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Approve and authorize the Emergency Medical Services Agency Director to submit the revised annual Monterey County EMS Plan for 2017 to the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Emergency Medical Services Agency Director to submit the revised annual Monterey County EMS Plan for 2017 to the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
State law requires any county that establishes an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program to develop a local EMS Plan and file it with the California EMS Authority. Monterey County's initial EMS Plan was filed with the State in 1984, under the State EMS System Standards and Guidelines in effect at that time. The Monterey County EMS Plan for 2017 that is submitted for your Board's approval today represents the twelfth comprehensive revision of the County's EMS Plan since the current State EMS System Standards and Guidelines were published in June of 1993. The last Monterey County EMS Plan (2016) was submitted and approved by the Board on January 31, 2017.
The EMS Plan for 2017 reflects updates to Table 1 - System Organization and Management H. Disaster Medical Response 8.10; Routine updates to Tables 2 through 13.
This work is not directly in support of a Health Department strategic initiative, it is in support of one or more of the ten essential public health services, specifically: 7) Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of the County Counsel has reviewed The Monterey County EMS Plan. The Monterey County EMS Plan has also been reviewed and endorsed by the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC), which was established by the Board of Supervisors to represent the interest of local EMS stakeholders, and to serve in an advisory capacity to both the Board and the Dir...
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