HB 2146 Summary

• Allows military service members and national guard/reserve personnel to satisfy emergency medical technician (EMT) certification education, training, or experience requirements through substantially equivalent military experience.

• Requires the director of health services to adopt standards and criteria recognizing military education and training as equivalent to state-required EMT certification standards.

• Exempts the Department of Health Services from standard rulemaking procedures for one year after the act's effective date to implement the military applicant certification provisions.