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California Ambulance Drivers License
Test Questions and Answers |100% Pass
Compliance - Answer✔✔-compliance with applicability of requirements + defensive driving = safe
patient transport
applicability of regulations - Answer✔✔-regulations adopted by California Highway Patrol apply to
public/private ambulance used for EMS. Not for ambulances not used for EMS
Service License Requirement - Answer✔✔-CHP needs to license all EMS vehicles
Ambulance - Answer✔✔-ambulances used to respond to emergency calls + rescue vehicles specifically
modified to transport injured persons
Emergency Service - Answer✔✔-functions involved in transporting patients with immediate/ acute
medical attention
Code 3 Opeartion - Answer✔✔-Use of red warning lamps + sirens. Justified when essential to save a life,
prevent undue suffering, reduce/ prevent disability.
Convictions - Answer✔✔-only criminal penalties/disabilities will release a person from EMS system to
protect the public, not to punish the person
Ambulance Identification - Answer✔✔-All ambulance under one license must display the same name on
the rear and both sides. This includes temporary vehicles
Service Availability - Answer✔✔-ambulance owners operating 2+ vehicles are required to privde 24 hr
service under each license
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Warning Equipment standards - Answer✔✔-required to be equipped with warning lamps/sirens that
comply with CHP
Fire Extinguisher Servicing - Answer✔✔-Fire extinguishers inspected/serviced yearly OR immediately
after use
Ambulance Inspections - Answer✔✔-Vehicles to be inspected initially/annually by CHP personnel +
randomly. Need to verify that ambulance inspection is current with CHP current license period of validity.
Destination Restrictions - Answer✔✔-Restrictions to prevent EMS vehicles from traveling unnecessarily
long distances. Alternative transport locations must keep in mind appropriate patient care.
Escorts for Patients - Answer✔✔-Prohibition against unqualified personnel driving/attending to patient.
Good Samaritan Law - Answer✔✔-limited protection from civil liability when rendering medical services
in good faith.
Regulatory Exemptions - Answer✔✔-CHP cannot grant exemptions to requirements/regulations of other
agencies. Exemptions are granted hereby:
-alleviate specific hardships related to public welfare
Certificate Requirement - regulatory requirement - Answer✔✔-All drivers must possess a valid
ambulance driver certificate from the DMV
Certificate requirement purpose - Answer✔✔-Driving certificate demonstrates limited knowledge of
laws pertaining to ambulance operations. Serves as a screening function
Driving certificate exemption - Answer✔✔-ambulance driver certificates not required for following:
1) everyone qualified to drive must possess a valid certificate
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California Ambulance Drivers License
Test Questions and Answers |100% Pass
Compliance - Answer✔✔-compliance with applicability of requirements + defensive driving = safe
patient transport
applicability of regulations - Answer✔✔-regulations adopted by California Highway Patrol apply to
public/private ambulance used for EMS. Not for ambulances not used for EMS
Service License Requirement - Answer✔✔-CHP needs to license all EMS vehicles
Ambulance - Answer✔✔-ambulances used to respond to emergency calls + rescue vehicles specifically
modified to transport injured persons
Emergency Service - Answer✔✔-functions involved in transporting patients with immediate/ acute
medical attention
Code 3 Opeartion - Answer✔✔-Use of red warning lamps + sirens. Justified when essential to save a life,
prevent undue suffering, reduce/ prevent disability.
Convictions - Answer✔✔-only criminal penalties/disabilities will release a person from EMS system to
protect the public, not to punish the person
Ambulance Identification - Answer✔✔-All ambulance under one license must display the same name on
the rear and both sides. This includes temporary vehicles
Service Availability - Answer✔✔-ambulance owners operating 2+ vehicles are required to privde 24 hr
service under each license
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, EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024.
Warning Equipment standards - Answer✔✔-required to be equipped with warning lamps/sirens that
comply with CHP
Fire Extinguisher Servicing - Answer✔✔-Fire extinguishers inspected/serviced yearly OR immediately
after use
Ambulance Inspections - Answer✔✔-Vehicles to be inspected initially/annually by CHP personnel +
randomly. Need to verify that ambulance inspection is current with CHP current license period of validity.
Destination Restrictions - Answer✔✔-Restrictions to prevent EMS vehicles from traveling unnecessarily
long distances. Alternative transport locations must keep in mind appropriate patient care.
Escorts for Patients - Answer✔✔-Prohibition against unqualified personnel driving/attending to patient.
Good Samaritan Law - Answer✔✔-limited protection from civil liability when rendering medical services
in good faith.
Regulatory Exemptions - Answer✔✔-CHP cannot grant exemptions to requirements/regulations of other
agencies. Exemptions are granted hereby:
-alleviate specific hardships related to public welfare
Certificate Requirement - regulatory requirement - Answer✔✔-All drivers must possess a valid
ambulance driver certificate from the DMV
Certificate requirement purpose - Answer✔✔-Driving certificate demonstrates limited knowledge of
laws pertaining to ambulance operations. Serves as a screening function
Driving certificate exemption - Answer✔✔-ambulance driver certificates not required for following:
1) everyone qualified to drive must possess a valid certificate
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