EMS INSTRUCTOR-COORDINATOR:
REVISE QUALIFICATIONS
House Bill 6300 (Substitute H-1)
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Hildenbrand
Committee: Health Policy
Complete to 9-11-06
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 6300 (SUBSTITUTE H-1)
The bill would amend the Public Health Code (MCL 333.20950) to make several revisions to the qualifications for licensure as an emergency medical services instructor-coordinator as follows:
· Include a medical first responder in the list of EMS personnel eligible for licensure as an EMS instructor-coordinator.
· Require the three years' field experience required for licensure as an EMS instructor-coordinator to be with a licensed life support agency and performed when the applicant was licensed as a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, or paramedic.
· Require the instructor-coordinator license to specify the level of instruction-coordination the individual is licensed to provide.
· Prohibit an EMS instructor-coordinator from instructing or coordinating emergency medical training courses at a level that exceeded his or her designated level of licensure and for which he or she did not have at least three years' field experience at that level of licensure.
Revising the licensure requirements for an emergency medical services (EMS) instructor-coordinator as proposed in House Bill 6300 (H-1) will have no fiscal impact as any increase in licensure fees realized as a result of the revisions will more than likely be offset by increased administrative costs for the Department of Community Health. There are currently 927 individuals licensed as EMS instructor-coordinators.
Legislative Analyst: Susan Stutzky
Fiscal Analyst: Margaret Alston
■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.