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Assembly Bill A708

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides direct reciprocal certification for certain emergency medical technicians

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2025-A708 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3091
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3005-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10112, S8177
2023-2024: A1471, S2267

2025-A708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides direct reciprocal certification for emergency medical technicians who possess a current certification from the national registry of emergency medical technicians.

2025-A708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    708
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  providing  direct
   reciprocal certification for certain emergency medical technicians

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 3005-c to read as follows:
   §  3005-C.  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS; DIRECT RECIPROCAL CERTIF-
 ICATION.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BUREAU OF EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICES, OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE
 AND  THE  RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT PROMULGATED THEREUNDER PRESCRIBING THE
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, SHALL GRANT, WITHOUT
 PAYMENT OF A FEE OR EXAMINATION, A  NEW  YORK  STATE  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN  CERTIFICATION  TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HOLDS A CURRENT CERTIF-
 ICATION FROM THE NATIONAL REGISTRY  OF  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS.
 RENEWALS  OF  CERTIFICATION  UNDER  SUCH  GRANT  OF RECIPROCITY SHALL BE
 DEEMED EQUIVALENT TO RENEWALS OF CERTIFICATION PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02514-01-5

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