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HB 3817: Emergency Medical Services

GENERAL BILL by Effman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Dockery ; Prewitt ; Peaden ; Brown ; Wiles ; Brooks

Emergency Medical Services; authorizes paramedics & EMTs to perform health promotion & wellness activities & blood pressure screenings; authorizes paramedics to administer immunizations, & requires verification & documentation of their qualifications to do so; provides liability of medical directors for such activities; provides that undertaking activities for which paramedic or EMT is not qualified is grounds for disciplinary action, etc. Amends Ch. 401.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 4/28/1998 House - Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 290 (Ch. 98-87) -HJ 01467
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/27/1998 House • Prefiled
3/3/1998 House • Introduced -HJ 00058
3/10/1998 House • Referred to Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC); Health Care Services (GSC); Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00160
3/25/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC), 03/31/98, 1:30 pm, 214C
3/31/1998 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable by Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC) -HJ 00436
4/1/1998 House • Now in Health Care Services (GSC) -HJ 00436
4/9/1998 House • Withdrawn from Health Care Services (GSC) -HJ 00503; Now in Civil Justice & Claims (JC)
4/21/1998 House • Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00747; Pending Consent Calendar
4/24/1998 House • Available for Consent Calendar; Placed on Consent Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01306
4/28/1998 House • Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 290 (Ch. 98-87) -HJ 01467