BILL NUMBER: AB 1245	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011

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 amended, 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   authorize 
the EMSA  , if it proposes to adopt or adopts a regulation
  to adopt regulations  for the state approval of
 standards for  an emergency medical responder 
course that is a condition for being an employee or volunteer in a
public safety capacity to function as an emergency medical responder
in an emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II, or Advanced EMT
certification, or an EMT-P license, to include the submission of a
live scan application and related information to the Department of
Justice for a specified criminal background search  
course, as provided  .
   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.  The authority may adopt regulations for the state
approval of standards for an emergency medical responder (EMR)
training course that meets or exceeds the United States Department of
Transportation's Emergency Medical Responder: Instructional
Guidelines. This section does not authorize an EMR independent scope
of practice, license, or certification, nor does it authorize a new
category of emergency medical services personnel.  
  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
(EMR) course that meets or exceeds the United States Department of
Transportation's Emergency Medical Responder: Instructional
Guidelines, and completion of this course is a condition for
appointment to a position serving in a public safety capacity to
function as an EMR in an emergency setting without an EMT-I, EMT-II,
or Advanced EMT certification, or an EMT-P license, prior to that
appointment, the appointing agency shall do all of the following for
any appointee:
   (a) Submit a completed request for "Live Scan Applicant Submission
Form BC11 8016," to the Department of Justice for a state and
federal criminal offender record information (CORI) search in
accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of
the Penal Code. The CORI request shall include a subsequent arrest
notification report in accordance with Section 11105.2 of the Penal
Code.
   (b) Verify completion of the EMR course of instruction as approved
by the authority.
   (c) Verify that the EMR is not precluded from appointment because
of any of the reasons listed in subdivision (c) of Section 1798.200,
and that nothing in the CORI search precludes the individual from
performing the duties of an EMR.