Section 1797.224 Of Article 1. Local Ems Agency From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
1797.224
. A local EMS agency may create one or more exclusive
operating areas in the development of a local plan, if a competitive
process is utilized to select the provider or providers of the
services pursuant to the plan. No competitive process is required if
the local EMS agency develops or implements a local plan that
continues the use of existing providers operating within a local EMS
area in the manner and scope in which the services have been provided
without interruption since January 1, 1981. A local EMS agency which
elects to create one or more exclusive operating areas in the
development of a local plan shall develop and submit for approval to
the authority, as part of the local EMS plan, its competitive process
for selecting providers and determining the scope of their
operations. This plan shall include provisions for a competitive
process held at periodic intervals. Nothing in this section
supersedes Section 1797.201.