Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(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 of emergency medicine, as designated by the county or by the joint powers agreement, to provide medical control and to ass…

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 organized pattern of readiness and response services based on public and private agreements and operational procedures.

The local EMS agency shall be responsible for implementation of advanced life support systems and limited advanced life support systems and for the monitoring of training programs.

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 this division, and shall approve the training programs if they are found to be in compliance with this division. The tra…

(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 of an approved training program, passage of the certifying examination designated by the authority, completion of any ot…

Each local EMS agency shall submit certificate status updates to the authority within three working days after a final determination is made regarding a certification disciplinary action taken by the medical director that results in a change to an EMT-I or EMT-II certificate stat…

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 provisions of this division. However, a local EMS agency shall not collect fees for the certification or recertification…

(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, EMT-II, EMT-P, or authorized registered nurse. When such instruction and training are provided, a fee may be charged suffic…

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 local EMS agency optional scope of practice, which are greater than those provided in this chapter as a condition precedent…

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 than once every two years.

Public safety agencies that are certifying entities may certify and recertify public safety personnel as EMT-I. The state fire marshal, subject to policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, may certify and recertify fire safety personnel as EMT-I. All perso…

(a) Every certifying entity shall submit to the authority certification data required by Section 1797.117. (b) The authority shall collect fees from each certifying entity for the certification and certification renewal of each EMT-I and EMT-II in an amount sufficient to support …

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 both, for the delivery of emergency medical care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency, during transport to a …

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 Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, with respect to certificate holders who are firefighters otherwise subject to the…

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 medical control of the EMS system. The policies and procedures approved by the medical director may require basic life s…

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, device, or treatment procedure within the local EMS system, utilizing any level of prehospital emergency medical care pe…

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 prehospital emergency medical personnel, when the patient meets specific criteria for trauma, burn, or pediatric centers ad…

(a) (1) A public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response shall make a connection available from the public safety agency dispatch center to an emergency medical services (EMS) provider’s dispatch center for the timely transmission…

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 provider or providers of the services pursuant to the plan. No competitive process is required if the local EMS agency develo…

(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 1797.120. (b) A local EMS agency that adopts policies and procedures for calculating and reporting ambulance patient off…

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 competent for any local EMS agency which establishes exclusive operating areas pursuant to Section 1797.224 to determine the f…

(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 record system that exports data in a format that is compliant with the current versions of the California Emergency Medica…

(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 policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225. (2) The data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate …

(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 subcontract with a private ambulance service. (2) This subdivision is declaratory of existing law regarding a county’s powers…

(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 of contracting with a county as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1797.230. (2) This subdivision …

(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 Medicare fee-for-service amount, whichever is greater. (b) (1) A ground ambulance provider shall only advance to collection…

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 guidelines prescribed pursuant to Section 1797.103.

The local EMS agency shall, consistent with such plan, coordinate and otherwise facilitate arrangements necessary to develop the emergency medical services system.

Local EMS agencies shall annually submit an emergency medical services plan for the EMS area to the authority, according to EMS Systems, Standards, and Guidelines established by the authority.

A local EMS agency may review applications for grants and contracts for federal, state, or private funds concerning emergency medical services or related activities in its EMS area.

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 develop and submit a plan for that trauma care system to the authority according to the requirements of the regulations p…

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 authority an updated plan which identifies all changes, if any, to be made in the trauma care system.

A local EMS agency that elects to implement a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program pursuant to Section 1840 shall develop and, prior to implementation, submit a plan for that program to the authority according to the requirements of Chapter 13 (commen…

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 adjacent counties from establishing a single committee for review of emergency medical care in these counties.

The county board of supervisors shall prescribe the membership, and appoint the members, of the emergency medical care committee. If two or more adjacent counties establish a single committee, the county boards of supervisors shall jointly prescribe the membership, and appoint th…

(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 destination program pursuant to Section 1840, the county board of supervisors, or in the case of a city and county, the ma…

The emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually, review the operations of each of the following: (a) Ambulance services operating within the county. (b) Emergency medical care offered within the county, including programs for training large numbers of people in card…

Every emergency medical care committee shall, at least annually, report to the authority, and the local EMS agency its observations and recommendations relative to its review of the ambulance services, emergency medical care, and first aid practices, and programs for training peo…

Before any area is designated for redevelopment, the community authorized to undertake such development shall comply with the requirements of this article.

The community shall have a planning agency established pursuant to law or charter.

The community shall have a general plan which complies with Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, and which includes, but is not limited to, a housing element that substantially complies with state law.

Survey areas may be designated by resolution of the legislative body, or the legislative body may by resolution authorize the designation of survey areas by resolution of the planning commission or by resolution of the members of the agency.

Any person, group, association or corporation may in writing, request the legislative body (or the planning commission or the agency if they are authorized by the legislative body to designate survey areas) to designate a survey area or areas for project study purposes, and may s…

The resolution designating a survey area or areas shall contain the following: (a) A finding that the area requires study to determine if a redevelopment project or projects within said area are feasible; (b) A description of the boundaries of the area designated.

(a) “Project area” means, except as provided in Section 33320.2, 33320.3, 33320.4, or 33492.3, a predominantly urbanized area of a community that is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in this part, and that is selec…

(a) The area included within a project and a project area may be either contiguous or noncontiguous. All noncontiguous areas of a project area shall be either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment. An unblighted, noncontiguous area shall be conclusively deemed necessa…

(a) The area included within a project and a project area may be either contiguous or noncontiguous. All noncontiguous areas of a project area shall be either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment. An unblighted, noncontiguous area within the City of Victorville which…

(a) The unblighted territory that is described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is contiguous to an existing redevelopment project area within the City of Sanger, California. If all of that unblighted territory is annexed to the City of Sanger, the planning agency within the City of San…

(a) The territory that is described in subdivision (b) shall not be subject to the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 33321.5. (b) All lands not enforceably restricted within the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino, within the spheres of influence of the Cities of Ch…

A project area need not be restricted to buildings, improvements, or lands which are detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety, or welfare, but may consist of an area in which such conditions predominate and injuriously affect the entire area. A project area may includ…