Bill Introduced to Establish Board of Paramedicine
9/30/2024
Senate Bill No. 3563, introduced in the New Jersey State Senate on September 12, 2024, would establish the New Jersey Board of Paramedicine. The Board would oversee mobile intensive care paramedics, emergency medical technicians, mobile intensive care nurses, flight paramedics, and flight nurses. Paramedicine would be defined as the practice of basic life support and advanced life support. “Basic life support” would mean pre-hospital care, including the use of procedures, medications, and equipment established by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and such other techniques or therapies authorized by the Board. “Advanced life support” would mean an advanced level of emergency medical care, including specialty care transport and air medical ambulances, including the use of procedures, medications, and equipment established by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and such other techniques or therapies authorized by the Board. The Board would be authorized to develop the standards for an individual seeking licensure; establish standards for schools seeking to provide training; and develop a registry for individuals who have completed training and necessary evaluation programs. If the Board is created, all current laws governing mobile intensive care paramedics and emergency medical technicians would be repealed and the Board would have oversight over these professions.
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