Title XXVI, Occupations and Professions

-- Terms -- Fund -- Board oversight and administration. (1) There is hereby established an Emergency Medical Services Education Grant Program overseen by the board to increase the number of persons seeking paramedic initial certification, provide more facilities for certification…

Emergency services medical director. (1) The board shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, create levels of certification or licensure, as appropriate for providing services under this chapter. These may consist of but not be limited to: (a) Emergency medical services e…

ambulance services -- Response within specified time. (1) No public agency, tax district, or other publicly funded emergency medical service first response provider or licensed ambulance service shall have a residence requirement for an employee of or volunteer for the organizati…

integrated healthcare programs, first response providers, emergency medical services training programs, and emergency medical services training and education institutes -- Ground ambulance licensure standards -- Ambulance service licensure application requirements -- Emergency me…

Modification -- Penalty -- Administrative regulations. (1) Each licensed ambulance provider, as defined in KRS 311A.010, shall: (a) Post in a conspicuous area of the main office, any satellite location, and on the company Web site, if the company hosts or otherwise maintains a We…

The board shall carry out the functions of this chapter, including but not limited to: (1) Establishing minimum data reporting requirements, including requirements specifically related to emergency medical services and trauma care of children, for ambulance providers and collecti…

(1) The board may, on petition by an interested party, issue an advisory opinion relating to the applicability to any person, property, or state of facts of a statute in this chapter, administrative regulation promulgated by the board, decision, order, or other written statement …

Children Program -- Funds received by program. (1) The board may employ or contract with a coordinator and other positions who shall serve at the pleasure of the board for the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program for which funding is provided by the General Assembly or…

Activities prohibited to persons licensed or certified -- Reporting of prohibited activities -- Penalties and disciplinary action. (1) A person shall not: (a) Call or hold himself or herself out as or use the title of emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical techn…

ambulance service complaints and investigations -- Notification -- Preliminary inquiry board -- Hearing -- Order -- Appeal -- Discipline -- Sexual contact with patient -- Confidentiality. (1) In accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B, all discipline for which the board…

(1) (a) If it is determined that an entity or a member of emergency medical services personnel regulated, licensed, or certified by the board has violated a statute, administrative regulation, protocol, or practice standard relating to serving as an entity or a member of emergenc…

(1) If the office of the board has reasonable cause to believe that any licensee or certificate holder or any applicant for licensure or certification by examination, reinstatement, or change of status is unable to practice with reasonable skill or safety or has abused alcohol or…

(1) When a complaint is filed against an ambulance service, emergency medical services provider, or an emergency medical services training program or an employee or volunteer thereof, or when the office of the board is contemplating action against an ambulance service, emergency …

(1) The chair of the board, or his or her designee, in writing, may determine that immediate temporary suspension of a license or certification of a natural person against whom disciplinary action or an investigation is pending is necessary in order to protect the public. If the …

program -- Penalties. (1) No person as defined in KRS 446.010 who is not licensed to do so, or whose license to do so has been suspended, revoked, or denied, shall operate an ambulance service or advanced life support emergency medical first response program. (2) Any person as de…

licensee. Any person licensed or certified by the board shall immediately notify the office of the board in writing if any professional or business license that is issued to the person by any agency of the Commonwealth or any other jurisdiction is surrendered or terminated under …

Any person licensed or certified by the board shall, within thirty (30) days of entry of the final judgment, notify the office of the board in writing of any misdemeanor or felony criminal conviction in this Commonwealth or any other jurisdiction. Upon learning of any failure to …

certification -- Reinstatement -- Correspondence -- Retention of license or certification. (1) A paramedic license, emergency medical responder certification, advanced emergency medical technician certification, or emergency medical technician certification shall: (a) Be valid fo…

The board may require a criminal background investigation of an applicant for licensure or certification, including by means of a fingerprint check by the Department of Kentucky State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or both.

board. Any person as defined in KRS 446.010 licensed or certified by the board shall maintain a current mailing and electronic mailing address with the office of the board and immediately notify the board in writing of a change of mailing or electronic mailing address. As a condi…

(1) For each licensure renewal of a paramedic following the issuance of an initial license or certification by the board, as a prerequisite for license or certification renewal, all individuals licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be required to document continuing…

training. (1) The conduct of proper in-service training, including but not limited to in-house in- service training, in accordance with the standards specified by this chapter, administrative regulations, and the standards of relevant United States Department of Transportation cu…

(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations relating to paramedics. The administrative regulations may include the classification and licensure of paramedics, instructor-trainers, instructors, and students and trainees; examinations; standards of training and experi…

of certification and licensure -- Paramedics to be certified as emergency medical technicians. (1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations relating to emergency medical technicians. The administrative regulations may include the classification and certification of e…

emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic -- Reciprocity of licensure and certification with another state -- Administrative regulations. (1) Any member of the United States military who is registered by the Nat…

(1) The board may, by administrative regulation, prescribe a reasonable schedule of fees and charges for: (a) Examination; (b) Issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of licenses; (c) Issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of certifications; (d) Inspections and reinspections; (e) Appl…

A paramedic licensed pursuant to this chapter and a first responder certified pursuant to this chapter shall have the privileges and immunities specified in KRS 411.148, subject to the provisions of that statute.

-- Withholding funds for emergency purposes -- Grants to fiscal courts -- Administrative regulations -- Emergency funding. (1) There shall be an emergency medical services grant program to provide funding to each county for the direct operation of emergency medical services, incl…

employers -- Utilization of first responders in medical care facilities. (1) A first responder may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation training course for …

control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in medical care facilities. (1) An emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department …

curriculum or administrative regulation -- Reasonable control by employer -- Construction. (1) An advanced emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform: (a) Any procedure specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Departme…

Employment by hospitals -- Reasonable control by employers. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a paramedic may perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation training course for paramedics; and (b) …

scope of practice. (1) No certified emergency medical responder shall perform any act or procedure which exceeds the scope of practice of an emergency medical responder as specified in this chapter and in administrative regulations promulgated by the board. (2) No emergency medic…

for submission and review. (1) Each emergency medical services medical director for an ambulance service, or other emergency medical services provider, shall submit: (a) His or her protocols, including the pre-hospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment, and tran…

care record report form -- Annual reports -- Confidentiality -- Report to medical facility, ambulance provider, and patient -- Records -- Disclosure and admissibility of data and records -- Cabinet access to data. (1) Each licensed ambulance provider, mobile integrated healthcare…

Medical protocols. (1) Any emergency medical technician and any paramedic shall be authorized to administer epinephrine to any person whom the EMT or paramedic has been called to attend if the EMT or paramedic makes an assessment that the person is exhibiting symptoms consistent …

- Penalties. (1) The provisions of KRS 311A.050 relating to the certification and licensure of a felon as a first responder, emergency medical technician, or paramedic to the contrary notwithstanding, the board may issue a limited certification as a first responder or emergency m…