California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1797.178

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.

No person or organization shall provide advanced life support or limited advanced life support unless that person or organization is an authorized part of the emergency medical services system of the local EMS agency or of a pilot program operated pursuant to the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act, Article 3 (commencing with Section 1480) of Chapter 2.5 of Division 2.

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Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 1797.178 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/hsc/division-2-5-emergency-medical-services/chapter-3-state-administration/article-5-personnel/section-1797.178

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