Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

On or before March 1, 2021, the director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall establish a community paramedicine and triage to alternate destination oversight advisory committee pursuant to Section 1797.133, to advise the authority on the development and oversight of…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop, and after approval by the commission, shall adopt regulations and establish minimum standards for the development of a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program. (b) The regulations described in t…

Regulations adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Authority pursuant to Section 1830 relating to a triage to alternate destination program shall include all of the following: (a) Local EMS agencies participating in providing patients with advanced life support triage and asse…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop and periodically review and update the minimum medical protocols applicable to each community paramedicine program specialty described in Section 1815 and the minimum triage and assessment protocols for triage to alternat…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit an annual report on the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the relevant policy committees of the Legislatur…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before April 1, 2028, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit a final report on the results of the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the rel…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall review a local EMS agency’s proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program using procedures consistent with Section 1797.105 and review the local EMS agency’s program protocols in order to ensure compl…

(a) A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173 before January 1, 2020, is authorized to operate until one year after the regulations described in Section 1830 become effect…

A local EMS agency may develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program that is consistent with the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s regulations and the provisions of this chapter and submit evidence of compliance with the requirements of Section …

A local EMS agency that elects to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program shall do all of the following: (a) Integrate the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program into the local EMS agency’s emergency medical …

In addition to the requirements of Section 1841, a local EMS agency that elects to develop a community paramedicine program shall do both of the following: (a) Coordinate, review, and approve any agreements necessary for the provision of community paramedicine specialties as desc…

In addition to the requirements of Section 1841, a local EMS agency that elects to develop a triage to alternate destination program shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Develop a plan that includes existing advanced life supports (ALS) providers, including public agencies, ope…

A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173 before September 1, 2020, to deliver community paramedicine services, as described in Section 1815, is authorized to continue the…

A person or organization shall not provide community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services or represent, advertise, or otherwise imply that it is authorized to provide community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services unless it is expressly aut…

A community paramedic shall provide community paramedicine services only if the community paramedic has been certified and accredited to perform those services by a local EMS agency and is working as an employee of an authorized community paramedicine provider.

A triage paramedic shall provide triage to alternate destination services only if the triage paramedic has been certified and accredited to perform those services by a local EMS agency and is working as an employee of an authorized triage to alternate destination provider.

The disciplinary procedures for a community paramedic or triage paramedic shall be consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 1797.194.

Entering into an agreement to be a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination provider pursuant to this chapter shall not alter or otherwise supersede Section 1797.201 or 1797.224.

The liability provisions described in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1799.100) apply to this chapter.

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Mojave Desert region has serious air pollution problems caused by the transport of air pollution from upwind districts and by the operation of growing numbers of motor vehicles and numerous stationary sources, and atmospheric…

(a) There is hereby created the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District. (b) The boundaries of the Mojave Desert district shall include all of the County of San Bernardino and the County of Riverside that is not included within the boundaries of the south coast district, an…

The Mojave Desert district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Mojave Desert dist…

(a) The Mojave Desert district shall be governed by a district board composed of the following members: (1) The members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors who represent the first and third supervisorial districts of the county, or who, after reapportionment affecti…

The Mojave Desert district board shall elect a chairperson every year from its membership.

Voting by the Mojave Desert district board on the adoption of all items on its agenda shall be by rollcall. Unless any board member objects, a substitute rollcall may be used on any agenda item. For purposes of this requirement, any consent calendar is a single item.

Notice of the time and place of a public hearing of the Mojave Desert district board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation relating to an air quality objective shall be given not less than 30 days prior to the hearing and shall be published in each county in the Mojav…

(a) The Mojave Desert district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices. (b) The rules and regulations shall require the leve…

(a) After a public hearing, the Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to purchase low-emissio…

The Mojave Desert district shall conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation control measures.

The Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources pursuant to Section 40716.

The Mojave Desert district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover its costs of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.

Pursuant to Section 41231, the district may undertake programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial or other assistance to encourage the sale and dis…

The Mojave Desert district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. That indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of the estimated revenue for either the …

Upon adoption of a resolution by the Mojave Desert district board to implement the procedure to issue warrants pursuant to Sections 41245 to 41256, inclusive, the procedure shall be implemented on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of the resolution.…

The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the Mojave Desert district and who shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the Mojave Desert dist…

The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a controller, who may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the Mojave Desert district and who shall exercise general supervision over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the Mojave Desert dis…

The Mojave Desert district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the Mojave Desert district in the treasury for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Mojave Desert district.

The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Mojave Desert district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with a statement of the…

The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the Mojave Desert district which have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the Mojave Desert di…

The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Mojave Desert district board and approved by the treasurer.

Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the Mojave Desert district pursuant to this article.

The Mojave Desert district shall provide the officials of the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and maintain records required by law.

All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the Mojave Desert district.

Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed by the county auditor, if the Mojave Desert district treasurer is a county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if money is available…

The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount fixed by the Mojave Desert district board conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a warrant issued pursuant …

If the auditor of the Mojave Desert district is a county auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting the warrant number, the date and amount of the warrant, the name of the payee, the name of…

(a) The Mojave Desert district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its powers and duties. (b) The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint an air pollution control officer (APCO) to direct the staff, subject to the direction and policy of the Mojave Desert distr…

The air pollution control officer (APCO) and designated deputies of the Mojave Desert District shall serve at the pleasure of the Mojave Desert district board, and shall receive the compensation that is determined by the Mojave Desert district board.

The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.