Section 1444 Of Article 1. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.5. >> Article 1.
1444
. The board of supervisors in each county or city and county,
having a population of one million or more, may purchase ambulances,
establish and maintain an ambulance service, and prescribe rules for
the government and management thereof. In any county where such a
service has been established, any person who has been injured in an
accident or is ill and in need of immediate transportation to a
hospital may be taken to any available hospital. If he is indigent
and unable to pay for the service, the cost shall be a proper charge
against the county. If he is not indigent, he shall reimburse the
county for the cost of transportation, which shall be in accordance
with a schedule to be adopted by the board, and in no case less than
the actual cost.