SB592 SFAT Ferns 3-10

Greenlief 7835

Senator Ferns moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill No. 592 -- A BILL to amend and reenact §8-15-20a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §16-4C-6 of this code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-4C-6d, all relating to emergency medical services; authorizing municipalities to administer special examination for position of either advanced care technician or advanced emergency medical technician; setting qualifications for applicant for position of either advanced care technician or advanced emergency medical technician; establishing requirements for persons employed as advanced care technician or advanced emergency  medical technician; requiring Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to certify certain scopes of practice and levels of certification; identifying additional powers of Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health related to purchasing; providing for certain veterans to take certification examination for emergency medical technician; establishing eligibility requirements and procedures; authorizing additional training courses to be required under certain circumstances; and providing for procedures should veteran not pass examination.

Adopted

Rejected