2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 30 - Emergency Medical Services › 3018 - Community-Based Paramedicine Demonstration Program.

* §  3018.  Community-based paramedicine demonstration program. 1. The
department  shall  establish  a  community  paramedicine   demonstration
program  to evaluate the role of emergency medical services personnel in
the delivery of health care services in the  community  in  non-emergent
settings.
2.   For   purposes  of  this  section,  "emergency  medical  services
personnel" shall mean an emergency medical technician,  or  an  advanced
emergency medical technician as defined in this article.
3.  This  program  shall  authorize  mobile  integrated  and community
paramedicine programs presently operating and approved by the department
as of May eleventh, two thousand twenty-three, under  the  authority  of
Executive Order Number 4 of two thousand twenty-one, entitled "Declaring
a  Statewide  Disaster Emergency Due to Healthcare staffing shortages in
the State of New York" to continue in the same manner  and  capacity  as
currently  approved  for  a  period of two years following the effective
date of this section.
4. Such program shall include but not be limited to:
(a)  authorizing  emergency  medical  services  personnel  to  provide
services  within  their  scope  of  practice  beyond  settings currently
authorized.
(b)  authorizing  emergency  medical  service  personnel  to   provide
community  paramedicine,  use  alternative destinations, telemedicine to
facilitate treatment of persons in place, and such other services as may
be approved by the commissioner.
(c)  authorizing  emergency  medical  services   personnel   providing
community  paramedicine services, with prior approval of the department,
to administer vaccinations against influenza and  COVID-19  pursuant  to
non-patient  specific  orders  and  under  the  medical  direction  of a
licensed physician.
(d) nothing in this section shall be  deemed  to  allow  a  person  to
provide  any service for which a license, registration, certification or
other authorization under title eight of the education law  is  required
and  which  the person does not possess, provided that any service being
excluded pursuant to this paragraph shall not include a service that  is
within  the  scope  of  practice  for  the  respective emergency medical
services personnel.
5. Upon the effective date  of  this  section,  the  department  shall
convene  a stakeholder advisory panel including patient representatives,
health care facilities operating  or  utilizing  community  paramedicine
programs,  emergency  medical services providers and labor organizations
representing   emergency   medical   services   personnel,   and   labor
organizations  representing  nursing  and  other healthcare professional
titles affected by the demonstration program flexibilities to advise the
department to make recommendations  on  regulations  and  guidance  that
will:
(a)  evaluate  patient  safety  and  standards  of  care for community
paramedicine programs participating in the demonstration program;
(b) establish criteria setting  forth  permitted  tasks  that  can  be
performed by each category of emergency medical services personnel;
(c) establish minimum training and competencies required for emergency
medical services personnel to provide patient care services; and
(d)  work with the department to issue such regulations and guidelines
within ninety days following the assembly of the advisory panel.
6. The department shall submit a report on the  demonstration  program
on  an  annual  basis  to  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the temporary
president of the senate, the chairs of the assembly  and  senate  health
committees, and the governor.
* NB Repealed June 22, 2025