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Alameda County EMS system under Health & Safety Code Section 1797.178, a paramedic service provider agreement under Title 22 CCR Section 100168(b)(4), and a written agreement regarding the provision of prehospital emergency medical services under Health & Safety Code Section 1797.201. 1.6 Neither CONTRACTOR nor COUNTY waives any rights it may have pursuant to Section 1797.201. SECTION 2 - TERM 2.1 This Agreement shall be in effect for a period commencing July 1, 2007, and continuing until June 30, 2009 unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement. 2.2 The COUNTY acknowledges that the CONTRACTOR has been providing service described in this agreement since July 1, 2004, and compensation for those services is described in Exhibit B. SECTION 3 - DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. 3.1 Advanced Life Support (ALS) - Special services designed to provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1797.52. 3.2 ALCO-CMED - The facility designated by the COUNTY as the central communications Center from which EMS requests may be processed and routed to the CONTRACTOR. 3.3 Ambulance - Any motor vehicle equipped with facilities to convey infirm or injured persons in a reclining position and licensed as an ambulance by the California Highway Patrol. 3.4 Ambulance Unit - An ambulance staffed with qualified personnel and equipped with appropriate medical equipment and supplies. 3.5 Base Hospital Physician - A physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of California and approved as a Base Hospital Physician by the Medical Director, and knowledgeable in the medical protocols, radio procedure and general operating policies of the County EMS system, and a person from whom paramedics may take medical direction by radio or other remote communications device. Page 2 of 17