Schaefer's Ambulance Service v. County of San Bernardino
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHLI, J.
The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (the EMS Act, or the Act) (Health & Saf. Code, § 1797 et seq.) allows a county to create exclusive operating areas for emergency ambulance services. In 1985, the County of San Bernardino (County) created 15 exclusive operating areas and assigned 2 of them to both Schaefer’s Ambulance Service (Schaefer) and a second ambulance company. At the time, Schaefer was providing ambulance services at the basic life support level; the other company was providing ambulance services at the…
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