THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, BISHOP, B. BOYLE, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, CRUZ, DAVIS, DEAN, DEASY, DELISSIO, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HESS, HORNAMAN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KULA, MANN, MARKOSEK, MILLER, MIRABITO, MURT, MYERS, NEILSON, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, PAYTON, PRESTON, ROEBUCK, SABATINA, SAINATO, SCHMOTZER, STABACK, STURLA, SWANGER, THOMAS, WATERS, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 21, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 21, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,

further providing for emergency medical services providers.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 8113(d) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, is amended to read:

§ 8113.  Emergency medical services providers.

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(d)  Education.--The department shall assist, encourage and

coordinate the education of EMS providers[.] as follows:

(1)  The department shall develop standards through

regulations for the accreditation, reaccreditation and

operation of educational institutes to provide the training

persons must successfully complete to be certified as EMS

providers.

(2)  The department shall develop standards through

regulations for the approval of continuing education courses

for EMS providers and for the accreditation of persons and

Commonwealth agencies that provide continuing education EMS

providers may take to secure renewal of registration.

(3)  The department, in consultation with the board,

shall review and update the permitted scope of continuing

education programs not less than biennially.

(4)  If the educational institute or provider of

continuing education courses fails to satisfy the operational

standards or fails to continue to meet the accreditation

standards, the department may take one or more of the

following actions:

(i)  Deny the application for reaccreditation.

(ii)  Impose terms of probation.

(iii)  Revoke, suspend, limit or otherwise restrict

the accreditation.

(iv)  Impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for

each infraction.

(5)  The department shall develop standards to grant

reciprocal certification for persons who served in the United

States Armed Forces as certified medical specialists and

performed duties comparable to first responders, emergency

medical technicians and EMT-paramedics.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.