CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1776Introduced by Assembly Member SteinorthJanuary 04, 2018 An act to add Section 1797.10 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1776, as introduced, Steinorth. Emergency medical transportation: transport of police dogs.Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, among other things, to establish training standards for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at various levels, including EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P. Existing law makes a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse who renders emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency or during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport only liable in civil damages for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. Existing law exempts the public agency employer of the firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse from civil liability if the employee is not liable.This bill would authorize an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P to transport a police dog, as defined, injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog. The bill would also exempt an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog, or the EMTs employer, from liability for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1797.10 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1776Introduced by Assembly Member SteinorthJanuary 04, 2018 An act to add Section 1797.10 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1776, as introduced, Steinorth. Emergency medical transportation: transport of police dogs.Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, among other things, to establish training standards for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at various levels, including EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P. Existing law makes a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse who renders emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency or during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport only liable in civil damages for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. Existing law exempts the public agency employer of the firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse from civil liability if the employee is not liable.This bill would authorize an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P to transport a police dog, as defined, injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog. The bill would also exempt an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog, or the EMTs employer, from liability for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1776
Introduced by Assembly Member SteinorthJanuary 04, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth
January 04, 2018
An act to add Section 1797.10 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1776, as introduced, Steinorth. Emergency medical transportation: transport of police dogs.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, among other things, to establish training standards for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at various levels, including EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P. Existing law makes a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse who renders emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency or during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport only liable in civil damages for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. Existing law exempts the public agency employer of the firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse from civil liability if the employee is not liable.This bill would authorize an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P to transport a police dog, as defined, injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog. The bill would also exempt an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog, or the EMTs employer, from liability for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, among other things, to establish training standards for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at various levels, including EMT-I, EMT-II, and EMT-P. Existing law makes a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse who renders emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency or during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport only liable in civil damages for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. Existing law exempts the public agency employer of the firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or registered nurse from civil liability if the employee is not liable.
This bill would authorize an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P to transport a police dog, as defined, injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog. The bill would also exempt an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog, or the EMTs employer, from liability for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1797.10 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1797.10 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
SECTION 1. Section 1797.10 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.
1797.10. (a) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P may provide emergency medical transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a facility that is capable of providing veterinary medical services to the injured police dog if there is not a person requiring medical attention or medical transportation at the time the decision is made to transport the police dog.
(b) An EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P who provides emergency medical transportation for a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission relating to the transport of the police dog, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or is performed in bad faith. The entity employing the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P that provided emergency medical transportation to a police dog pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be liable for civil damages if the employee is not liable.
(c) For purposes of this section, police dog means a dog being used by a peace officer in the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties and includes, but is not limited to, a search and rescue dog, passive alert dog, and service dog.