Bill Text: NJ A2891 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-5)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-07 - Approved P.L.2013, c.101. [A2891 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2891-Chaptered.html
§1 - C.26:2K-65
§3 - Note
An Act concerning Emergency Medical Technician and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes and amending P.L.1984, c.146.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. (New section) The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, with the approval of the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall establish written standards which a person shall successfully complete in order to be certified as an EMT-Basic.
Applicants for EMT-Basic certification, who have equivalent military training or experience in any branch of the active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, shall be certified by the commissioner if the commissioner determines that the applicant's military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the certification standards established by the commissioner.
2. Section 2 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-8) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. A mobile intensive care paramedic shall obtain certification from the commissioner to staff a mobile intensive care unit and shall make application therefore on forms prescribed by the commissioner.
b. The commissioner with the approval of the board of medical examiners shall establish written standards which a mobile intensive care paramedic shall meet in order to obtain certification. The commissioner shall act on a regular basis upon applications of candidates for certification as a mobile intensive care paramedic. The commissioner shall certify a candidate who provides satisfactory evidence of the successful completion of an educational program approved by the commissioner for the training of mobile intensive care paramedics and who passes an examination in the provision of advance life support services, which examination shall be conducted by the department at least twice a year. The commissioner shall certify a candidate for a mobile intensive care paramedic certification who has equivalent military training or experience in any branch of the active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state if the commissioner determines that the candidate's military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to the certification standards established by the commissioner.
c. The department shall maintain a register of all applicants for certification hereunder, which register shall include but not be limited to:
(1) The name and residence of the applicant;
(2) The date of the application;
(3) Information as to whether the applicant was rejected or certified and the date of that action.
The department shall annually compile a list of mobile intensive care paramedics. This list shall be available to the public.
(cf: P.L.1984, c.146. s.2)
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month following enactment, but the commissioner may take such anticipatory acts in advance of that date as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the New Jersey Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to certify emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedics who have equivalent military training or experience, provided that the military training and experience exceed or are equivalent to New Jersey's certification standards.
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
