Section 333.20950 - Medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, paramedic, or emergency medical services instructor-coordinator; licensing requireme
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.20950 Medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, paramedic, or emergency medical services instructor-coordinator; licensing requirements; duration of license; examination or reexamination fees; volunteers.
Sec. 20950.
(1) An individual shall not practice or advertise to practice as a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, paramedic, or emergency medical services instructor-coordinator unless licensed to do so by the department.
(2) The department shall issue a license under this section only to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is 18 years of age or older.
(b) Has successfully completed the appropriate education program approved under section 20912.
(c) Subject to subsection (3), has attained a passing score on the appropriate department prescribed examination, as follows:
(i) A medical first responder shall pass the written examination proctored by the department or the department's designee and a practical examination approved by the department. The practical examination shall be administered by the instructors of the medical first responder course. The department or the department's designee may also proctor the practical examination.
(ii) An emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, and a paramedic shall pass the written examination proctored by the department or the department's designee and a practical examination proctored by the department or the department's designee.
(iii) The fee for the written examinations required under subparagraphs (i) and (ii) shall be paid directly to the national registry of emergency medical technicians or other organization approved by the department.
(d) Meets other requirements of this part.
(3) The department shall require for purposes of compliance with subsection (2)(c) successful passage by each first-time applicant of an examination as that term is defined in section 20904(10).
(4) The department shall issue a license as an emergency medical services instructor-coordinator only to an individual who meets the requirements of subsection (2) for an emergency medical services instructor-coordinator and at the time of application is currently licensed as a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, or paramedic and has at least 3 years' field experience with a licensed life support agency as a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, or paramedic. The department shall provide for the development and administration of an examination for emergency medical services instructor-coordinators. The license shall specify the level of instruction-coordination the individual is licensed to provide. An emergency medical services instructor-coordinator shall not instruct or coordinate emergency medical training courses at a level that exceeds his or her designated level of licensure and for which he or she does not have at least 3 years' field experience at that level of licensure.
(5) Except as provided by section 20952, a license under this section is effective for 3 years from the date of issuance unless revoked or suspended by the department.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), an applicant for licensure under this section shall pay the following triennial licensure fees:
(a) Medical first responder - no fee.
(b) Emergency medical technician - $40.00.
(c) Emergency medical technician specialist - $60.00.
(d) Paramedic - $80.00.
(e) Emergency medical services instructor-coordinator - $100.00.
(7) If a life support agency certifies to the department that an applicant for licensure under this section will act as a volunteer and if the life support agency does not charge for its services, the department shall not require the applicant to pay the fee required under subsection (6). If the applicant ceases to meet the definition of a volunteer under this part at any time during the effective period of his or her license and is employed as a licensee under this part, the applicant shall at that time pay the fee required under subsection (6).
History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 568, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007
Popular Name: Act 368