Bill Text: CA AB1245 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Emergency medical services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-09-08 - In Senate. Held at Desk. [AB1245 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1245-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1245	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 1797.119 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1245, as amended, Williams. Emergency medical services.
   Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services System and
the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, which governs
local emergency medical service systems. The act establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), which is responsible for
the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services.
   Existing law requires all ocean, public beach, and public swimming
pool lifeguards and all firefighters in this state, except those
whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, to be trained
to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This
training is required to meet standards prescribed by the EMSA.
   This bill would require the EMSA, if it proposes to adopt or
adopts a regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical
responder course that is a condition for being an employee or
volunteer in a public safety capacity to  render first aid
  function as an emergency medical responder  in an
emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or  EMT-P
certificate   Advanced EMT certification, or an EMT-P
license  , to  also require   include 
the submission of  fingerprint images   a live
scan application  and related information to the  EMSA
  Departmen   t of Justice  for a
specified criminal background search.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1797.119 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   1797.119.  If the authority proposes to adopt or adopts a
regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical responder
 (EMR)  course that meets or exceeds the United States
Department of  Transportation's First Responder: National
Standard Curriculum,   Transportation's Emergency
Medical Responder: Instructional Guidelines,  and completion of
this course is a condition for  becoming an employee or
volunteer     appointment to a position serving
 in a public safety capacity to  render first aid in an
emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P certificate,
the authority shall also require as a condition the provision of
fingerprint images and related information to the authority. The
authority shall then submit the images and related information to the
Department of Justice pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant
to Section 1797.117 for a state and federal level criminal offender
record information search, including subsequent arrest information.
  function as an EMR in an emergency setting without an
EMT-I, EMT-II, or Advanced EMT certification, or an EMT-P license,
prior to that appointment, the appointing agency shall do all of the
following for any appointee:  
   (a) Submit a completed request for "Live Scan Applicant Submission
Form BC11 8016," to the Department of Justice for a state and
federal criminal offender record information (CORI) search in
accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of
the Penal Code. The CORI request shall include a subsequent arrest
notification report in accordance with Section 11105.2 of the Penal
Code.  
   (b) Verify completion of the EMR course of instruction as approved
by the authority.  
   (c) Verify that the EMR is not precluded from appointment because
of any of the reasons listed in subdivision (c) of Section 1798.200,
and that nothing in the CORI search precludes the individual from
performing the duties of an EMR.