California Assembly Bill AB639 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 639INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torlakson FEBRUARY 25, 2009 An act to amend Section 1797.97 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 639, as introduced, Torlakson. Emergency medical services. Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, authorizes each county to designate an emergency medical services agency, for the establishment and administration of an emergency medical services program in the county. Existing law also establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which, among other things, adopts regulations governing the provision of emergency medical services. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes. 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 1797.97 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 1797.97. "Poison control center" or "PCC" means a hospital-based facility or other facility  which   that  , as a minimum, provides information and advice regarding the management of individuals who have or may have ingested or otherwise been exposed to poisonous or possibly toxic substances, and  which   that  has been designated by the Emergency Medical Services Authority according to the standards prescribed by this division.