GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 495

SENATE BILL 345

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 951 of the 1985 Session Laws, Regular Session 1986, is repealed.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 131E-159 is amended by inserting a new subsection (b1) to read:

"(b1)    An individual currently certified as an emergency medical technician by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or by another state where the training/certification requirements have been approved for reciprocity by the Department of Human Resources, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Medical Care Commission, and who is either currently residing in North Carolina or affiliated with a permitted ambulance provider offering service within North Carolina, may be eligible for certification as an emergency medical technician without examination.  This certification shall be valid for a period not to exceed the length of the applicant's original certification or two years, whichever is less."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1987.