BILL REQ. #:  H-2972.1 

Prefiled 12/18/13. Read first time 01/13/14.   Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

     AN ACT Relating to the authority of medical program directors; and amending RCW 18.71.212.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.71.212 and 1990 c 269 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary of the department of health, in conjunction with the state emergency medical services and trauma care committee, shall evaluate, certify and terminate certification of medical program directors, and prescribe minimum standards defining duties and responsibilities and performance of duties and responsibilities.
     (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section establishes the authority for a medical program director to independently impose restrictions on the certification or employment status of a certified physician's trained emergency medical service intermediate life support technician and paramedic, emergency medical technician, or first responder if the department of health has not imposed any restrictions on the individual's certification pursuant to an action taken under chapter 18.130 RCW.