Cal. LAB § 883
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 883, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Training.
(a) In addition to other minimum employment qualifications and certifications, every emergency ambulance employee shall annually receive employer-paid training in each of the following areas:
(1) Responding to active shooter and mass casualty incidents.
(2) Responding to natural disasters.
(3) Preventing violence against emergency ambulance employees and patients.
(b) The training required by subdivision (a) shall be provided free of charge to emergency ambulance employees. Emergency ambulance employees shall be compensated at their regular hourly rate of pay while participating in training required by subdivision (a).
(c) The training required to be provided pursuant to this section shall be generally comparable in content, scope, and quality to courses offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Institute or National Training and Education Division, or both.
(a) In addition to other minimum employment qualifications and certifications, every emergency ambulance employee shall annually receive employer-paid training in each of the following areas:
(1) Responding to active shooter and mass casualty incidents.
(2) Responding to natural disasters.
(3) Preventing violence against emergency ambulance employees and patients.
(b) The training required by subdivision (a) shall be provided free of charge to emergency ambulance employees. Emergency ambulance employees shall be compensated at their regular hourly rate of pay while participating in training required by subdivision (a).
(c) The training required to be provided pursuant to this section shall be generally comparable in content, scope, and quality to courses offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Institute or National Training and Education Division, or both.
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