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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6368
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4381
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT ALLOWING EMER GENCY MEDICAL TECHNI CIANS TO
ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE WITHOUT THE USE O F AUTOMATIC
PREFILLED CARTRIDGE INJECTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-197a of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) As used in this section, "emergency medical technician" means 3
(1) any class of emergency medical technician certified under 4
regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, including, but not 5
limited to, any advanced emergency medical technician, and (2) any 6
paramedic licensed pursuant to section 20-206ll. 7
(b) Any emergency medical technician who has been trained, in 8
accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner 9
of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine [using automatic 10
prefilled cartridge injectors or similar automatic injectable equipment] 11
and who functions in accordance with written protocols and the 12
standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency 13
department director may administer epinephrine. [using such injectors 14 Committee Bill No. 6368
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or equipment.] All emergency medical technicians shall receive such 15
training. All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with 16
epinephrine [in such injectors or equipment which] that may be 17
administered in accordance with written protocols and standing orders 18
of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 19a-197a
PH Joint Favorable