{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1444","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1444","heading":"","body":"The board of supervisors in each county or city and county, having a population of one million or more, may purchase ambulances, establish and maintain an ambulance service, and prescribe rules for the government and management thereof. In any county where such a service has been established, any person who has been injured in an accident or is ill and in need of immediate transportation to a hospital may be taken to any available hospital. If he is indigent and unable to pay for the service, the cost shall be a proper charge against the county. If he is not indigent, he shall reimburse the county for the cost of transportation, which shall be in accordance with a schedule to be adopted by the board, and in no case less than the actual cost.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 2.5. County Medical Facilities [1440. - 1498.]","ARTICLE 1. Administration [1440. - 1462.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"103b5be4e1d1fd9c8a6438d16aaea62c87946910ff5ceb1997e145dbcf181981","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1443","next":"us-ca/hsc-1444.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}