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Senate Bill S1235

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be an EMT

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2009-S1235 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2189
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3002, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1278

2009-S1235 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be certified as an emergency medical technician.

2009-S1235 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1235 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1235

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, AUBERTINE, DILAN, KRUEGER, ONORATO, PARKER
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to providing for
  certification as an emergency medical technician  of  certain  persons
  who  completed  medical  training  in  the  armed forces of the United
  States

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 3002 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 580 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
majority  of  those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal,  rules  and  regulations
establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
certification,  advanced  life  support  first  response  services,  the
provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public  education,  the
development  of  a  statewide  emergency  medical  services  system, the
provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory  specified
in  the  ambulance  services' certificate and the training, examination,
and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided,  however,
that  such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article.  Such
training  shall  be  made  available by video or computer to the maximum
extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
tary ambulance service operating  solely  pursuant  to  a  statement  of
registration  issued  under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one  hours

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01446-01-9

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