Section 1797.106 Of Article 1. The Emergency Medical Services Authority From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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 which contract with group
practice prepayment health care service plans from providing
necessary medical services for the members of those plans.
(b) Regulations, standards, and guidelines adopted by the
authority and by local EMS agencies pursuant to the provisions of
this division shall provide for the transport and transfer of a
member of a group practice prepayment health care service plan to a
hospital that contracts with the plan when the base hospital
determines that the condition of the member permits the transport or
when the condition of the member permits the transfer, except that
when the dispatching agency determines that the transport by a
transport unit would unreasonably remove the transport unit from the
area, the member may be transported to the nearest hospital capable
of treating the member.