1797.123. - 1797.123. (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board

Section 1797.125. - 1797.125. (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board is hereby created...

Section 1797.125.01. - 1797.125.01. (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board shall be composed...

Section 1797.125.03. - 1797.125.03. (a) The board shall select a chairperson from its...

Section 1797.125.05. - 1797.125.05. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,...

Section 1797.125.07. - 1797.125.07. (a) The board shall develop criteria to aid it...

Section 1797.125.09. - 1797.125.09. (a) (1) An employer of a paramedic shall report...

Section 1797.125.11. - 1797.125.11. (a) If the board denies an appeal of an...

ARTICLE 3 - Coordination With Other State Agencies

Section 1797.130. - 1797.130. The director shall chair an Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency...

Section 1797.132. - 1797.132. An Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services is hereby...

Section 1797.133. - 1797.133. The director may appoint select resource committees of experts...

Section 1797.134. - 1797.134. The Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services or another...

ARTICLE 4 - Medical Disasters

Section 1797.150. - 1797.150. In cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, the...

Section 1797.151. - 1797.151. The authority shall coordinate, through local EMS agencies, medical...

Section 1797.152. - 1797.152. (a) The director and the State Public Health Officer...

Section 1797.153. - 1797.153. (a) In each operational area the county health officer...

ARTICLE 5 - Personnel

Section 1797.160. - 1797.160. No owner of a publicly or privately owned ambulance...

Section 1797.165. - 1797.165. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of...

Section 1797.170. - 1797.170. (a) The authority shall develop and, after approval by...

Section 1797.171. - 1797.171. (a) The authority shall develop, and after approval of...

Section 1797.172. - 1797.172. (a) The authority shall develop and, after approval by...

Section 1797.173. - 1797.173. The authority shall assure that all training programs for...

Section 1797.174. - 1797.174. In consultation with the commission, the Emergency Medical Directors...

Section 1797.175. - 1797.175. The authority shall establish the standards for continuing education...

Section 1797.176. - 1797.176. The authority shall establish the minimum standards for the...

Section 1797.177. - 1797.177. No individual shall hold himself or herself out to...

Section 1797.178. - 1797.178. No person or organization shall provide advanced life support...

Section 1797.179. - 1797.179. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and to the...

Section 1797.180. - 1797.180. No agency, public or private, shall advertise or disseminate...

Section 1797.181. - 1797.181. The authority may, by regulation, prescribe standardized insignias or...

Section 1797.182. - 1797.182. All ocean, public beach, and public swimming pool lifeguards...

Section 1797.183. - 1797.183. All peace officers described in Section 13518 of the...

Section 1797.184. - 1797.184. The authority shall develop and, after approval by the...

Section 1797.185. - 1797.185. (a) The authority shall establish criteria for the statewide...

Section 1797.186. - 1797.186. All persons described in Sections 1797.170, 1797.171, 1797.172, 1797.182,...

Section 1797.187. - 1797.187. A peace officer as described in Section 830.1, subdivision...

Section 1797.188. - 1797.188. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Prehospital emergency...

Section 1797.189. - 1797.189. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Chief medical...

Section 1797.190. - 1797.190. The authority may establish minimum standards for the training...

Section 1797.191. - 1797.191. (a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the...

Section 1797.192. - 1797.192. On or before July 1, 1991, the authority shall...

Section 1797.193. - 1797.193. (a) By July 1, 1992, existing firefighters in this...

Section 1797.194. - 1797.194. The purpose of this section is to provide for...

Section 1797.195. - 1797.195. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 1797.196. - 1797.196. (a) For purposes of this section, “AED” or “defibrillator”...

Section 1797.197. - 1797.197. (a) The authority shall establish training and standards for...

Section 1797.197a. - 1797.197a. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

CHAPTER 3.75 - Trauma Care Fund

Section 1797.198. - 1797.198. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1797.199. - 1797.199. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury,...

CHAPTER 4 - Local Administration

ARTICLE 1 - Local EMS Agency

Section 1797.200. - 1797.200. Each county may develop an emergency medical services program....

Section 1797.201. - 1797.201. Upon the request of a city or fire district...

Section 1797.202. - 1797.202. (a) Every local EMS agency shall have a full-...

Section 1797.204. - 1797.204. The local EMS agency shall plan, implement, and evaluate...

Section 1797.206. - 1797.206. The local EMS agency shall be responsible for implementation...

Section 1797.208. - 1797.208. The local EMS agency shall be responsible for determining...

Section 1797.210. - 1797.210. (a) The medical director of the local EMS agency...

Section 1797.211. - 1797.211. Each local EMS agency shall submit certificate status updates...

Section 1797.212. - 1797.212. The local EMS agency may establish a schedule of...

Section 1797.213. - 1797.213. (a) Any local EMS agency conducting a program pursuant...

Section 1797.214. - 1797.214. A local EMS agency may require additional training or...

Section 1797.215. - 1797.215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, EMT-I's, EMT-II's, and...

Section 1797.216. - 1797.216. Public safety agencies that are certifying entities may certify...

Section 1797.217. - 1797.217. (a) Every certifying entity shall submit to the authority...

Section 1797.218. - 1797.218. Any local EMS agency may authorize an advanced life...

Section 1797.219. - 1797.219. All investigatory and disciplinary processes for EMT-I and EMT-II...

Section 1797.220. - 1797.220. The local EMS agency, using state minimum standards, shall...

Section 1797.221. - 1797.221. The medical director of the local EMS agency may...

Section 1797.222. - 1797.222. A county, upon the recommendation of its local EMS...

Section 1797.223. - 1797.223. (a) (1) A public safety agency that provides “911”...

Section 1797.224. - 1797.224. A local EMS agency may create one or more...

Section 1797.225. - 1797.225. (a) A local EMS agency may adopt policies and...

Section 1797.226. - 1797.226. Without altering or otherwise affecting the meaning of any...

Section 1797.227. - 1797.227. (a) An emergency medical care provider shall do both...

Section 1797.228. - 1797.228. (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, a...

Section 1797.229. - 1797.229. (a) Each local EMS agency and other certifying entities...

Section 1797.230. - 1797.230. (a) (1) A county may contract for emergency ambulance...

Section 1797.231. - 1797.231. (a) (1) A fire agency, as defined in subdivision...

ARTICLE 2 - Local Emergency Medical Services Planning

Section 1797.250. - 1797.250. In each designated EMS area, the local EMS agency...

Section 1797.252. - 1797.252. The local EMS agency shall, consistent with such plan,...

Section 1797.254. - 1797.254. Local EMS agencies shall annually submit an emergency medical...

Section 1797.256. - 1797.256. A local EMS agency may review applications for grants...

Section 1797.257. - 1797.257. A local EMS agency which elects to implement a...

Section 1797.258. - 1797.258. After the submission of an initial trauma care system...

Section 1797.259. - 1797.259. A local EMS agency that elects to implement a...

ARTICLE 3 - Emergency Medical Care Committee

Section 1797.270. - 1797.270. An emergency medical care committee may be established in...

Section 1797.272. - 1797.272. The county board of supervisors shall prescribe the membership,...

Section 1797.273. - 1797.273. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1797.270 and 1797.272, if a local...

Section 1797.274. - 1797.274. The emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually,...

Section 1797.276. - 1797.276. Every emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually,...

CHAPTER 5 - Medical Control

Section 1798. - 1798. (a) The medical direction and management of an emergency...

Section 1798.2. - 1798.2. The base hospital shall implement the policies and procedures...

Section 1798.3. - 1798.3. Advanced life support and limited advanced life support personnel...

Section 1798.6. - 1798.6. (a) Authority for patient health care management in an...

Section 1798.8. - 1798.8. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this division, medical control...

CHAPTER 6 - Facilities

ARTICLE 1 - Base Hospitals

Section 1798.100. - 1798.100. In administering the EMS system, the local EMS agency,...

Section 1798.101. - 1798.101. (a) In rural areas, as determined by the authority,...

Section 1798.102. - 1798.102. The base hospital shall supervise prehospital treatment, triage, and...

Section 1798.104. - 1798.104. The base hospital shall provide, or cause to be...

Section 1798.105. - 1798.105. The medical director of the local EMS agency may...

ARTICLE 2 - Critical Care

Section 1798.150. - 1798.150. The authority may establish, in cooperation with affected medical...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Regional Trauma Systems

Section 1798.160. - 1798.160. Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions...

Section 1798.161. - 1798.161. (a) The authority shall submit draft regulations specifying minimum...

Section 1798.162. - 1798.162. (a) A local emergency medical services agency may implement...

Section 1798.163. - 1798.163. A local emergency medical services agency implementing a trauma...

Section 1798.164. - 1798.164. (a) A local emergency medical services agency may charge...

Section 1798.165. - 1798.165. (a) Local emergency medical services agencies may designate trauma...

Section 1798.166. - 1798.166. A local emergency medical services agency which elects to...

Section 1798.167. - 1798.167. Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict...

Section 1798.168. - 1798.168. Nothing in this article shall be construed as changing...

Section 1798.169. - 1798.169. Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer Agreements

Section 1798.170. - 1798.170. A local EMS agency may develop triage and transfer...

Section 1798.172. - 1798.172. (a) The local EMS agency shall establish guidelines and...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Use of Emergency

Section 1798.175. - 1798.175. (a) No person or public agency shall advertise itself...

ARTICLE 4 - Poison Control Centers

Section 1798.180. - 1798.180. (a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the...

Section 1798.181. - 1798.181. The authority shall consolidate the number of poison control...

Section 1798.182. - 1798.182. The authority may authorize a poison control center, instead...

Section 1798.183. - 1798.183. The authority may authorize a poison control center to...

CHAPTER 7 - Penalties

Section 1798.200. - 1798.200. (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in paragraph (2),...

Section 1798.201. - 1798.201. (a) When information comes to the attention of the...

Section 1798.202. - 1798.202. (a) The director of the authority or the medical...

Section 1798.205. - 1798.205. Any alleged violations of local EMS agency transfer protocols,...

Section 1798.206. - 1798.206. Any person who violates this part, the rules and...

Section 1798.207. - 1798.207. (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to...

Section 1798.208. - 1798.208. Whenever any person who has engaged, or is about...

Section 1798.209. - 1798.209. The local EMS agency may place on probation, suspend,...

Section 1798.210. - 1798.210. (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board may impose an...

Section 1798.211. - 1798.211. When making a decision regarding a disciplinary action pursuant...

CHAPTER 8 - The Commission on Emergency Medical Services

ARTICLE 1 - The Commission

Section 1799. - 1799. The Commission on Emergency Medical Services is hereby created...

Section 1799.2. - 1799.2. The commission shall consist of 19 members appointed as...

Section 1799.3. - 1799.3. At the discretion of the appointing power or body,...

Section 1799.4. - 1799.4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 1799.6. - 1799.6. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation...

Section 1799.8. - 1799.8. The commission shall select a chairperson from its members...

ARTICLE 2 - Duties of the Commission

Section 1799.50. - 1799.50. The commission shall review and approve regulations, standards, and...

Section 1799.51. - 1799.51. The commission shall advise the authority on the development...

Section 1799.52. - 1799.52. The commission shall advise the director concerning the assessment...

Section 1799.53. - 1799.53. The commission shall advise the director with regard to...

Section 1799.54. - 1799.54. The commission shall review and comment upon the emergency...

Section 1799.55. - 1799.55. Based upon evaluations of the EMS systems in the...

Section 1799.56. - 1799.56. The commission may utilize technical advisory panels established pursuant...

CHAPTER 9 - Liability Limitation

Section 1799.100. - 1799.100. In order to encourage local agencies and other organizations...

Section 1799.101. - 1799.101. (a) (1) A person may take any reasonable steps...

Section 1799.102. - 1799.102. (a) No person who in good faith, and not...

Section 1799.103. - 1799.103. (a) An employer shall not adopt or enforce a...

Section 1799.104. - 1799.104. (a) No physician or nurse, who in good faith...

Section 1799.105. - 1799.105. (a) A poison control center which (1) meets the...

Section 1799.106. - 1799.106. (a) In addition to the provisions of Section 1799.104...

Section 1799.107. - 1799.107. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a threat...

Section 1799.108. - 1799.108. Any person who has a certificate issued pursuant to...

Section 1799.109. - 1799.109. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 1799.110. - 1799.110. (a) In any action for damages involving a claim...

Section 1799.111. - 1799.111. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a licensed general acute...

Section 1799.112. - 1799.112. (a) EMT-P employers shall report in writing to the...

CHAPTER 11 - Emergency and Critical Care Services for Children

Section 1799.200. - 1799.200. (a) The State Department of Health Services shall contract...

Section 1799.201. - 1799.201. The contractor shall submit the results of the study...

CHAPTER 12 - Emergency Medical Services System for Children

Section 1799.202. - 1799.202. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1799.204. - 1799.204. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 1799.205. - 1799.205. A local EMS agency may develop an EMSC Program...

Section 1799.207. - 1799.207. The authority may solicit and accept grant funding from...

CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1800. - 1800. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 1801. - 1801. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 1810. - 1810. Unless otherwise indicated in this chapter, the definitions contained...

Section 1811. - 1811. “Alternate destination facility” means a treatment location that is...

Section 1812. - 1812. “Authorized mental health facility” means a facility that is...

Section 1813. - 1813. (a) “Authorized sobering center” means a noncorrectional facility that...

Section 1814. - 1814. “Community paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division...

Section 1815. - 1815. “Community paramedicine program” means a program developed by a...

Section 1816. - 1816. “Community paramedicine provider” means an advanced life support provider...

Section 1817. - 1817. “Public agency” means a city, county, city and county,...

Section 1818. - 1818. “Triage paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division...

Section 1819. - 1819. (a) “Triage to alternate destination program” means a program...

Section 1820. - 1820. “Triage to alternate destination provider” means an advanced life...

ARTICLE 3 - State Administration

Section 1825. - 1825. On or before March 1, 2021, the director of...

Section 1830. - 1830. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop, and...

Section 1831. - 1831. Regulations adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Authority pursuant...

Section 1832. - 1832. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop and...

Section 1833. - 1833. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the...

Section 1834. - 1834. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on...

Section 1835. - 1835. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall review a...

Section 1836. - 1836. (a) A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the...

ARTICLE 4 - Local Administration

Section 1840. - 1840. A local EMS agency may develop a community paramedicine...

Section 1841. - 1841. A local EMS agency that elects to develop a...

Section 1842. - 1842. In addition to the requirements of Section 1841, a...

Section 1843. - 1843. In addition to the requirements of Section 1841, a...

ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous

Section 1850. - 1850. A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office...

Section 1851. - 1851. A person or organization shall not provide community paramedicine...

Section 1852. - 1852. A community paramedic shall provide community paramedicine services only...

Section 1853. - 1853. A triage paramedic shall provide triage to alternate destination...

Section 1854. - 1854. The disciplinary procedures for a community paramedic or triage...

Section 1855. - 1855. Entering into an agreement to be a community paramedicine...

Section 1856. - 1856. The liability provisions described in Chapter 9 (commencing with...

Section 1857. - 1857. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 14 - California POLST eRegistry Act

Section 1860. - 1860. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 1861. - 1861. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Authorized user” means...

Section 1862. - 1862. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall establish a...

Section 1863. - 1863. (a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of...

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