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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

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  • 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    4/9/1998 House • Withdrawn from Health Care Services (GSC) -HJ 00503; Now in Civil Justice & Claims (JC)
    4/21/1998 House • Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00747; Pending Consent Calendar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

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  • HB 3817, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 11:09 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (Post-Meeting) 4/6/1998 (pdf)
    Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (Post-Meeting) 4/6/1998 (pdf)
    Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (Post-Meeting) 4/6/1998 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 290 (e1) Klein Similar Last Action: 5/22/1998 Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-87
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    401.265 Medical directors.
    401.272
    401.411 Disciplinary action; penalties.

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