Section 22-18-8 Reimbursement by new employer for training expenses. - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-18-8

Reimbursement by new employer for training expenses.

In those instances in which an ambulance service operator, ambulance driver, ambulance attendant, ambulance driver-attendant, or emergency medical technician of any municipality, county, fire district, or the state is employed by the State of Alabama, any county, fire district, or another municipality, within 24 months after completing the training requirements mandated by this chapter, or by rules adopted by the Alabama Committee on Public Health, the total expense of the training, including, but not limited to, salary paid during training, transportation costs paid to the trainee for travel to and from the training facility, room, board, tuition, overtime paid to other employees who fill in for the trainee during his or her absence, and any other related training expenses, shall be reimbursed to the municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training. The municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training shall submit an itemized sworn statement to the new employer of the ambulance service operator, ambulance driver, ambulance attendant, ambulance driver-attendant, or emergency medical technician, as the case may be, shall demand payment thereof, and may enforce collection of the obligation through civil remedies and procedures. The terms "ambulance service operator," "ambulance driver," "ambulance attendant," "ambulance driver-attendant," and "emergency medical technician," shall have the same meanings as in Section 22-18-1.

(Acts 1996, No. 96-626, p. 997, §2; Act 2002-424, p. 1090, §1.)