(1)On and after July 1, 2017, the
department shall administer a voluntary registration program for emergency
medical responders. A person shall not hold himself or herself out as a registered
emergency medical responder, providing care or services as identified in national
guidelines for emergency medical response as approved by the department, unless
the person meets the requirements set forth in this part 11; except that a person
may function as a good samaritan pursuant to section 13-21-116, C.R.S.
(2)The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the emergency
medical responder registration program, which rules shall include, at a minimum,
the following:
(a)Requirements for emergency medical responder registration, which
include certification of the applicant throu
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(1) On and after July 1, 2017, the
department shall administer a voluntary registration program for emergency
medical responders. A person shall not hold himself or herself out as a registered
emergency medical responder, providing care or services as identified in national
guidelines for emergency medical response as approved by the department, unless
the person meets the requirements set forth in this part 11; except that a person
may function as a good samaritan pursuant to section 13-21-116, C.R.S.
(2) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the emergency
medical responder registration program, which rules shall include, at a minimum,
the following:
(a) Requirements for emergency medical responder registration, which
include certification of the applicant through a nationally recognized emergency
responder certification organization approved by the department;
(b) The period of time for which the registration as an emergency medical
responder is valid;
(c) Registration renewal requirements;
(d) Training requirements for new and renewing registrants;
(e) Provisions governing national and state criminal history record checks for
new and renewing registrants and the use of the results of the checks by the
department to determine the action to take on a registration application.
Notwithstanding section 24-5-101, C.R.S., these provisions must allow the
department to consider whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony or
misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and the pertinent circumstances connected
with the conviction and to make a determination whether any such conviction
disqualifies the applicant from registration.
(f) Disciplinary sanctions, which may include provisions for the denial,
revocation, probation, and suspension, including summary suspension, of
registration and of education program recognition; and
(g) An appeal process consistent with sections 24-4-104 and 24-4-105,
C.R.S., that is applicable to department decisions in connection with sanctions.
(3) Rules promulgated by the department of public safety remain in effect
until superceded by rules duly adopted pursuant to this part 11.
(4) (a) The department may issue a provisional registration to an applicant
for registration as an emergency medical responder who requests issuance of a
provisional registration and who pays a fee authorized under rules adopted by the
board. A provisional registration is valid for not more than ninety days.
(b) The department may not issue a provisional registration unless the
applicant satisfies the requirements for registration established in rules of the
board. If the department finds that an emergency medical responder who has
received a provisional registration has violated any requirements for registration,
the department may revoke the provisional registration and prohibit the registration
of the emergency medical responder.
(c) The department may issue a provisional registration to an applicant
whose fingerprint-based criminal history record check has not yet been completed.
The department shall require the applicant to submit to a name-based judicial
record check prior to issuing a provisional registration.
(d) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this subsection
(4), including rules establishing a fee to be charged to applicants seeking a
provisional registration. The department shall deposit any fee collected for a
provisional registration in the emergency medical services account created in
section 25-3.5-603.
(5) (a) The department shall acquire a fingerprint-based criminal history
record check from the Colorado bureau of investigation to investigate the holder of
or applicant for an emergency medical responder registration. The department may
acquire a name-based judicial record check for a registrant or an applicant.
Notwithstanding subsection (5)(b) of this section, if a person submitted to a
fingerprint-based criminal history record check at the time of initial registration or
registration renewal, the person is not required to submit to a subsequent
fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
(b) If, at the time of application for registry or for renewal, an individual has
lived in the state for three years or less, the department shall require the applicant
to submit to a federal bureau of investigation fingerprint-based national criminal
history record check; except that the department may acquire a national name-based judicial record check for an applicant. The department is the authorized
agency to receive and disseminate information regarding the result of any national
criminal history record check.
(c) When the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check of a
person performed pursuant to this subsection (5) reveal a record of arrest without a
disposition, the department shall require that person to submit to a name-based
judicial record check, as defined in section 22-2-119.3 (6)(d).