{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1799.103","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1799.103","heading":"","body":"(a) An employer shall not adopt or enforce a policy prohibiting an employee from voluntarily providing emergency medical services, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in response to a medical emergency, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an employer may adopt and enforce a policy authorizing employees trained in emergency services to provide those services. However, in the event of an emergency, any available employee may voluntarily provide emergency medical services if a trained and authorized employee is not immediately available or is otherwise unable or unwilling to provide emergency medical services.\n(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an employer may adopt and enforce a policy prohibiting an employee from performing emergency medical services, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, on a person who has expressed the desire to forgo resuscitation or other medical interventions through any legally recognized means, including, but not limited to, a do-not-resuscitate order, a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form, an advance health care directive, or a legally recognized health care decisionmaker.\n(d) This section does not impose any express or implied duty on an employer to train its employees regarding emergency medical services or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2.5. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES [1797. - 1863.]","CHAPTER 9. Liability Limitation [1799.100. - 1799.115.]"],"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":"433d90b40c8ad3fd352fb5a80f6fde2c0194a7f86d6a23d523ccbb756bef2742","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1799.102","next":"us-ca/hsc-1799.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}