A local EMS agency may develop triage and transfer protocols to facilitate prompt delivery of patients to appropriate designated facilities within and without its area of jurisdiction. Considerations in designating a facility shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a)  A general acute care hospital’s consistent ability to provide on-call physicians and services for all emergency patients regardless of ability to pay.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1798.170

  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(b)  The sufficiency of hospital procedures to ensure that all patients who come to the emergency department are examined and evaluated to determine whether or not an emergency condition exists.

(c)  The hospital’s compliance with local EMS protocols, guidelines, and transfer agreement requirements.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1240, Sec. 16.)

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