2022 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
453. Medicine and Surgery
453-34 Licensure consistent with levels of practice; licensure of emergency medical technician 1.
§453-34 Licensure consistent with levels of practice; licensure of emergency medical technician 1. [Section repealed July 1, 2027. L 2021, c 119, §13.] (a) The Hawaii medical board shall issue licenses upon application therefor, consistent with the following levels of practice:
(1) Emergency medical technician 1;
(2) Emergency medical technician;
(3) Advanced emergency medical technician; or
(4) Mobile intensive care technician or paramedic.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2022, the Hawaii medical board shall accept applications for licensure as an emergency medical technician 1; provided that the applicant shall:
(1) Demonstrate successful completion of a Hawaii medical board-approved emergency medical technician course that meets or exceeds the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards for Emergency Medical Technicians;
(2) Provide a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification;
(3) Demonstrate proficiency in basic life support for health care providers;
(4) Demonstrate successful completion of the National Registry of Emergency Medical [Technicians] emergency medical technician cognitive examination and National Registry of Emergency Medical [Technicians] psychomotor examination;
(5) Pay any fees assessed in amounts equivalent to fees paid by emergency medical technicians pursuant to section 16-53-21.5, Hawaii Administrative Rules; and
(6) Meet any other requirements determined by the Hawaii medical board.
(c) Any emergency medical technician 1 licensed under this part shall document care in a pre-hospital emergency medical records system compatible with the emergency medical services system's pre-hospital medical records system. Emergency medical technicians 1 shall:
(1) Practice under a physician or osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter; and
(2) Restrict their scope of practice to the performance of basic emergency medical care of patients.
(d) Licensure under this section is limited to individuals whose practice is performed in a county with a population of 500,000 or greater. [L 2021, c 119, §2]
