§ 40:1133.1 — Emergency medical personnel training; licensure

Louisiana § 40:1133.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1133.1. Emergency medical personnel training; licensure
A. The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act for the following:
(1) To define and authorize appropriate education programs based on national EMS
education standards for emergency medical services practitioners. All such education
programs shall meet or exceed national EMS education standards.
(2) To specify minimum operational requirements which will ensure medical
direction, supervision, and control over emergency medical services.
(3) To specify minimum examination and continuing education requirements for all
emergency medical services practitioners.
(4) To provide for the issuance of licenses, renewals of licenses, and requirements
for emergency medical services practitioners.
(5) To establish fees for licensure and license renewal.
B. An individual petitioning for licensure or license renewal as an emergency
medical services practitioner shall submit an application to the bureau on forms provided by
the bureau. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
C. The bureau shall affirmatively provide that there is no discrimination toward any
individual in the licensure process on the basis of race, religion, creed, national origin, sex,
or age.
D. The bureau shall ensure that Alzheimer's and dementia training are incorporated
within their education programs.
E.(1) The commission and bureau shall be entitled to the criminal history record and
identification files of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information,
located within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, of any person who is
seeking to be licensed as an EMS practitioner or certified as an ambulance operator.
Fingerprints and other identifying information of the applicant shall be submitted to the
Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information for qualification and registry,
and the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information shall, upon request of
the bureau and after receipt of such fingerprint card and other identifying information from
the applicant, make available to the bureau all arrest and conviction information contained
in the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information's criminal history record
and identification files which pertain to the applicant for licensure. In addition, the
fingerprints shall be forwarded by the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and
Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record
check.
(2) In accordance with the authority provided for in this Chapter, the costs of
providing the information required under this Section shall be charged by the Louisiana
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, as specified in R.S. 15:587(B) to the
bureau for furnishing information contained in the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Information's criminal history record and identification files, including any
additional cost of providing the national criminal history records check, which pertains to the
applicant. The bureau may impose any or all such fees or costs on the applicant.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 393, §§2, 3; Acts 1977, No. 626, §1; Acts 1985, No. 750, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, No. 665, §2, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2019, No. 308, §1; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 31, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 171, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.