New York S 5478: Expands the emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program throughout the state and extends the length of such re-certification

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S05478 Summary:

BILL NOS05478 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSROBERACKER, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3005-b, Pub Health L

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Expands the emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program throughout the state; extends the length of such re-certification from five years to seven years.

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BILL NOS05478 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5478

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, OBERACKER, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding the
 emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program
 throughout the state and extending the length of such re-certification

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1 and 2 of section
 2 3005-b of the public health law, the section heading and subdivision 1
 3 as added by chapter 563 of the laws of 2001, and subdivision 2 as
 4 amended by chapter 643 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 Emergency medical technician [five] seven year re-certification demon-
 7 stration program. 1. There is hereby created within the department a
 8 demonstration program (referred to in this section as the "program") to
 9 allow emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical tech-
 10 nicians who have been in continuous practice and who have demonstrated
 11 competence in applicable behavioral and performance objectives, to be
 12 re-certified for a [five] seven year period. No person shall be re-cer-
 13 tified under the program unless [he or she] such person has completed at
 14 least one hundred thirty hours of instruction in emergency medical
 15 services as approved by the commissioner including but not limited to
 16 pediatrics, geriatrics, environmental emergencies, legal issues, emer-
 17 gency vehicle operations course and medical emergencies. Renewals of
 18 certification under the program shall be deemed equivalent to renewals
 19 under subdivision two of section three thousand two of this article.
 20 2. The program shall [be limited to persons who are employed by the
 21 New York city fire department or who are in practice in the following
 22 counties: Delaware, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Nassau, Otsego, Scho-
 23 harie or Suffolk. The commissioner may limit the number of participants
 24 in the program, except that such limit shall be no less than four thou-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09690-01-5

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 1 sand participants] apply to all emergency medical technicians up for
 2 recertification after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
 3 two thousand twenty-five which amended this subdivision.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 5 the amendments to section 3005-b of the public health law made by
 6 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 7 shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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