CHAPTER 4. Local Administration [1797.200. - 1797.276.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.

§§ 1797.200–1797.276 · 40 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Local EMS Agency §§ 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…
2. ARTICLE 2. Local Emergency Medical Services Planning §§ 1797.250–1797.259 · 7 sections

   • § 1797.250 In each designated EMS area, the local EMS agency may develop and submit a plan to the authority for an emergency medical services system according to the…
   • § 1797.252 The local EMS agency shall, consistent with such plan, coordinate and otherwise facilitate arrangements necessary to develop the emergency medical services…
   • § 1797.254 Local EMS agencies shall annually submit an emergency medical services plan for the EMS area to the authority, according to EMS Systems, Standards, and…
   • § 1797.256 A local EMS agency may review applications for grants and contracts for federal, state, or private funds concerning emergency medical services or related…
   • § 1797.257 A local EMS agency which elects to implement a trauma care system on or after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1798.161 shall…
   • § 1797.258 After the submission of an initial trauma care system plan, a local EMS agency which has implemented a trauma care system shall annually submit to the…
   • § 1797.259 A local EMS agency that elects to implement a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program pursuant to Section 1840 shall develop and,…
3. ARTICLE 3. Emergency Medical Care Committee §§ 1797.270–1797.276 · 5 sections

   • § 1797.270 An emergency medical care committee may be established in each county in this state. Nothing in this division should be construed to prevent two or more…
   • § 1797.272 The county board of supervisors shall prescribe the membership, and appoint the members, of the emergency medical care committee. If two or more adjacent…
   • § 1797.273 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1797.270 and 1797.272, if a local EMS agency within the county elects to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate…
   • § 1797.274 The emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually, review the operations of each of the following: (a) Ambulance services operating within the…
   • § 1797.276 Every emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually, report to the authority, and the local EMS agency its observations and recommendations…