CHAPTER 6. Facilities [1798.100. - 1798.183.]

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.

§§ 1798.100–1798.183 · 23 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Base Hospitals §§ 1798.100–1798.105 · 5 sections

   • § 1798.100 In administering the EMS system, the local EMS agency, with the approval of its medical director, may designate and contract with hospitals or other entities…
   • § 1798.101 (a) In rural areas, as determined by the authority, where the use of a base hospital having a basic emergency medical service special permit pursuant to…
   • § 1798.102 The base hospital shall supervise prehospital treatment, triage, and transport, advanced life support or limited advanced life support, and monitor personnel…
   • § 1798.104 The base hospital shall provide, or cause to be provided, EMS prehospital personnel training and continuing education in accordance with local EMS policies and…
   • § 1798.105 The medical director of the local EMS agency may approve an alternative base station, as defined in Section 1798.53, to provide medical direction to advanced…
2. ARTICLE 2. Critical Care § 1798.150 · 1 section

   • § 1798.150 The authority may establish, in cooperation with affected medical organizations, guidelines for hospital facilities according to critical care capabilities.
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Regional Trauma Systems §§ 1798.160–1798.169 · 10 sections

   • § 1798.160 Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Trauma case” means any injured person who…
   • § 1798.161 (a) The authority shall submit draft regulations specifying minimum standards for the implementation of trauma care systems to the commission on or before July…
   • § 1798.162 (a) A local emergency medical services agency may implement a trauma care system only if the system meets the minimum standards set forth in the regulations…
   • § 1798.163 A local emergency medical services agency implementing a trauma care system shall establish policies and procedures which are concordant and consistent with…
   • § 1798.164 (a) A local emergency medical services agency may charge a fee to an applicant seeking initial or continuing designation as a trauma facility in an amount…
   • § 1798.165 (a) Local emergency medical services agencies may designate trauma facilities as part of their trauma care system pursuant to the regulations promulgated by…
   • § 1798.166 A local emergency medical services agency which elects to implement a trauma care system on or after January 1, 1984, shall develop and submit a plan to the…
   • § 1798.167 Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict the authority of a health care facility to provide a service for which it has received a license…
   • § 1798.168 Nothing in this article shall be construed as changing the boundaries of any local emergency medical services agency in existence on January 1, 1984.
   • § 1798.169 Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting the use of a helicopter of the Department of the California Highway Patrol from performing missions…
4. ARTICLE 3. Transfer Agreements §§ 1798.170–1798.172 · 2 sections

   • § 1798.170 A local EMS agency may develop triage and transfer protocols to facilitate prompt delivery of patients to appropriate designated facilities within and without…
   • § 1798.172 (a) The local EMS agency shall establish guidelines and standards for completion and operation of formal transfer agreements between hospitals with varying…
5. ARTICLE 3.5. Use of “Emergency” § 1798.175 · 1 section

   • § 1798.175 (a) No person or public agency shall advertise itself as, or hold itself out as, providing emergency medical services, by using in its name or advertising the…
6. ARTICLE 4. Poison Control Centers §§ 1798.180–1798.183 · 4 sections

   • § 1798.180 (a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the operation of poison control centers. (b) The authority shall establish geographical service areas…
   • § 1798.181 The authority shall consolidate the number of poison control centers if it is determined by the authority that the consolidation will result in cost savings.
   • § 1798.182 The authority may authorize a poison control center, instead of providing poison control services directly, to contract with an entity in another state to…
   • § 1798.183 The authority may authorize a poison control center to provide poison control services for fewer than 24 hours a day, as the authority deems necessary.