Section 1797.202 Of Article 1. Local Ems Agency From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
1797.202
. (a) Every local EMS agency shall have a full- or
part-time licensed physician and surgeon as medical director, who has
substantial experience in the practice of emergency medicine, as
designated by the county or by the joint powers agreement, to provide
medical control and to assure medical accountability throughout the
planning, implementation and evaluation of the EMS system. The
authority director may waive the requirement that the medical
director have substantial experience in the practice of emergency
medicine if the requirement places an undue hardship on the county or
counties.
(b) The medical director of the local EMS agency may appoint one
or more physicians and surgeons as assistant medical directors to
assist the medical director with the discharge of the duties of
medical director or to assume those duties during any time that the
medical director is unable to carry out those duties as the medical
director deems necessary.
(c) The medical director may assign to administrative staff of the
local EMS agency for completion under the supervision of the medical
director, any administrative functions of his or her duties which do
not require his or her professional judgment as medical director.