HB 2498 - DIGEST

Prohibits the secretary of the department of health from adopting standards that require applicants who are military spouses or state registered domestic partners of military persons to, as a prior condition of certification, receive the recommendation of an approved medical program director and obtain active membership with an emergency medical services agency, when establishing standards for the reciprocal certification of physician's trained advanced emergency medical technicians and paramedics who are licensed in another state or accredited by a national accrediting organization approved by the department of health.

Requires the department of health to grant a limited certification to the technician or paramedic who is a spouse or domestic partner of a military person and is licensed in another state or is accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the department which has a more limited scope of authorized services than this state.