Source: https://www.animallaw.info/statute/ca-emergency-%C2%A7-179710-emergency-medical-transport-police-dog-pilot-project
Timestamp: 2019-07-17 11:42:58
Document Index: 393664738

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1797', '§ 1797', '§ 1799', '§ 1797', '§ 1799', '§ 1797', '§ 1', '§ 1799', '§ 1']

CA - Emergency - § 1797.10. Emergency medical transport for police dog; pilot project; | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Annotated California Codes . Health and Safety Code. Division 2.5. Emergency Medical Services. Chapter 1. General Provisions.
Primary Citation: West's Ann. Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1797.10, § 1799.109 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: April, 2019 Date Adopted: 2018
Summary: These two statutes relate to emergency transportation and care of injured companion animals. Section § 1797.10 establishes a pilot project in the County of San Bernardino beginning on January 1, 2019. It authorizes emergency transportation for a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary medical service provider. Several conditions must be met before transport such as that the canine handler remains responsible for any first aid rendered to the injured police dog during transport and that no person at the scene requires medical attention or medical transportation at the time the request for transport is made. The next law, § 1799.109, first makes legislative findings on the importance of dogs and cats to Californians and that some first responder agencies have been providing stabilizing, life-saving emergency care to dogs and cats, which violates the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act. This new law allows an emergency responder to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats to the extent that the provision of that care is not prohibited by the responder's employer. The responder is not subject to criminal prosecution under the prohibitions of the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act. Basic first aid includes things like administering oxygen, manually clearing an upper airway, controlling a hemorrhage with direct pressure, and bandaging to stop bleeding. This section does not impose a duty or obligation upon an emergency responder or any other person to transport or provide care to an injured pet or other domesticated animal during an emergency nor does it require emergency services through a 911 call for dogs or cats.
§ 1797.10. Emergency medical transport for police dog; pilot project; San Bernardino County; conditions; report to Legislature
(1) A request for transport is made by the injured police dog's canine handler.
(c)(1) The Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency shall collect data on the number of police dogs transported pursuant to this section, the location where the police dogs were transported to, and the outcome of those transports.
(Added by Stats.2018, c. 272 (A.B.1776), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.)
§ 1799.109. Legislative intent; first aid voluntarily provided to dogs and cats by emergency responders; exposure to criminal prosecution or professional discipline; civil liability
(b) Notwithstanding the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, as set forth in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4800) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, an emergency responder may provide basic first aid to dogs and cats to the extent that the provision of that care is not prohibited by the responder's employer, and the responder shall not be subject to criminal prosecution for a violation of Section 4831 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats.2018, c. 900 (S.B.1305), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.)