§ 68-140-331 — EMT/AEMT training centers

(a) The board may authorize a total of thirty (30) EMT/AEMT training centers operated by ambulance services licensed in this state. (b) In order to be certified by the board pursuant to § 68-140-304(13) , a training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center must follow the National EMS Scope of Practice Model for Emergency Medical Service Personnel as promulgated by the United States department of transportation, national highway traffic safety administration. Ambulance services licensed in this state may establish an EMT/AEMT training program. The ambulance service must: (1) Have an instructor coordinator approved by the division of emergency medical services who serves as the training coordinator or lead instructor for the ambulance service; and (2) Charge a special enrollment fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) to each student to be paid directly to the division of emergency medical services to be allocated to the general fund. (c) (1) A training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center must not offer training to more than three (3) classes of students per year, per type of class. (2) A training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center must not have more than twenty (20) total students per class. (d) A training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center may utilize online or virtual interactive training for didactic instruction subject to the same rules and regulations for online and virtual interactive training provided by accredited EMS education institutions. (e) The general assembly urges ambulance services operating EMT/AEMT training centers in accordance with this section and the Tennessee board of regents to develop partnerships as practicable to increase the capacity of this state to prepare EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics.

Legislative History

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 684, s 1, eff. 3/28/2022. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 489, s 1, eff. 5/24/2019. Acts 2018 , ch. 998, § 2.