Section 100254 - [Operative 1/1/2025] EMS Authority(a) The EMS Authority shall: (1) Develop and implement, in cooperation with other EMS system participants, a state-wide written EMS QI program, as defined in Section 100250.01 of the Chapter. Such programs shall include indicators, as defined in Section III and Appendix E of the Emergency Medical Services System Quality Improvement Program Model Guidelines, which address, but are not limited to, the following: (B) Equipment and Supplies(D) Clinical Care and Patient Outcome(E) Skills Maintenance/Competency(F) Transportation/Facilities(G) Public Education and Prevention(2) Review state EMS QI Program annually for appropriateness to the state and revise as needed.(3) Develop, in cooperation with appropriate personnel/agencies, a performance improvement action plan when the EMS QI Program identifies a need for improvement. If the area identified as needing improvement includes clinical issues, collaboration is required with the EMS Authority medical consultant.(4) Provide the local EMS Agencies with an annual update on the EMS Authority's EMS QI Program. The update shall include, but not be limited to, a summary of how the EMS Authority's EMS QI Program addressed the state indicators.(b) The EMS Authority EMS QI Program shall be in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services System Quality Improvement Program Model Guidelines (Rev. 3/04), incorporated herein by reference. This is a model program which will develop over time and is to be tailored to the individual organization's quality improvement needs and is to be based on available resources for the EMS QI program.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 100254
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1797.103, 1797.107, 1797.174 and 1797.176, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1797.54 and 1797.174, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 9-18-86, operative 10-18-86; Register 86, No. 38.
2. Renumbering of former section 100254 to section 100253, including repositioning of article 2 heading to precede section 100253 and renumbering and amendment of former section 100255 to section 100254, filed 7-13-99; operative 8-12-99 (Register 99, No. 29).
3. Renumbering of former chapter 12, article 5 (section 100405) to new chapter 10, article 5 (section 100254), renumbering of former section 100254 to section 100136.02 and renumbering of section 100405 to section 100254, including amendment of subsection (a)(1), filed 9-5-2024; operative 1/1/2025 (Register 2024, No. 36).