HB 861

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to emergency medical services training;
3	amending s. 401.2701, F.S.; providing for the paramedic
4	field internship program to include training aboard a
5	vehicle permitted to provide advanced life support
6	services; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
11	401.2701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	401.2701  Emergency medical services training programs.--
13	(1)  Any private or public institution in Florida desiring
14	to conduct an approved program for the education of emergency
15	medical technicians and paramedics shall:
16	(b)  Receive a scheduled site visit from the department to
17	the applicant's institution. Such site visit shall be conducted
18	within 30 days after notification to the institution that the
19	application was accepted. During the site visit, the department
20	must determine the applicant's compliance with the following
21	criteria:
22	1.  Emergency medical technician programs must be a minimum
23	of 110 hours, with at least 20 hours of supervised clinical
24	supervision, including 10 hours in a hospital emergency
25	department.
26	2.  Paramedic programs must be available only to Florida-
27	certified emergency medical technicians or an emergency medical
28	technician applicant who will obtain Florida certification prior
29	to completion of phase one of the paramedic program. Paramedic
30	programs must be a minimum of 700 hours of didactic and skills
31	practice components, with the skills laboratory student-to-
32	instructor ratio not exceeding six to one. Paramedic programs
33	must provide a field internship experience aboard an advanced
34	life support permitted vehicle ambulance.
35	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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