Chapter 111C: Section 6. Ambulance operators and attendants.
Section 6. No person shall operate an ambulance or be an attendant thereon or impersonate, or hold oneself out as, or use the title of emergency medical technician or the acronym, EMT unless he has successfully completed a full course in emergency medical care approved by the department pursuant to this chapter, or has received training in the provision of emergency medical care which, subject to such regulations as the department may establish with the advice of the board, the department finds to be substantially equivalent to that provided by full courses in emergency medical care approved by the department pursuant to this chapter, and unless in each year following completion of such course he participates satisfactorily in a supplemental course in emergency medical care approved by the department pursuant to this chapter; provided, however, that the department may, under such regulations as it may establish, grant a temporary waiver of such requirements, but only in the case of an operator and for no more than three months, upon application and upon a finding that the public convenience and necessity require such a waiver. The department shall certify each operator or attendant who has successfully completed such a full course or such substantial equivalent in emergency medical care as an emergency medical technician in the ambulance service category established under this section. (Amended by 1986, 410, Sec. 1.)
For the purpose of establishing training requirements under this section, the department shall classify ambulance services by such categories as dual purpose vehicles, municipally-operated services, volunteer services, or such others as the department may from time to time determine, and shall, with the board, establish training requirements for operators and attendants by class of service. In establishing the level of such requirements for each service, the department shall consider such factors as geographic location of the service, availability of approved training courses, source and compensation for personnel serving as ambulance operators and attendants, and financial impact on the licensee.
The training approved by the department shall not be less than the Standards established by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care of the American Heart Association.