Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure › Chapter 40 - Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services Systems Regulations › Section 19 CSR 30-40.342 - Application and Licensure Requirements for the Initial Licensure and Relicensure of Emergency Medical Technician-Basics, Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate, and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The department is amending section (1)(B),
				  and sections (2), (3) and (4), and the EMS personnel license application and
				  adding a new verification form which provides an opportunity for EMT-Basics
				  that are current members of the United States Armed Forces including National
				  Guard and Reserves or past members of the United States Armed Forces including
				  National Guard and Reserves who were honorably discharged within the past two
				  (2) years to obtain a United States Armed Forces license from the EMS Bureau.
				  This amendment also adds this United States Armed Forces license option to the
				  EMS Bureau application. Further, this amendment adds the requirement for
				  EMT-Intermediate relicensure applicants who do not have a current certification
				  with the National Registry of EMTs to attach a basic cardiac life support
				  training card indicating training in this course to their application for
				  relicensure.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  and expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be
				  maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the
				  public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of
				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here.
(1) Application Requirements for Emergency
				Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure.
(A) Each
				applicant for licensure or relicensure as an EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or
				EMT-Paramedic shall submit an application for licensure to the Emergency
				Medical Services (EMS) Bureau. An applicant for relicensure must submit their
				application no less than thirty (30) days or no more than one hundred twenty
				(120) days prior to the expiration date of their current license.
(B) An application shall include, but is not
				limited to, the following information: whether an initial licensure or
				relicensure application; if previously licensed, their license number and
				expiration date; type of licensure applied for (EMT-Basic (EMT-B),
				EMT-Intermediate (EMT-I), or EMT-Paramedic (EMT-P)); type of certification or
				education used for licensure or relicensure; applicant's name, signature,
				address, date of birth, sex, daytime telephone number, email address (if
				applicable), and Social Security number; if applicable, whether or not the
				applicant is a past member of the United States Armed Forces including National
				Guard and Reserves who has been honorably discharged within the past two (2)
				years who requests an EMT-B United States Armed Forces license and, if
				applicable, attach to the application a copy of the applicant's certificate of
				release or discharge from active duty (DD form 214) or an NGB-22 which verifies
				the applicant's honorable discharge and discharge date; whether or not the
				applicant is a current member of the United States Armed Forces including
				National Guard and Reserves who requests an EMT-B United States Armed Forces
				license and, if applicable, attach to the application a copy of the applicant's
				common access card; type of present primary EMS affiliation; prior
				administrative licen-sure actions taken against any license or certification in
				Missouri or any other state; whether they have been finally adjudicated and
				found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or
nolo contendere
,
				in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state or of the United States,
				whether or not they received a suspended imposition of sentence for any
				criminal offense; if the answer is yes to the preceding statement, they must
				attach to their application a certified copy of all charging documents (such as
				complaints, informations, or indictments), judgments and sentencing
				information, plea agreements and probation terms, and any other information
				they wish considered; certification by the applicant that they have the ability
				to speak, read, and write the English language; certification by the applicant
				that they do not have a physical or mental impairment which would substantially
				limit their ability to perform the essential functions of an emergency medical
				technician position with or without a reasonable accommodation; certification
				by the applicant that if relicensing using continuing education that they have
				successfully completed the required continuing education in accordance with
				state regulations, have attached a list of these continuing education units,
				and are in possession of documents of the required continuing education, and
				will make all records available to the EMS Bureau upon request under penalty of
				license action up to and including revocation; certification by the applicant
				that the application contains no misrepresentation or falsifications and that
				the information given by them is true and complete to the best of their
				knowledge; certification by the applicant that they have the intention and the
				ability to comply with the regulations promulgated under the Comprehensive
				Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, Chapter 190, RSMo; certification by the
				applicant that they have been a resident of Missouri for five (5) consecutive
				years prior to the date on their application or have attached to the
				application at least two (2) completed fingerprint cards .
(C) All applicants shall provide their Social
				Security number on their application so the Bureau of EMS can perform criminal
				history checks to determine the recency and relatedness of any criminal
				convictions prior to the licensure or relicensure of the applicant. Criminal
				history checks that the EMS Bureau finds not to be relevant to the licensure or
				relicensure of an EMT will not be maintained in the applicant's file.
(D) All applicants shall attach to the
				application a list of the qualifying continuing education used for relicensure,
				as applicable. This list shall include verification by the applicant's training
				officer or medical director that all core requirements have been met. Receipt
				of this list does not constitute approval of continuing education by the EMS
				Bureau.
(E) An applicant shall
				provide all information and certification required on the EMS Bureau
				application for EMT licensure. Incomplete or inaccurate information on an
				application shall be cause to deny or take action upon a license.
(F) An applicant shall disclose if they have
				ever been subject to limitation, suspension, or termination of their right to
				practice in a health care occupation and/or voluntarily surrendered a health
				care license or certification in any state.