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| 7 | 6 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6128 |
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| 8 | 7 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 8 | | LCO No. 6635 |
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| 11 | 10 | | |
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| 12 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 14 | 13 | | |
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| 15 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 15 | | (PH) |
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| 19 | 18 | | |
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| 20 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS |
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| 21 | 20 | | FOR PERSONS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED AS EMERGENCY |
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| 22 | 21 | | MEDICAL SERVICES PER SONNEL BUT WHO ARE N OT EMPLOYED |
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| 23 | 22 | | AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. |
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| 24 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 25 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 25 | | |
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| 27 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 20-206mm of the general statutes 1 |
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| 28 | 27 | | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 |
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| 29 | 28 | | 1, 2019): 3 |
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| 30 | 29 | | (e) An emergency medical responder, emergency medical 4 |
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| 31 | 30 | | technician, advanced emergency medical technician or emergency 5 |
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| 32 | 31 | | medical services instructor shall be recertified every three years. For 6 |
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| 33 | 32 | | the purpose of maintaining an acceptable level of proficiency, each 7 |
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| 34 | 33 | | emergency medical technician who is recertified for a three-year 8 |
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| 35 | 34 | | period shall complete thirty hours of refresher training approved by 9 |
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| 36 | 35 | | the commissioner or meet such other requirements as may be 10 |
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| 37 | 36 | | prescribed by the commissioner. The refresher training or other 11 |
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| 38 | 37 | | requirements shall include, but not be limited to, training in 12 |
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| 39 | 38 | | Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care. A person 13 |
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| 46 | 44 | | |
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| 47 | 45 | | chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, who 15 |
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| 48 | 46 | | is not employed as an emergency medical services personnel may be 16 |
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| 49 | 47 | | recertified in accordance with this subsection, provided such person 17 |
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| 50 | 48 | | shall not be subject to the requirement of completion of refresher 18 |
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| 51 | 49 | | training courses until such time as such person reenters employment 19 |
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| 52 | 50 | | as an emergency medical services personnel. 20 |
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| 53 | 51 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 54 | 52 | | sections: |
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| 55 | 53 | | |
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| 56 | 54 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 20-206mm(e) |
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| 57 | 55 | | |
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| 58 | | - | PH Joint Favorable |
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| 56 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 57 | + | To allow an exemption from the continuing medical education |
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| 58 | + | requirements for persons licensed or certified as emergency medical |
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| 59 | + | services personnel, but who are not employed as emergency medical |
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| 60 | + | services personnel. |
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| 61 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 62 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 63 | + | not underlined.] |
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| 64 | + | |
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| 65 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. CUMMINGS, 74th Dist. |
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| 66 | + | |
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| 67 | + | H.B. 6128 |
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