BILL NUMBER: AB 1910	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Hagman and Ma

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1910, as introduced, Hagman. Emergency medical services.
   Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority,
and requires the authority to be headed by a director who is a
licensed physician and surgeon with substantial experience in the
practice of emergency medicine.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1797.101 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1797.101.  The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be
headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority
who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the
Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The director shall
be a physician and surgeon licensed in California pursuant to
 the provisions of  Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and
who has substantial experience in the practice of emergency
medicine.