2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 311A.140 Emergency medical technicians -- Administrative regulations -- Certification and recertification -- Paramedics to be certified as emergency medical technicians.
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311A.140 Emergency medical technicians -- Administrative regulations -Certification and recertification -- Paramedics to be certified as
emergency medical technicians.
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The board shall promulgate administrative regulations relating to emergency
medical technicians. The administrative regulations may include the
classification and certification of emergency medical technicians, instructors,
instructor-trainers, and students and trainees; examinations; standards of
training and experience; curricula standards; issuance or renewal of
certificates; hearing of appeals; and other administrative regulations as may be
necessary for the protection of public health and safety in the delivery of
emergency medical services. No additional testing or examinations shall be
required for recertification, except for proficiency testing of new skills or
knowledge, or areas in which there is documented evidence of deterioration of
skills.
Recertification programs shall be organized to include continuing education
and in-service training approved by the board.
Beginning July 14, 2000, a new emergency medical technician shall, for initial
certification, be certified using the requirements and testing established by the
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or other agent chosen by
the board.
Beginning July 14, 2000, a certified emergency medical technician who seeks
recertification shall obtain recertification under the requirements established
and maintained by the board. These requirements shall contain a minimum of
sixteen (16) hours of required topics and eight (8) hours of elective topics over
a two (2) year recertification period. The board shall also recertify any
emergency medical technician who chooses to obtain recertification under the
requirements established by the National Registry of Emergency Medical
Technicians or other agent chosen by the board in lieu of the standards
established by the board.
Except as provided in KRS 311A.060, the board shall not require any
additional course work, in-service training, testing, or examinations of a person
who chooses the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or other
agent chosen by the board for certification or recertification as an emergency
medical technician.
Any person licensed by the board as a paramedic shall be certified as an
emergency medical technician by the board. The certification shall be issued
without fee, without additional training, in-service training, testing, or
examination. The emergency medical technician certification shall be issued
and expire at the same time that the paramedic license is issued or expires,
and if a paramedic voluntarily gives up his or her license prior to the expiration
of his or her paramedic license, his or her emergency medical technician
certification shall be unaffected thereby. If a paramedic chooses not to be
relicensed as a paramedic but chooses to retain his emergency medical
technician certification, the paramedic shall, prior to the expiration of his
paramedic license, complete the requirements for recertification as an
emergency medical technician utilizing one (1) of the methods provided for in
this section.
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A paramedic whose license as a paramedic or certification as an emergency
medical technician is suspended, revoked, or denied by the board shall have
the same action taken automatically with regard to his emergency medical
technician certification or paramedic license.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 25, effective July 15, 2002.
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