Valley Medical Transport, Inc. v. Apple Valley Fire Protection District

Opinion

MOSK, J.

The roles of the state and its various political subdivisions in controlling emergency medical services are governed by the Emergency Medical Services Systems and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (the EMS Act). (Health & Saf. Code, § 1797 et seq.; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.) Of particular relevance to this case is section 1797.201, which authorizes a city or fire district that provided or contracted for prehospital emergency medical services (hereafter sometimes EMS) as of June 1, 1980, to continue to…