{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1444","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1444","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.5. County Medical Facilities [1440. - 1498.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Administration [1440. - 1462.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2.5/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1993.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The board of supervisors in each county or city and county, having a population of one million or more, may purchase ambulances, establish and maintain an ambulance service, and prescribe rules for the government and management thereof. In any county where such a service has been established, any person who has been injured in an accident or is ill and in need of immediate transportation to a hospital may be taken to any available hospital. If he is indigent and unable to pay for the service, the cost shall be a proper charge against the county. If he is not indigent, he shall reimburse the county for the cost of transportation, which shall be in accordance with a schedule to be adopted by the board, and in no case less than the actual cost.</p>","text":"The board of supervisors in each county or city and county, having a population of one million or more, may purchase ambulances, establish and maintain an ambulance service, and prescribe rules for the government and management thereof. In any county where such a service has been established, any person who has been injured in an accident or is ill and in need of immediate transportation to a hospital may be taken to any available hospital. If he is indigent and unable to pay for the service, the cost shall be a proper charge against the county. If he is not indigent, he shall reimburse the county for the cost of transportation, which shall be in accordance with a schedule to be adopted by the board, and in no case less than the actual cost.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/administration-1444","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}