2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services
Section 19a-179a - Scope of practice of emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the scope of practice of any person certified or licensed as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic under regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179 may include treatment modalities not specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, provided such treatment modalities are (1) approved by the Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Medical Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 19a-178a and the Commissioner of Public Health, and (2) administered at the medical oversight and direction of a sponsor hospital, as defined in section 28-8b.
(P.A. 05-259, S. 5; P.A. 09-232, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 05-259 effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-232 substituted “emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-basic”, “advanced emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-intermediate”, “paramedic” for “emergency medical technician-paramedic” and “medical oversight” for “medical control”, effective January 1, 2010.
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