Sec. 19a-195a. Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization of certification. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-195a. Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization of certification. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to provide that any person who has completed six years of continuous service as an emergency medical services technician shall be recertified every three years rather than every two years. For the purpose of maintaining an acceptable level of proficiency, each emergency medical services technician who is recertified for a three-year period shall complete twenty-five hours of refresher training approved by the commissioner at intervals not to exceed thirty-six months.

      (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to (1) provide for state-wide standardization of certification for each class of (A) emergency medical technicians, including, but not limited to, paramedics, (B) emergency medical services instructors, and (C) medical response technicians, (2) allow course work for such certification to be taken state-wide, and (3) allow persons so certified to perform within their scope of certification state-wide.

      (P.A. 83-240; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-170; P.A. 00-135, S. 6, 21.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-170 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) requiring regulations re state-wide standardization of certification for "emergency medical technician-intermediate"; P.A. 00-135 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by deleting reference to emergency medical technician-intermediate and adding provisions re emergency medical technicians, including paramedics, emergency medical services instructors and medical response technicians, effective May 26, 2000.