TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: July 11, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Letter to the Commissioner of California Department of Motor Vehicles Requesting Exemption of Title 13, California Vehicle Code, Section 12527(d)(2) for Anderson Valley Community Service District
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve letter to the Commissioner of California Department of Motor Vehicles requesting exemption of Title 13, California Vehicle Code, Section 12527(d)(2) for Anderson Valley Community Service District; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
March 25, 2014, Item 4(G), Letter to DMV for Anderson Valley Ambulance Service (AVAS); December 2, 2014, Item 4(m), Letter to DMV for Long Valley Fire Protection District (LVFPD); March 1, 2016, Item 4(k), Letter to DMV for LVFPD.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Anderson Valley Community Service District (AVCSD) (formerly known as Anderson Valley Ambulance Services (AVAS)) has requested that the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) (as required by Title 13, California Vehicle Code, section 12527(d)(2)) request exemption of certain "Ambulance Drivers" as outlined in Title 13, section 12527(d)(1) from the requirement of obtaining "emergency medical training" within one (1) year of being licensed to drive an ambulance. The request must be from both the County Board of Supervisors, and any one of the following: the Public Health Officer, The Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC), EMS Administrator or the EMS Coordinator. Sonoma County will submit the second letter as the EMS Administrator. This exemption is necessary due to the limited availability of volunteers wishing to provide donated time an...
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