Senate File 467 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                           RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 217)


    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 1838SV 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 a particular ambulance, rescue, or first response
  1 25 team or unit may recertify during the same period.
  1 26    (4)  Establish a minimum basic training schedule.
  1 27 SF 467
  1 28 jr:nh/cc/26