2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-195a. Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization of certification.
Sec. 19a-195a. Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization
of certification. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to provide that any person who has completed
six years of continuous service as an emergency medical services technician shall be
recertified every three years rather than every two years. For the purpose of maintaining
an acceptable level of proficiency, each emergency medical services technician who is
recertified for a three-year period shall complete twenty-five hours of refresher training
approved by the commissioner at intervals not to exceed thirty-six months.
(P.A. 83-240; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-170; P.A. 00-135, S. 6, 21.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-170 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) requiring regulations re state-wide standardization of certification for "emergency medical technician-intermediate"; P.A. 00-135 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by deleting reference to emergency medical technician-intermediate and adding provisions re emergency medical technicians, including paramedics, emergency medical services instructors and medical response technicians, effective May 26, 2000.
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