Section 1798 Of Chapter 5. Medical Control From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 5.
1798
. (a) The medical direction and management of an emergency
medical services system shall be under the medical control of the
medical director of the local EMS agency. This medical control shall
be maintained in accordance with standards for medical control
established by the authority.
(b) Medical control shall be within an EMS system which complies
with the minimum standards adopted by the authority, and which is
established and implemented by the local EMS agency.
(c) In the event a medical director of a base station questions
the medical effect of a policy of a local EMS agency, the medical
director of the base station shall submit a written statement to the
medical director of the local EMS agency requesting a review by a
panel of medical directors of other base stations. Upon receipt of
the request, the medical director of a local EMS agency shall
promptly convene a panel of medical directors of base stations to
evaluate the written statement. The panel shall be composed of all
the medical directors of the base stations in the region, except that
the local EMS medical director may limit the panel to five members.
This subdivision shall remain in effect only until the authority
adopts more comprehensive regulations that supersede this
subdivision.