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                                    ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1541

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Orr, Flemming, King, Dellwo and Mielke)

Read first time 02/24/93.

Modifying emergency medical technician recertification.

          AN ACT Relating to emergency medical services; and amending RCW 18.73.081.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 18.73.081 and 1990 c 269 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:

          In addition to other duties prescribed by law, the secretary shall:

          (1) Prescribe minimum requirements for:

          (a) Ambulance, air ambulance, and aid vehicles and equipment;

          (b) Ambulance and aid services; and

          (c) Minimum emergency communication equipment;

          (2) Adopt procedures for services that fail to perform in accordance with minimum requirements;

          (3) Prescribe minimum standards for first responder and emergency medical technician training including:

          (a) Adoption of curriculum and period of certification;

          (b) Procedures for certification, recertification, decertification, or modification of certificates((:  PROVIDED, That there shall be no practical examination for recertification if the applicant received a passing grade on the state written examination and completed a program of ongoing training and evaluation, approved in rule by the county medical program director and the secretary));

          (c) Adoption of requirements for ongoing training and evaluation, as approved by the county medical program director, to include appropriate evaluation for individual skills.  The first responder, emergency medical service provider, or emergency medical technician may request a written or practical examination instead of meeting the ongoing training and evaluation requirements;

(d) Procedures for reciprocity with other states or national certifying agencies;

          (((d))) (e) Review and approval or disapproval of training programs; and

          (((e))) (f) Adoption of standards for numbers and qualifications of instructional personnel required for first responder and emergency medical technician training programs;

          (4) Prescribe minimum requirements for liability insurance to be carried by licensed services except that this requirement shall not apply to public bodies; and

          (5) Certify emergency medical program directors.

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