Are paramedic services agreements required by EMSA to meet regulatory standards and do these agreements extinguish the rights of cities pursuant to H&S 1797.201?
GROUND: The LAC EMS Agency established a Standing Field Treatment Protocol (SFTP) Program in 1996 which provides standing orders for approved paramedic providers to initiate treatment without establishing voice contact to a base hospital. According to the LAC EMS Agency, the program was designed in collaboration with all paramedic provider agencies. All participating cities, including some .201 cities, previously signed an SFTP agreement with the LAC EMS Agency and subsequently signed renewal agreements. However, in June 2007 many cities refused to sign renewal agreements under the program. Representatives of the city fire departments informed the LAC EMS Agency that their legal advisors believed that signing the SFTP agreement, or any agreement with the LAC EMS Agency, would extinguish their .201 rights. It should be noted that the LAC EMS Agency has requested an Attorney Generals Opinion to clarify these issues. .201 rights as used above relates to H&S Section 1797.201 which reads: U
GROUND: The LAC EMS Agency established a Standing Field Treatment Protocol (SFTP) Program in 1996 which provides standing orders for approved paramedic providers to initiate treatment without establishing voice contact to a base hospital. According to the LAC EMS Agency, the program was designed in collaboration with all paramedic provider agencies. All participating cities, including some .201 cities, previously signed an SFTP agreement with the LAC EMS Agency and subsequently signed renewal agreements. However, in June 2007 many cities refused to sign renewal agreements under the program. Representatives of the city fire departments informed the LAC EMS Agency that their legal advisors believed that signing the SFTP agreement, or any agreement with the LAC EMS Agency, would extinguish their .201 rights. It should be noted that the LAC EMS Agency has requested an Attorney Generals Opinion to clarify these issues. .201 rights as used above relates to H&S Section 1797.201 which reads: U
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