Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING (§§ 27-13-101 — 27-25-113) › Chapter 24 - SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE ACT OF 2005 (§§ 27-24-101 — 27-24-1704) › Subchapter 13 - PUBLIC AND MILITARY SERVICE RECOGNITION (§§ 27-24-1301 — 27-24-1316) › Section 27-24-1306 - Emergency medical services professionals

(a)
The Department of Finance and Administration shall create and issue a special license plate for emergency medical services professionals.
(b)
The department shall design the special license plates issued under this section.
(c)
Any one (1) of the following may apply for and annually renew a special license plate issued under this section if he or she is currently licensed in the State of Arkansas or certified with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and resides in this state as:
(1)
An emergency medical technician;
(2)
A paramedic;
(3)
An advanced emergency medical technician;
(4)
A first responder with the documented completion of forty (40) hours of curriculum approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; or
(5)
Any other emergency medical services personnel, including without limitation:
(A)
A dispatcher; or
(B)
An emergency vehicle operator.
(d)
An applicant shall remit the following fees to obtain a special license plate issued under this section for use on a motor vehicle:
(1)
The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle;
(2)
A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00); and
(3)
An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be collected by the department and remitted monthly to the Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Foundation, Inc.
(e)
(1)
The fee for the renewal of a special license plate under this section is the fee required under subsection (d) of this section.
(2)
The replacement fee for a special license plate issued under this section is ten dollars ($10.00).
(f)
Upon the initial application of a special license plate issued under this section, the emergency medical services professional shall provide adequate proof to the department that he or she is licensed in the State of Arkansas or certified with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and resides in this state as one (1) of the following:
(1)
An emergency medical technician;
(2)
A paramedic;
(3)
An advanced emergency medical technician;
(4)
A first responder with the documented completion of forty (40) hours of curriculum approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; or
(5)
Any other emergency medical services personnel, including without limitation:
(A)
A dispatcher; or
(B)
An emergency vehicle operator.
(g)
(1)
The fee remitted under subdivision (d)(2) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2)
The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division.
(3)
The fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.
(h)
The registration of a special license plate under this section may:
(1)
Continue from year to year as long as it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law; and
(2)
Be renewed as provided under §§
27-14-1012
and
27-14-1013
.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 800,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2005, No. 2202, § 1.