An Act To Require a Criminal Background Check for the Initial Licensure of Emergency Medical Services Personnel
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1018
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: SYKES, CHURCHILL, GREELEY, RICHARDSON, SNOWE-MELLO
Amends: 32 MRSA §85

Legislative Document 
No. lOIS 
H.P.702 
House of Representatives, February 24, 2005 
An Act To Require a Criminal Background Check for the Initial 
Licensure of Emergency Medical Services Personnel 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative SYKES of Harrison. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CHURCHILL of Wash bum, GREELEY of Levant, 
RICHARDSON of Skowhegan, Senator: SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §85. sub-§3. as amended by PL 2001, c. 474, 
§l, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Minimum requirements for initial licensing. 
In setting 
rules for the initial licensure of emergency medical services 
persons, the board shall ensure that a person is not licensed to 
care for patients unless that person's qualifications are at 
least those specified in this subsection. 
Any person who meets 
these conditions is considered to have the credentials and skill 
demonstrations 
necessary 
for 
licensure 
to 
provide 
emergency 
medical treatment. 
A. 
The person must have completed successfully the training 
specified in rules adopted by the board pursuant to the 
Maine Administrative Procedure Act. 
B. 
The 
person 
must 
have 
successfully 
completed 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification requirements as 
specified in rules adopted by the board pursuant to the 
Maine Administrative Procedure Act. 
C. 
The 
written 
person must have successfully 
and practical test 
for 
basic 
completed a 
state 
emergency 
medical 
treatment. 
A criminal background check must be conducted for applicants for 
initial licensure under this section. 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §85, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1993, c. 152, 
§2, is further amended to read: 
4. 
Minimum requirements for relicensing. 
The board shall 
set by rule the license and relicensing requirements and the 
relicensing interval for emergency medical services persons. 
A 
person who is duly licensed in Maine as an emergency medical 
services person must be issued a renewal license if the following 
requirements are met: 
A. 
The 
person 
must 
have 
satisfactorily 
relicensure training as defined in the rules; and 
completed 
B. 
The 
person 
must 
have 
satisfactorily 
demonstrated 
competence in the skills required for the license level. 
Skill competence may be satisfied by a combination of run 
report reviews and continuing education training programs 
conducted in accordance with the rules or by satisfactorily 
completing the state written and practical tests. 
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If the person is not duly licensed at the time of application, 
the person must demonstrate skill and knowledge as defined in the 
rules. 
To maintain a valid license, an emergency medical services person 
must 
meet 
the criteria set out 
in this 
section. 
If those 
criteria are not met, a person does not hold a valid license and 
must reapply for licensure. 
A criminal background check is not reguired for the relicensing 
of emergency medical services persons. 
SUMMARY 
This bill specifies that a 
required only for 
an 
applicant 
criminal background check 
for initial licensure as 
emergency medical services person. 
is 
an