VALLEY MED. TRANSP. v. APPLE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION

Docket No. S060985.

17 Cal.4th 747 (1998)

VALLEY MEDICAL TRANSPORT, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. APPLE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants; COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

March 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William D. Ross, Lisabeth D. Rothman, Stream & Stream, Theodore K. Stream, David D. Werner, Theresa Han Savage and Fred C. Hernandez for Defendants and Appellants.

Paul Nicholas Boylan as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Brunick, Alvarez & Battersby, Steven M. Kennedy, Foley, Lardner, Weissburg & Aronson, R. Michael Scarano, Jr., and Howard W. Cohen for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Alan K. Marks, County Counsel, and Alan L. Green, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

Douglas C. Holland, County Counsel (Monterey), William K. Rentz, Deputy County Counsel, Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, Craig J. Cannizzo and Robert L. Rusky as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Ruth Sorensen as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent and Defendants and Respondents.


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...

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