California Health and Safety Code

§ 1798.101

HSC § 1798.101Div. 2.5 · Ch. 6 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)In rural areas, as determined by the authority, where the use of a base hospital having a basic emergency medical service special permit pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1277 is precluded because of geographic or other extenuating circumstances, a local EMS agency, in order to assure medical direction to prehospital emergency medical care personnel, may utilize other hospitals which do not have a basic emergency medical service permit but which have been approved by the medical director of the local EMS agency for utilization as a base hospital, if both of the following apply:

(1)Medical control is maintained in accordance with policies and procedures established by the local EMS agency, with the approval of the medical director of the local EMS agency.

(2)Approval is secured from the authority.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1390, Sec. 11.