Ohio Revised Code Search

...The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code to establish an expedited veterans paramedic certification program for any person who is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States and who, while serving in the armed forces of the United States, received training as what this state categorizes as a paramedic. The program shall ...

...der. (B) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, in consultation with the departments of aging and job and family services, shall develop a dementia-related training course to be included in all emergency medical services training programs accredited under section 4765.15 of the Revised Code and all emergency medical services continuing education programs approved under that section...

...(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall issue the appropriate certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval to an applicant who meets the requirements of section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The board shall grant or deny a certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval within one hundred twenty days of receipt of the application. The board may issue a certi...

...The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services may suspend or revoke a certificate of accreditation or a certificate of approval issued under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code for any of the following reasons: (A) Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it; (B) Furnishing of false, misleading, or incomplete information to the board; (C) The signing of an application or th...

... a certificate to teach in an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program shall submit a completed application for certification to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate application fee established in rules adopted unde...

...The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall issue a certificate to teach in an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program to any applicant who it determines meets the qualifications established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The certificate shall indicate each type of instruction and training ...

...credited training program for emergency medical technicians-basic shall issue a certificate of completion in emergency medical services training-basic to each student who successfully completes the EMT-basic program described in division (C) of section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The operator of an accredited training program for emergency medical technicians-intermediate shall issue a certificate of completion in...

...actice as a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic shall submit a completed application for certification to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. Except as provided in division (B) of section 4765.29 of the Revised Code, the appli...

...(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall provide for the examination of applicants for certification to practice as first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic. The examinations shall be established by the board in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The boar...

...g apply to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services with respect to issuing and renewing certificates to practice: (A) The board shall issue a certificate to practice as a first responder to an applicant who meets all of the following conditions: (1) Holds the appropriate certificate of completion issued in accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code; (2) Passes the approp...

...pointment or employment as an emergency medical technician-basic, an emergency medical technician-intermediate, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic. An appointing authority may refuse to appoint a person based on the results of that criminal records check if the individual is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense included on the list developed by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transpo...

...s section, a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, and emergency medical technician-paramedic shall complete an emergency medical services continuing education program or pass an examination approved by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services under division (A) of section 4765.10 of the Revised Code prior to the expiration of th...

... issued by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code. A certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-ambulance that is valid on November 24, 1995, shall be considered a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic. A certificate to practice as an advanced emergency medical technician-ambulance that is val...

...The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services may suspend or revoke certificates to practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code, and may take other disciplinary action against first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the...

...ponder may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for first responders in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. A first responder shall perform the emergency medical services in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the board. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this ...

...In a hospital, an emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform emergency medical services if the services are performed in accordance with both of the following conditions: (A) Only in the hospital's emergency department or while moving a patient between the emergency department and another part of the hospital; (B) Only ...

...An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform medical services that the technician is authorized by law to perform in nonemergency situations if the services are performed under the direction of the technician's medical director or cooperating physician advisory board. In nonemergency situations, no medical director or cooperati...

...(A) An emergency medical technician-basic may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for EMTs-basic in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. An EMT-basic shall perform the emergency medical services in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the board. (B)(1) Except as provided in d...

...(A) An emergency medical technician-intermediate may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for EMTs-I in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. An EMT-I shall perform emergency medical services in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the board. (B)(1) Except as provided in divis...

...(A) An emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for paramedics in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. A paramedic shall perform emergency medical services in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the state board of emergency medical, fire, ...

...(A) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization may authorize one or more emergency medical technicians-paramedic within the organization to administer immunizations for influenza to either of the following: (1) A full-time paid firefighter, part-time paid firefighter, or volunteer firefighter; (2) An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency...

... 3, 2000, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code establishing written protocols for the triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims. The rules shall define adult and pediatric trauma in a manner that is consistent with section 4765.01 of the Revised Code, minimizes overtriage and undertriage, and emphasizes the specia...

...amendment, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall develop guidelines for the assessment, triage, and transport to hospitals of stroke patients by emergency medical service personnel. In doing so, the board shall consult with a diverse group of hospital leaders around this state, including those that represent large health systems, hospitals not affiliated with a large health sys...

...The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization shall establish written protocols to be followed by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic in performing emergency medical services. Those protocols shall be consistent with applicable trauma triage protocols...

...(A) Each emergency medical service organization shall appoint a medical director or a cooperating physician advisory board. The organization shall give notice of the name of its medical director or the names of the members of its cooperating physician advisory board to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. The notice shall be made in writing. (B) To be eligible to serve as a medi...