TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: March 7, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Ordinance Amending Chapter 9.05 of Mendocino County Code Titled, "Emergency Medical Response"
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Ordinance amending Mendocino County Code Section 9.05 titled, "Emergency Medical Response;" and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Mendocino County Code Section 9.05 adopted by the Board October 1991; amended June 1994; April 5, 2016, Item 5(e). On January 24, 2017 the Board of Supervisors introduced and waived reading of the amended Ordinance.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
A defined set of authorities exists to support the delivery of pre-hospital care within the state of California. Statewide EMS governance was established in the early 1980s to facilitate a system of coordinated readiness and response locally, regionally and statewide. Although statute, regulations and a state regulatory agency, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), address the provision of EMS at the state level; the system has a strong local component with much of the direct system administration and coordination and medical control provided at the county level.
California Health & Safety Code (H&SC), Division 2.5, the EMS Act, establishes EMSA as the statewide regulator and the agency that promulgates regulations as described in the statute. Health & Safety Code, Division 2.5, Section 1797.200 also authorizes each county to designate a Local EMS Agency (LEMSA) for the administration of emergency medical services. Health &Safety Code, Division 2.5, Section 1797.204 requires the LEMSA to plan, implement, and evaluate an EMS system consisting of an organized pattern of readiness and pre-hospital care services based on public and priv...
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