California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - The Emergency Medical Services Authority
- Section 1797.100.
There is in the state government in the Health and Welfare Agency, the Emergency Medical Services Authority.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1246, Sec. 16.)
- Section 1797.101.
The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall be appointed by the Governor upon...
- Section 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...
- Section 1797.103.
The authority shall develop planning and implementation guidelines for emergency medical services systems which address the following components:(a) Manpower and training. (b) Communications. (c) Transportation....
- Section 1797.104.
The authority shall provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of emergency medical services systems.(Added by...
- Section 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 applicable...
- Section 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 hospitals...
- Section 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 11340)...
- 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 for planning,...
- Section 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 California...
- Section 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 contracts...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1797.113.
The Emergency Medical Services Training Program Approval Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously...
- Section 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 pursuant...
- Section 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...
- Section 1797.116.
(a) The authority shall establish additional training standards that include the criteria for the curriculum content recommended by the Curriculum Development Advisory Committee established pursuant to...
- Section 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 each EMT-P...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 providers, and, after...
Last modified: October 22, 2018