Bill Text: NY A01278 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that any person who was an Army medic, Navy field medical service technician or Air Force pararescue shall be deemed to be qualified to be certified as an emergency medical technician.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 40-7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to health [A01278 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01278-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1278
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CASTELLI, TEDISCO, BOYLE, BURLING, MURRAY, ORTIZ,
MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CALHOUN, CONTE,
CROUCH, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HAYES, KOLB, P. LOPEZ,
McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, MENG, J. MILLER, MOLINARO, OAKS, PAULIN, RABBITT,
RAIA, REILICH, SALADINO, SAYWARD, SPANO, THIELE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for
certification as an emergency medical technician of certain persons
who completed medical training in the armed forces of the United
States
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3002 of the public health law, as
2 amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
5 majority of those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
6 enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal, rules and regulations
7 establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
8 certification, advanced life support first response services, the
9 provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public education, the
10 development of a statewide emergency medical services system, the
11 provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory specified
12 in the ambulance services' certificate and the training, examination,
13 and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
14 nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided, however,
15 that such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
16 ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article. Such
17 training shall be made available by video or computer to the maximum
18 extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
2 tary ambulance service operating solely pursuant to a statement of
3 registration issued under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
4 for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one hours
5 including prerequisites. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS
6 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR AND HAS BEEN A
7 UNITED STATES ARMY HEALTH CARE SPECIALIST (MEDIC, MOS-91W), UNITED
8 STATES NAVY CORPSMAN (FIELD MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN, NEC-8404),
9 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PARARESCUE (AFSC-IT2X1) OR ANY OTHER POSITION AS
10 THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY OR AIR FORCE SHALL DESIGNATE FOR LIKE
11 TRAINED MILITARY PERSONNEL, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE COMPLETED ALL TRAIN-
12 ING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR CERTIFICATION AS AN EMERGENCY
13 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall have the same powers granted
14 to regional councils by this article in any region of the state in which
15 a regional council has not been established.
16 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
17 have become a law.
