BILL NUMBER: AB 1245	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 1797.119 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1245, as introduced, Williams. Emergency medical services.
   Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services System and
the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, which governs
local emergency medical service systems. The act establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), which is responsible for
the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services.
   Existing law requires all ocean, public beach, and public swimming
pool lifeguards and all firefighters in this state, except those
whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, to be trained
to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This
training is required to meet standards prescribed by the EMSA.
   This bill would require the EMSA, if it proposes to adopt or
adopts a regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical
responder course that is a condition for being an employee or
volunteer in a public safety capacity to render first aid in an
emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P certificate, to
also require the submission of fingerprint images and related
information to the EMSA for a specified criminal background search.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1797.119 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   1797.119.  If the authority proposes to adopt or adopts a
regulation for the state approval of an emergency medical responder
course that meets or exceeds the United States Department of
Transportation's First Responder: National Standard Curriculum, and
completion of this course is a condition for becoming an employee or
volunteer in a public safety capacity to render first aid in an
emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P certificate, the
authority shall also require as a condition the provision of
fingerprint images and related information to the authority. The
authority shall then submit the images and related information to the
Department of Justice pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant
to Section 1797.117 for a state and federal level criminal offender
record information search, including subsequent arrest information.