ARTICLE 1. The Emergency Medical Services Authority
Article 1 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.
§§ 1797.100–1797.120.7 · 24 sections
- § 1797.100 There is in the state government, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
- § 1797.101 (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority, who shall be appointed by the…
- § 1797.102 The authority, utilizing regional and local information, shall assess each EMS area or the system’s service area for the purpose of determining the need for…
- § 1797.103 The authority shall develop planning and implementation guidelines for emergency medical services systems which address the following components: (a) Manpower…
- § 1797.104 The authority shall provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of emergency medical…
- § 1797.105 (a) The authority shall receive plans for the implementation of emergency medical services and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies. (b) After the…
- § 1797.106 (a) Regulations, standards, and guidelines adopted by the authority and by local EMS agencies pursuant to the provisions of this division shall not prohibit…
- § 1797.107 The authority shall adopt, amend, or repeal, after approval by the commission and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section…
- § 1797.108 Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, the authority may contract with local EMS agencies to provide funding assistance to those agencies…
- § 1797.109 (a) The director may develop, or prescribe standards for and approve, an emergency medical technician training and testing program for the Department of the…
- § 1797.110 The Legislature finds that programs funded through the authority are hindered by the length of time required for the state process to execute approved…
- § 1797.111 With the approval of the Department of Finance, and for use in the furtherance of the work of the authority, the director may accept all of the following: (a)…
- § 1797.112 (a) The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, the funds in which are to be held in trust for the benefit of the…
- § 1797.113 The Emergency Medical Services Training Program Approval Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government…
- § 1797.114 The rules and regulations of the authority established pursuant to Section 1797.107 shall include a requirement that a local EMS agency local plan developed…
- § 1797.115 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the Director of Finance may transfer any moneys…
- § 1797.116 (a) The authority shall establish additional training standards that include the criteria for the curriculum content recommended by the Curriculum Development…
- § 1797.117 (a) The authority shall establish and maintain a centralized registry system for the monitoring and tracking of each EMT-I and EMT-II certificate status and…
- § 1797.118 (a) On and after July 1, 2010, and except as provided in subdivision (b), every EMT-I and EMT-II certificate candidate or holder shall have their fingerprint…
- § 1797.119 (a) The authority shall distribute to each local EMS agency the curriculum content criteria for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programming developed pursuant…
- § 1797.120 (a) The authority shall develop, using input from stakeholders, including, but not limited to, hospitals, local EMS agencies, and public and private EMS…
- § 1797.120.5 (a) (1) By no later than December 31, 2024, the authority shall develop and implement a California Emergency Medical Services Information System requirement…
- § 1797.120.6 (a) A licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department shall, by September 1, 2024, develop, in consultation with its emergency department…
- § 1797.120.7 (a) On or before December 31, 2024, the authority shall monitor monthly ambulance patient offload time data for each hospital required to report under Section…