(a) The Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein. (b) This Compact is intended to facilitate the day-to-day movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority and […]
(a) General. The Compact states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice. (1) The Commission is a body politic and an instrumentality of the Compact states.
(a) The Commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and significant investigatory information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the coordinated […]
(a) The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment: Provided, That no rule may become binding on the State of West Virginia as law until it […]
(a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compacts purposes and intent. The provisions of this Compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law once authorized by the Legislature […]
(a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet […]
(a) This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any member state thereto, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states. Nothing in this Compact supersedes state law or rules related to […]
“Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)” means an individual licensed with cognitive knowledge and a scope of practice that corresponds to that level in the National EMS Education Standards and National EMS Scope of Practice Model. “Adverse action” means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a states laws which may be imposed against […]
(a) Any member state in which an individual holds a current license shall be considered a home state for purposes of this Compact. (b) Any member state may require an individual to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in the member state under circumstances not authorized by the privilege to practice […]
(a) Member states shall recognize the privilege to practice of an individual licensed in another member state that is in conformance with 16-60-3 of this code. (b) To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of this Compact, an individual must: (1) Be at least 18 years of age;
An individual may practice in a remote state under a privilege to practice only in the performance of the individuals EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority, as defined in the rules of the Commission, and under the following circumstances: (1) The individual originates a patient transport in a home state and transports the […]
Upon a member states governors declaration of a state of emergency or disaster that activates the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), all relevant terms and provisions of EMAC apply, and to the extent any terms or provisions of this Compact conflict with EMAC, the terms of EMAC shall prevail with respect to any individual practicing […]
(a) Member states shall consider a veteran, active military service member, and member of the National Guard and Reserves separating from an active duty tour, and a spouse thereof, who holds a current valid and unrestricted NREMT certification at or above the level of the state license being sought as satisfying the minimum training and […]
(a) A home state has exclusive power to impose adverse action against an individuals license issued by the home state. (b) If an individuals license in any home state is restricted or suspended, the individual may not be eligible to practice in a remote state under the privilege to practice until the individuals home state […]
A member states EMS authority, in addition to any other powers granted under state law, is authorized under this Compact to: (1) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a member states EMS authority for the attendance and testimony […]
