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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6128
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6635
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR PERSONS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED AS EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES PER SONNEL BUT WHO ARE N OT EMPLOYED
AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 20-206mm of the general statutes 1
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(e) An emergency medical responder, emergency medical 4
technician, advanced emergency medical technician or emergency 5
medical services instructor shall be recertified every three years. For 6
the purpose of maintaining an acceptable level of proficiency, each 7
emergency medical technician who is recertified for a three-year 8
period shall complete thirty hours of refresher training approved by 9
the commissioner or meet such other requirements as may be 10
prescribed by the commissioner. The refresher training or other 11
requirements shall include, but not be limited to, training in 12
Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care. A person 13
certified as an emergency medical services personnel pursuant to this 14
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chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, who 15
is not employed as an emergency medical services personnel may be 16
recertified in accordance with this subsection, provided such person 17
shall not be subject to the requirement of completion of refresher 18
training courses until such time as such person reenters employment 19
as an emergency medical services personnel. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 20-206mm(e)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow an exemption from the continuing medical education
requirements for persons licensed or certified as emergency medical
services personnel, but who are not employed as emergency medical
services personnel.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CUMMINGS, 74th Dist.
H.B. 6128