Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

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 operated with written agreements with an acute care hospital, including a public safety agency that has been approved by t…

In consultation with the commission, the Emergency Medical Directors Association of California, and other affected constituencies, the authority shall develop statewide guidelines for continuing education courses and approval of continuing education courses for EMT-Ps and for qua…

The authority shall establish the standards for continuing education and shall designate the examinations for certification and recertification of all prehospital personnel. The authority shall consider including training regarding the characteristics and method of assessment and…

The authority shall establish the minimum standards for the policies and procedures necessary for medical control of the EMS system.

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 EMS agency or other certifying authority.

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 emergency medical services system of the local EMS agency or of a pilot program operated pursuant to the Wedworth-Townsen…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and to the extent federal financial participation is available, any city, county or special district providing paramedic services as set forth in Section 1797.172, shall reimburse the Health Care Deposit Fund for the state costs of payi…

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 unless that agency does in fact provide this service on a continuous 24 hours-per-day basis. If advertising or information …

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.

All ocean, public beach, and public swimming pool lifeguards and all firefighters in this state, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, shall be trained to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The training shall meet standards presc…

All peace officers described in Section 13518 of the Penal Code, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, shall be trained to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The training shall meet standards prescribed by the authority, in…

The authority shall develop and, after approval by the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt all of the following: (a) Guidelines for disciplinary orders, temporary suspensions, and conditions of probation for EMT-I and EMT-II certificate holders that protects the public …

(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. The criteria shall include all of the following: (1) Standards for training, testing, and licensure. The standards may i…

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 prophylactic medical treatment to prevent the onset of disease, provided that the person demonstrates that he or she was ex…

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 the agency or local agency which employs him or her, shall be notified by the agency or local agency if the peace office…

(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 intensive care nurse, emergency medical technician-I, emergency medical technician-II, emergency medical technician-param…

(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 24000, Section 24010, subdivisions (k), (m), and (n) of Section 24300, subdivisions (k), (m), and (n) of Section 24304, a…

The authority may establish minimum standards for the training and use of automatic external defibrillators.

(a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the training in pediatric first aid, pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and preventive health practices required by Section 1596.866. (b) (1) The authority shall establish a process for the ongoing review and app…

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 certification testing of EMT-P personnel for certification as EMT-P's. Local EMS systems shall not be required to utilize the ent…

(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 of sudden infant death syndrome. All persons who become firefighters after January 1, 1990, shall complete a course on thi…

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, Sections 1797.208 and 1797.214, all of the following applies to EMT-P personnel: (a) Any reference to EMT-P certification pur…

(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 emergency department of a hospital that meets the definition of small and rural hospital pursuant to Section 1188.855, exc…

(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 entity that acquires an AED shall do all of the following: (A) Comply with all regulations governing the placement of an AED…

(a) The authority shall establish training and standards for all prehospital emergency medical care personnel, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1797.189, regarding the characteristics and method of assessment and treatment of anaphylactic reactions and th…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Anaphylaxis” means a potentially life-threatening hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to a substance. (A) Symptoms of anaphylaxis may include shortness of breath, wheezing, difficulty breathing, diffi…

The time and place where objections to the proposal will be heard. The time fixed for hearing said objections shall be not less than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution. The resolution of intention shall be published at length twice in at least one newspaper of general c…

Any district formed pursuant to this division may be financed by assessment on real and personal property within the district, pursuant to this chapter.

The board of supervisors shall thereupon levy upon the taxable property of the district within its own county a tax sufficient in amount to maintain the district but not to exceed the twenty-cent ($0.20) limit provided in Section 32203 and, in addition, a tax sufficient to pay th…

The tax, exclusive of the levy for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds and any special assessment voted hereunder, and exclusive of the levy for the payment of rentals and all other sums due or payable under any agreement for the construction and leasing or purchas…

The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered and collected. Such taxes shall be a lien on the taxable property of the district and shall be paid with, and not separately from, county taxes. All moneys…

An election on the formation of a hospital district in and around the City of Dos Palos in the County of Merced, may be combined with an election for the adoption of a special tax pursuant to Article XIII A of the California Constitution and Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 5…

The board of directors may establish a fund for capital outlays; provided, that no part of said fund shall be used for acquisition of additional patient bed capacity by lease or purchase of any hospital buildings or facilities or for new construction of additional patient bed cap…

At any time after the creation of a capital outlay fund, the board of directors may transfer to such fund any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand in the district at the end of any fiscal year.

Whenever a capital outlay fund is established, it shall be used only for such purposes, except the board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of all members, if it finds that the fund is no longer necessary or that there remain in the fund moneys which are no longer required f…

Whenever it is desired that expenditures be made by the district for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or alteration of work for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of the purpose of this division in any district, the board of directors thereof may submit to th…

An election shall be held to authorize such assessment and may be called by the board of directors of the district in its discretion. Such an election shall be called upon presentation to the board of directors of a petition requesting the levy of the assessment and specifying th…

The resolution of the board of directors calling an election to decide whether a special assessment shall be levied, in addition to all other matters required by this division for a resolution calling an election, shall state the amount of the proposed expenditure for which asses…

If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the special assessment, the board of directors shall cause the assessment to be levied in like manner as a regular assessment to pay the regular annual expenses of the district. Such special assessment shall be in ad…

(a) As an alternative to the appointment of five members of the agency, the legislative body may, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Section 33101 or 33140 of this part, or at any time thereafter by adoption of an ordinance, declare itself to be the agency; i…

(a) A legislative body which has declared itself to be the agency pursuant to Section 33200 may by ordinance create a community redevelopment commission. The ordinance shall establish the number of members of the commission, but not less than seven, their terms of office, and the…

If a community redevelopment commission is created as provided in Section 33201, its functions shall be to prepare a redevelopment plan for each project area, hold and conduct hearings thereon, adopt and submit such plan, together with a report, to the legislative body, pursuant …

A legislative body which has declared itself to be the agency pursuant to Section 33200 may at any time by resolution determine that it shall no longer function as an agency, in which event, the mayor or chairman of the board of supervisors with the approval of the legislative bo…

A chartered city may enact its own procedural ordinance and exercise the powers granted by this part.

An agency is authorized to delegate to a community any of the powers or functions of the agency with respect to the planning or undertaking of a redevelopment project in the area in which such community is authorized to act, and such community is hereby authorized to carry out or…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Section 33101 or 33140, and pursuant to a resolution authorizing such an action, may contract with the Department of Housing and Community Development, or any o…

Two or more agencies within two or more communities may jointly exercise the powers granted under this part. In such case the agencies, the planning commissions, and the legislative bodies may hold joint hearings and meetings, or the legislative bodies of the communities acting s…

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Joint Redevelopment Plan” means the Redevelopment Plan for the Alameda County-City of San Leandro Redevelopment Project, adopted pursuant to this part by the City of San Leandro by ordinance dated …

If one agency is designated, it shall obtain the report and recommendation of the planning commission of each community on the redevelopment plan and its conformity to the general plan of each community before presenting the redevelopment plan to the respective legislative bodies…

The designated agency and each planning commission shall co-operate in formulating redevelopment plans.