Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22 § 100162.01

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 100162.01 - [Operative 1/1/2025] Emsc Program Approval

(a) A local EMS agency may develop and implement an EMSC program.

(b) A local EMS agency implementing a new EMSC program shall have the EMSC component of an EMS plan approved by the EMS Authority prior to implementation.

(c) The EMSC component of an EMS plan submitted to the EMS Authority shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) EMSC program goals and objectives.

(2) The names and titles of the local EMS agency personnel who have a role in the planning, implementation, and management of an EMSC program.

(3) Injury and illness prevention planning that includes coordination, education, and data collection.

(4)

(A) Policies for care and services rendered to pre-hospital EMS pediatric patients:

1. First response non-transport.

2. Transport.

3. Interfacility Transfer.

4. Critical Care.

(B) This shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Pediatric-specific personnel training.

2. Pediatric ambulance equipment.

(5) A quality improvement plan containing process-outcome measures as referenced in section 100164.02 of this Chapter.

(6) A list of facilities providing pediatric critical care and pediatric trauma services.

(7) List of designated hospitals with agreements to participate in the EMSC system of care.

(8) A list of facilities providing pediatric physical rehabilitation resources.

(9) Copies of the local EMS agency's EMSC pediatric patient destination policies.

(10) A description of the method of field communication to the receiving hospital specific to the EMSC patient.

(11) A description of the method of data collection from the EMS providers and designated EMSC hospitals to the local EMS agency and the EMS Authority.

(12) A policy or description of how the local EMS agency integrates a PedRC in a neighboring jurisdiction.

(13) Pediatric surge planning.

(d) The EMS Authority shall, within 30 days of receiving a request for approval, notify the requesting local EMS agency in writing of approval or disapproval of its EMSC program. If the EMSC program is disapproved, the response shall include the reason(s) for the disapproval and any required corrective action items.

(e) The local EMS agency shall provide an amended plan to the EMS Authority within 60 days of receipt of the disapproval letter.

(f) A local EMS agency currently operating an EMSC program implemented prior to the effective date of these regulations, shall submit, to the EMS Authority, an EMSC component of an EMS plan as an addendum to its annual EMS plan update, or within 180 days of the effective date of these regulations, whichever comes first.

(g) No health care facility shall advertise in any manner or otherwise hold itself out to be affiliated with an EMSC program or PedRC unless they have been designated by the local EMS agency, in accordance with this Chapter.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 100162.01

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1797.103, 1797.105, 1797.107, 1797.176, 1797.220, 1797.250, 1798.150 and 1799.204, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1797.176, 1797.220, 1797.254, 1798.170, 1798.172 and 1799.204, Health and Safety Code.

1. Renumbering of former chapter 14, article 2 (sections 100450.216-100450.217) to chapter 6.4, article 2 (sections 100162.01-100162.02) and renumbering of section 100450.216 to section 100162.01, including amendment of subsection (c)(5), filed 9-5-2024; operative 1/1/2025 (Register 2024, No. 36).