N.Y. PBH Law § 3018 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 30 / Section 3018
Community-based paramedicine demonstration program
Status: in_force

* § 3018. Community-based paramedicine demonstration program. 1. The\ndepartment shall establish a community paramedicine demonstration\nprogram to evaluate the role of emergency medical services personnel in\nthe delivery of health care services in the community in non-emergent\nsettings.\n  2. For purposes of this section, "emergency medical services\npersonnel" shall mean an emergency medical technician, or an advanced\nemergency medical technician as defined in this article.\n  3. This program shall authorize mobile integrated and community\nparamedicine programs presently operating and approved by the department\nas of May eleventh, two thousand twenty-three, under the authority of\nExecutive Order Number 4 of two thousand twenty-one, entitled "Declaring\na Statewide Disaster Emergency Due to Healthcare staffing shortages in\nthe State of New York" to continue in the same manner and capacity as\ncurrently approved for a period of four years following the effective\ndate of this section.\n  4. Such program shall include but not be limited to:\n  (a) authorizing emergency medical services personnel to provide\nservices within their scope of practice beyond settings currently\nauthorized.\n  (b) authorizing emergency medical service personnel to provide\ncommunity paramedicine, use alternative destinations, telemedicine to\nfacilitate treatment of persons in place, and such other services as may\nbe approved by the commissioner.\n  (c) authorizing emergency medical services personnel providing\ncommunity paramedicine services, with prior approval of the department,\nto administer vaccinations against influenza and COVID-19 pursuant to\nnon-patient specific orders and under the medical direction of a\nlicensed physician.\n  (d) nothing in this section shall be deemed to allow a person to\nprovide any service for which a license, registration, certification or\nother authorization under title eight of the education law is required\nand which the person does not possess, provided that any service being\nexcluded pursuant to this paragraph shall not include a service that is\nwithin the scope of practice for the respective emergency medical\nservices personnel.\n  5. Upon the effective date of this section, the department shall\nconvene a stakeholder advisory panel including patient representatives,\nhealth care facilities operating or utilizing community paramedicine\nprograms, emergency medical services providers and labor organizations\nrepresenting emergency medical services personnel, and labor\norganizations representing nursing and other healthcare professional\ntitles affected by the demonstration program flexibilities to advise the\ndepartment to make recommendations on regulations and guidance that\nwill:\n  (a) evaluate patient safety and standards of care for community\nparamedicine programs participating in the demonstration program;\n  (b) establish criteria setting forth permitted tasks that can be\nperformed by each category of emergency medical services personnel;\n  (c) establish minimum training and competencies required for emergency\nmedical services personnel to provide patient care services; and\n  (d) work with the department to issue such regulations and guidelines\nwithin ninety days following the assembly of the advisory panel.\n  6. The department shall submit a report on the demonstration program\non an annual basis to the speaker of the assembly, the temporary\npresident of the senate, the chairs of the assembly and senate health\ncommittees, and the governor.\n  * NB Repealed June 22, 2027\n