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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1193 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2359
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John C. Velis
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to EMT certification of veterans and military medics.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and HampshireAdam Scanlon14th Bristol1/19/2023Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/31/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1193 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2359
By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2359) of John C. Velis, Adam
Scanlon and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation relative to EMT certification of veterans and
military medics. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to EMT certification of veterans and military medics.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 3 of chapter 111C of the General Laws, as
2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (3) the
3following clause:-
4 (3a) develop standards and promulgate regulations establishing criteria for determining
5the extent to which the education and training requirements for veterans and military medics of
6the United States Armed Forces are substantially equivalent to the education and training
7requirements of emergency medical technicians in the commonwealth;
8 SECTION 2. Said chapter 111C is hereby further amended by inserting after section 9 the
9following section:-
10 Section 9a. The department shall, based on the department standards and regulations
11established pursuant to clause (3a) of subsection (b) of section 3, determine if veterans or
12military medics of the United States Armed Forces applying for emergency medical technician, 2 of 2
13hereinafter EMT, certification in the commonwealth have completed courses or training required
14by the United States Armed Forces that is substantially equivalent to the state emergency training
15requirements. If the department determines that a veteran or military medic applying for EMT
16certification has completed substantially equivalent training, the department shall issue a waiver
17of any course or training requirement for certification in the commonwealth, for any course or
18training completed through the United States Armed Forces that is found, by the department, to
19be substantially equivalent to the requirement of certification in the commonwealth; provided,
20that the applicant submits sufficient proof of completion of the substantially equivalent training
21to the department. No veteran or military medic applying for EMT certification who has
22completed substantially equivalent emergency training with the United States Armed Forces, as
23determined by the department, shall be required to complete the same training for EMT
24certification or licensing in the commonwealth. The department shall issue a verification of EMT
25training equivalency to the applicant upon a determination that the applicant’s training, including
26any substantially equivalent training received in the United States Armed Forces and accepted
27pursuant to this section, satisfies the commonwealth’s training requirements.