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1798.105
. The medical director of the local EMS agency may approve
an alternative base station, as defined in Section 1798.53, to
provide medical direction to advanced life support or limited
advanced life support personnel for an area of the local EMS system
for which no qualified base hospital is available, to provide that
medical direction, providing that both the following conditions are
met:
(a) Medical control is maintained in accordance with policies and
procedures established by the local EMS agency, with the approval of
the medical director of the local EMS agency.
(b) Any responsibilities of a base station hospital, including
review of run reports or provision of continuing education, which are
not assigned to the alternative base station, are assigned to either
the local EMS agency, a base hospital for another area of the local
EMS system, or a receiving hospital which has been approved by the
medical director to, and has agreed to, assume the responsibilities.