ARTICLE 1. Local EMS Agency
Article 1 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.
§§ 1797.200–1797.233 · 28 sections
- § 1797.200 Each county may develop an emergency medical services program. Each county developing such a program shall designate a local EMS agency which shall be the…
- § 1797.201 Upon the request of a city or fire district that contracted for or provided, as of June 1, 1980, prehospital emergency medical services, a county shall enter…
- § 1797.202 (a) Every local EMS agency shall have a full- or part-time licensed physician and surgeon as medical director, who has substantial experience in the practice…
- § 1797.204 The local EMS agency shall plan, implement, and evaluate an emergency medical services system, in accordance with the provisions of this part, consisting of an…
- § 1797.206 The local EMS agency shall be responsible for implementation of advanced life support systems and limited advanced life support systems and for the monitoring…
- § 1797.208 The local EMS agency shall be responsible for determining that the operation of training programs at the EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P levels are in compliance with…
- § 1797.210 (a) The medical director of the local EMS agency shall issue a certificate, except an EMT-P certificate, to an individual upon proof of satisfactory completion…
- § 1797.211 Each local EMS agency shall submit certificate status updates to the authority within three working days after a final determination is made regarding a…
- § 1797.212 The local EMS agency may establish a schedule of fees for certification in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable cost of administering the certification…
- § 1797.213 (a) Any local EMS agency conducting a program pursuant to this article may provide courses of instruction and training leading to certification as an EMT-I,…
- § 1797.214 A local EMS agency may require additional training or qualifications, for the use of drugs, devices, or skills in either the standard scope of practice or a…
- § 1797.215 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, EMT-I's, EMT-II's, and EMT-P’s shall be required to renew their cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificate no more…
- § 1797.216 Public safety agencies that are certifying entities may certify and recertify public safety personnel as EMT-I. The state fire marshal, subject to policy…
- § 1797.217 (a) Every certifying entity shall submit to the authority certification data required by Section 1797.117. (b) The authority shall collect fees from each…
- § 1797.218 Any local EMS agency may authorize an advanced life support or limited advanced life support program which provides services utilizing EMT-II or EMT-P, or…
- § 1797.219 All investigatory and disciplinary processes for EMT-I and EMT-II certificate holders shall be, subject to Chapter 9.6 (commencing with Section 3250) of…
- § 1797.220 The local EMS agency, using state minimum standards, shall establish policies and procedures approved by the medical director of the local EMS agency to assure…
- § 1797.221 The medical director of the local EMS agency may approve or conduct any scientific or trial study of the efficacy of the prehospital emergency use of any drug,…
- § 1797.222 A county, upon the recommendation of its local EMS agency, may adopt ordinances governing the transport of a patient who is receiving care in the field from…
- § 1797.223 (a) (1) A public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response shall make a connection available from the public…
- § 1797.224 A local EMS agency may create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a local plan, if a competitive process is utilized to select the…
- § 1797.225 (a) A local EMS agency may adopt policies and procedures for calculating and reporting ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section…
- § 1797.226 Without altering or otherwise affecting the meaning of any portion of this division as to any other county, as to San Bernardino County only, it shall be…
- § 1797.227 (a) An emergency medical care provider shall do both of the following when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS agency: (1) Use an electronic health…
- § 1797.228 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data quarterly to the authority, consistent with the…
- § 1797.230 (a) (1) A county may contract for emergency ambulance services with a fire agency that will provide those services, in whole or in part, through a written…
- § 1797.231 (a) (1) A fire agency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.230, may enter into a written subcontract with a private ambulance service for the purpose…
- § 1797.233 (a) A ground ambulance provider shall not require an uninsured patient or self-pay patient to pay an amount more than the established payment by Medi-Cal or…