# California requires every ambulance driver on an emergency call or carrying patients to hold an ambulance driver certificate and be trained to help care for patients

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20220101-paramedic-10
Date: 2022-01-01 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

California, United States. The statute says every ambulance driver responding to an emergency call or transporting patients shall be at least 18, hold a valid California driver's licence and an ambulance driver certificate, and be trained and competent in ambulance operation; that no person shall operate an ambulance without the licence and certificate in their possession; and that every ambulance driver shall have been trained to assist the ambulance attendant in caring for the ill and injured. Current wording effective 1 January 2022. One state; it predates driverless vehicles and does not mention them.

## Source

- California Legislative Information — Vehicle Code section 12527, ambulance driver certificates (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 282, effective January 1, 2022) — https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&sectionNum=12527 (primary source)

## What this means

In California, driving an ambulance is legally a certified person's job, and that person also helps with the patient.

## What it does not show yet

One state's licensing law, written before driverless vehicles.

## How to verify it yourself

Open California Vehicle Code section 12527 and find "possess a valid ambulance driver certificate".


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