Bill Text: MS SB2901 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: "Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced"; cannot use title without certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [SB2901 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2901-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Kirby
Senate Bill 2901
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-59-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TITLE "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-ADVANCED" IS SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF CERTAIN TITLES WITH CERTIFICATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-59-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-59-35. (1) An emergency medical technician certificate so issued shall be valid for a period not exceeding two (2) years from the date of issuance and may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee to be fixed by the board, which shall be paid to the board, provided that the holder meets the qualifications set forth in this Chapter 59 and Chapter 60 and rules and regulations promulgated by the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.
(2) The board is authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate so issued at any time it is determined that the holder no longer meets the prescribed qualifications.
(3) It shall be unlawful
for any person, corporation or association to, in any manner, represent himself
or itself as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical
Technician-Intermediate, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Emergency
Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or Emergency Medical Services
Driver, or use in connection with his or its name the words or letters of EMT,
emt, paramedic, critical care paramedic, or any other letters, words,
abbreviations or insignia which would indicate or imply that he or it is an
Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician- * * *Advanced, Emergency Medical
Technician-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or
Emergency Medical Services Driver, unless certified in accordance with Chapters
59 and 60 of this title and in accordance with the rules and regulations
promulgated by the board; or a person who has a privilege to practice under the
Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. It shall be
unlawful to employ an uncertified Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Emergency
Medical Technician-Intermediate, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, or
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care to provide basic or
advanced life-support services.
(4) Any Emergency Medical
Technician-Basic, Emergency Medical Technician- * * *Adavanced, Emergency Medical
Technician-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care, or
Emergency Medical Services Driver who violates or fails to comply with these
statutes or the rules and regulations promulgated by the board hereunder shall
be subject, after due notice and hearing, to an administrative fine not to
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
