ARTICLE 4. Infant Medical Dispatch Centers

Article 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8.

§§ 123750–123775 · 7 sections

• § 123750 The Legislature finds that intensive care nurseries for at-risk infants are often at capacity. It further finds that serious delays can occur in placing…
• § 123753 The department shall establish two dispatch centers, each to be located at a hospital containing an intensive care nursery that has been approved by the…
• § 123755 One of the centers established pursuant to Section 123750 shall be located to serve the region of the state north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and one of the…
• § 123760 The centers shall locate bedspace for critically ill newborn infants nearest their homes, locate and dispatch transport for the infants and for appropriate…
• § 123765 Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this article shall be used for leasing or purchasing communication equipment or time; and for hiring, training,…
• § 123770 Public and private nonprofit health facilities, organizations, and educational institutions are eligible to receive center funds under this article.
• § 123775 Each infant medical dispatch center established pursuant to this article shall annually report on the progress of the project, the status of the data base…