CT SB00439

Establishes that the highest-licensed or certified emergency medical provider on scene shall make patient care decisions, effective October 1, 2014.

If multiple providers hold the same certification level, the primary service area responder assumes decision-making responsibility; if all providers are EMTs or EMRs, the transporting EMS organization decides.

Requires higher-classified providers arriving on scene to assume patient care from lower-classified providers in a timely and orderly manner.

Amends body armor sales restrictions to allow emergency medical providers and authorized EMS officials to purchase body armor without in-person transfer requirements, effective October 1, 2014.

Classifies violations of body armor sales provisions as a class B misdemeanor.