HB4655 S MIL AMT #1 2-28

Alder  7824

The Committee on Military moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 4655—A Bill to amend and reenact §16-4C-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to automatic certification as an emergency medical technician-paramedic or emergency medical technician-basic upon application; providing that an applicant may have previously served in any branch of the United States military, National Guard, Coast Guard, or the Reserve Components of the Armed Services; providing that an applicant must have been honorably discharged within two years of application; providing for similar military job titles that bear a rational nexus to the training and education required by the commissioner to be certified as a paramedic or emergency medical technician; providing that the commissioner must issue a license upon review of the application; and providing that if an individual permits a certification to expire the commissioner may require examination as a condition of recertification.

Adopted

Rejected