Senate File 217 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to emergency medical services training.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1838SS 82
  4 jr/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147A.4, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The department shall adopt rules required or authorized
  1  4 by this subchapter pertaining to the examination and
  1  5 certification of emergency medical care providers.  These
  1  6 rules shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements
  1  7 concerning prerequisites, training, and experience for
  1  8 emergency medical care providers and procedures for
  1  9 determining when individuals have met these requirements.
  1 10    a.  The department shall adopt rules to recognize the
  1 11 previous EMS training and experience of first responders and
  1 12 emergency medical technicians to provide for an equitable
  1 13 transition to the EMT=basic certification.  The department may
  1 14 require additional training and examinations as necessary and
  1 15 appropriate to ensure that individuals seeking certification
  1 16 have met the EMT=basic knowledge and skill requirements.
  1 17    b.  The rules adopted by the department related to training
  1 18 shall do all of the following:
  1 19    (1)  Allow the instructor of a training class the same
  1 20 educational credit as the class membership.
  1 21    (2)  Allow credit for both formal and informal credit
  1 22 through internet=based training.
  1 23    (3)  Structure recertification requirements so that all
  1 24 members of an ambulance, rescue, or first response service may
  1 25 recertify during the same period.
  1 26    (4)  Establish a minimum basic training schedule.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    Current law provides that an ambulance, rescue, or first
  1 29 response service in this state that desires to provide
  1 30 emergency medical care in the out=of=hospital setting must
  1 31 have a program approved by the department of public health.
  1 32 The department of public health has established training
  1 33 requirements as part of the approval process.
  1 34    This bill mandates that the rules regulating the required
  1 35 training allow the program instructor credit for teaching,
  2  1 allow credit for internet training, allow all members of a
  2  2 particular service to recertify during the same period, and
  2  3 establish a minimum basic training schedule.
  2  4 LSB 1838SS 82
  2  5 jr:nh/je/5