Permitted practice--Advanced emergency medical technician

SDCL § 36-4B-16.2 — under ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

SDCL § 36-4B-16.2

An advanced emergency medical technician may: (1) Respond to, assess, and triage nonurgent, urgent, and emergent requests for medical care; (2) Apply basic and focused advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care transportation; (3) Perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found in an ambulance; (4) Administer medications approved by the board; (5) Perform focused advanced skills to mitigate specific life-threatening, medical, and psychological conditions with a targeted set of skills beyond the level of an emergency medical technician; and (6) Perform other advanced skills approved by the board. Source: SL 2011, ch 177 , § 2; SL 2024, ch 153 , § 13.