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CHAPTER 3. State Administration [1797.100. - 1797.197a.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.

§§ 1797.100–1797.197a · 75 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. The Emergency Medical Services Authority §§ 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…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Reports §§ 1797.121–1797.124 · 4 sections
    • § 1797.121 The authority shall report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the systems provided for in this division on or before January 1, 1984, and annually…
    • § 1797.122 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health facility as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250 may release patient-identifiable medical information…
    • § 1797.123 (a) Upon receipt of data reported by a local EMS agency to the authority pursuant to Section 1797.228, the authority shall calculate ambulance patient offload…
    • § 1797.124 (a) On or before March 1, 2024, and on or before each January 1 thereafter, the authority shall annually develop and publish on its internet website a report…
  3. ARTICLE 2.5. Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board §§ 1797.125–1797.125.11 · 7 sections
    • § 1797.125 (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board is hereby created in the Emergency Medical Services Authority. The board shall consist of seven members and shall…
    • § 1797.125.01 (a) The Paramedic Disciplinary Review Board shall be composed of the following members, who shall all be residents of California: (1) One member shall be a…
    • § 1797.125.03 (a) The board shall select a chairperson from its members. (b) The board, for the purpose of discharging its duties, shall meet quarterly and shall convene at…
    • § 1797.125.05 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, on and after January 1, 2023, the board may act on appeals of the authority’s decision to impose…
    • § 1797.125.07 (a) The board shall develop criteria to aid it in making final determinations regarding appeals of licensure actions, for purposes of adoption by the authority…
    • § 1797.125.09 (a) (1) An employer of a paramedic shall report to the director of the authority and the board the suspension or termination for cause of a paramedic in their…
    • § 1797.125.11 (a) If the board denies an appeal of an application for licensure, or upholds the authority’s decision to deny an application for licensure, based solely or in…
  4. ARTICLE 3. Coordination With Other State Agencies §§ 1797.130–1797.134 · 4 sections
    • § 1797.130 The director shall chair an Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services established pursuant to Section 1797.132.
    • § 1797.132 An Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services is hereby established. This committee shall advise the authority on the coordination and…
    • § 1797.133 The director may appoint select resource committees of experts and may contract with special medical consultants for assistance in the implementation of this…
    • § 1797.134 The Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services or another committee designated by the director shall consult with the Commission on Peace…
  5. ARTICLE 4. Medical Disasters §§ 1797.150–1797.153 · 4 sections
    • § 1797.150 In cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, the authority shall respond to any medical disaster by mobilizing and coordinating emergency medical…
    • § 1797.151 The authority shall coordinate, through local EMS agencies, medical and hospital disaster preparedness with other local, state, and federal agencies and…
    • § 1797.152 (a) The director and the State Public Health Officer may jointly appoint a regional disaster medical and health coordinator for each mutual aid region of the…
    • § 1797.153 (a) In each operational area the county health officer and the local EMS agency administrator may act jointly as the medical health operational area…
  6. ARTICLE 5. Personnel §§ 1797.160–1797.197a · 32 sections
    • § 1797.160 No owner of a publicly or privately owned ambulance shall permit the operation of the ambulance in emergency service unless the attendant on duty therein, or,…
    • § 1797.161 (a) By January 1, 2027, a public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response shall provide prearrival medical…
    • § 1797.165 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as CAL-FIRE pursuant to Section 701.6 of the Public Resources…
    • § 1797.170 (a) The authority shall develop and, after approval by the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt regulations for the training and scope of practice for…
    • § 1797.171 (a) The authority shall develop, and after approval of the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, shall adopt, minimum standards for the training and scope of…
    • § 1797.172 (a) The authority shall develop and, after approval by the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt minimum standards for the training and scope of…
    • § 1797.173 The authority shall assure that all training programs for EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P are located in an approved licensed hospital or an educational institution…
    • § 1797.174 In consultation with the commission, the Emergency Medical Directors Association of California, and other affected constituencies, the authority shall develop…
    • § 1797.175 The authority shall establish the standards for continuing education and shall designate the examinations for certification and recertification of all…
    • § 1797.176 The authority shall establish the minimum standards for the policies and procedures necessary for medical control of the EMS system.
    • § 1797.177 No individual shall hold himself or herself out to be an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or paramedic unless that individual is currently certified as such by the local…
    • § 1797.178 No person or organization shall provide advanced life support or limited advanced life support unless that person or organization is an authorized part of the…
    • § 1797.179 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and to the extent federal financial participation is available, any city, county or special district providing…
    • § 1797.180 No agency, public or private, shall advertise or disseminate information to the public that the agency provides EMT-II or EMT-P rescue or ambulance services…
    • § 1797.181 The authority may, by regulation, prescribe standardized insignias or emblems for patches which may be affixed to the clothing of an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P.
    • § 1797.182 All ocean, public beach, and public swimming pool lifeguards and all firefighters in this state, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or…
    • § 1797.183 All peace officers described in Section 13518 of the Penal Code, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, shall be trained to…
    • § 1797.184 The authority shall develop and, after approval by the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt all of the following: (a) Guidelines for disciplinary…
    • § 1797.185 (a) The authority shall establish criteria for the statewide recognition of the licensure of EMT-P personnel in the basic scope of practice of those personnel.…
    • § 1797.186 All persons described in Sections 1797.170, 1797.171, 1797.172, 1797.182, and 1797.183, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, shall be entitled to…
    • § 1797.187 A peace officer as described in Section 830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, or subdivision (g) of Section 830.3 of the Penal Code, while in the service of…
    • § 1797.188 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Prehospital emergency medical care person or personnel” means any of the following: an authorized registered nurse or mobile…
    • § 1797.189 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Chief medical examiner-coroner” means the chief medical examiner or the coroner as referred to in subdivision (m) of Section…
    • § 1797.190 The authority may establish minimum standards for the training and use of automatic external defibrillators.
    • § 1797.191 (a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the training in pediatric first aid, pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and preventive…
    • § 1797.192 On or before July 1, 1991, the authority shall adopt standards for a standard statewide scope of practice which shall be utilized for the training and…
    • § 1797.193 (a) By July 1, 1992, existing firefighters in this state shall complete a course on the nature of sudden infant death syndrome taught by experts in the field…
    • § 1797.194 The purpose of this section is to provide for the state licensure of EMT-P personnel. Notwithstanding any provision of law, including, but not limited to,…
    • § 1797.195 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical care pursuant to this section in the…
    • § 1797.196 (a) For purposes of this section, “AED” or “defibrillator” means an automated external defibrillator. (b) (1) In order to ensure public safety, a person or…
    • § 1797.197 (a) The authority shall establish training and standards for all prehospital emergency medical care personnel, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)…
    • § 1797.197a (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Anaphylaxis” means a potentially life-threatening hypersensitivity or allergic…