# Base Hospital / Facility Program: Approval / Designation Process and Appeal Procedures

Official OCEMS reference: 640.00.
Collection: Criteria & destinations. Source topic: 600.00 - 699.99 - Medical Facilities.
Population: All / see source. Scope: System.
Source index update: July 1, 2002. Source checked: 2026-09-16.

Independent OC Medic source briefing. The complete official document remains authoritative for exact requirements, exceptions, and clinical or administrative language.

## Document profile

- Document type: Destination or facility reference
- Where it fits: Base Hospital / Facility Program: Approval / Designation Process and Appeal Procedures is an official facility, designation, triage, or destination reference used to identify the applicable system pathway.
- Document note: Use the complete official document for mandatory wording, exceptions, definitions, and requirements that cannot be reduced safely to directory metadata.

## Use this source safely

- A designation or facility list is not a live availability, diversion, or specialty-bed feed.
- Apply current triage criteria and required base or system direction before selecting the operational destination.
- Check current OCEMS notices and agency direction before field use.
- When the source and a summary differ, follow the current official document and medical or operational direction.

## Related OC Medic guides

- No dedicated guide is currently linked to this exact source. [Browse Criteria & destinations](https://www.ocmedic.com/destinations/).

## Related official references

- [655.01 - Agreement to Provide Services as a Comprehensive Children's Emergency Receiving Center](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/655-01-agreement-to-provide-services-as-a-comprehensive-children-s-emergency-receiving-center/)
- [660.00 - Agreement to Provide Services as a Trauma Center](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/660-00-agreement-to-provide-services-as-a-trauma-center/)
- [655.00 - Agreement to Provide Services as an Emergency Receiving Center](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/655-00-agreement-to-provide-services-as-an-emergency-receiving-center/)
- [610.00 - Base Hospital Criteria](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/610-00-base-hospital-criteria/)
- [630.00 - Cardiovascular Receiving Center Criteria](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/630-00-cardiovascular-receiving-center-criteria/)
- [600.05 - Community (Spoke) ERC Assignments to Base Hospitals](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/600-05-community-spoke-erc-assignments-to-base-hospitals/)

## Official source

- [Open the official document](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/sites/hca/files/import/data/files/12233.pdf)
- [View the official source index](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/providers-partners/emergency-medical-services/ems-policies-procedures-standing-orders/ems-policies)
- [OCEMS notices and system updates](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/providers-partners/emergency-medical-services)