Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 179 - Office of Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179-16a - Minimum personnel qualifications - certification and licensure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Medical Response Technician.
(1) In order to qualify for initial medical
			 response technician certification, or for current certification of a lapsed
			 certificate, an applicant shall meet one of the following requirements: (A)
			 successfully complete, within twelve months of the date of application for
			 certification, a training program, which if offered outside Connecticut,
			 adheres to a United States Department of Transportation, National Highway
			 Traffic Safety Administration, First Responder National Standard Curriculum and
			 includes an examination. A training program offered in Connecticut shall be
			 approved by the Department pursuant to section
			 19a-179-17
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and shall include an
			 examination approved by the Department; (B) hold current certification as a
			 person entitled to perform similar services under a different designation by
			 the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or its successor
			 organization as approved by the Department, or by a state which maintains
			 certification requirements equal to or higher than those in this state; or (C)
			 have held emergency medical technician certification pursuant to section
			 19a-179-16 a(b) of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or emergency medical
			 technician-intermediate pursuant to section
			 19a-179-16 a(c) of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or paramedic licensure pursuant to
			 chapter 384d of the Connecticut General Statutes and completed the examination
			 required in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.
(2) In order to qualify for recertification
			 an applicant shall meet the following requirement:
(A) complete a minimum of fifteen hours of
			 refresher training, approved by the Department pursuant to section
			 19a-179-17
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, at intervals not to exceed
			 twenty-four months for the period starting with the date of the initial
			 certification and extending through the end of the sixth consecutive year of
			 certification. Starting in the seventh year of certification and thereafter, an
			 applicant shall complete fifteen (15) hours of refresher training, approved by
			 the Department pursuant to section
			 19a-179-17
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, at intervals not to exceed
			 thirty-six months. Refresher training programs shall include both written and
			 practical testing;
(B) individuals
			 may complete one out-of-state refresher training program throughout the
			 lifetime of the certificate which may be accepted in lieu of a refresher
			 training program required pursuant to section
			 19a-179-16 a(a)(2)(A) of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies provided:
(i) the individual is currently certified as
			 a medical response technician or as a person entitled to perform similar
			 services under a different designation in another state;
(ii) the refresher training program is equal
			 to the refresher training program required pursuant to section
			 19a-179-16 a(a)(2)(A) of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and
(iii) the refresher training program is
			 approved by the appropriate regulatory body of such other state.
(3) No certificate
			 shall be issued to a person applying for certification pursuant to section
			 19a-179-16 a(a)(1) of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies against whom a complaint is
			 pending adjudication in another state or with the Department of Public
			 Health.