HB 1337 Summary

• Creates chapter 23-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code establishing an interstate compact allowing emergency medical services personnel (EMTs, paramedics, and advanced EMTs) licensed in one member state to practice in other member states under a "privilege to practice."

• Establishes the Interstate Commission for Emergency Medical Services Personnel Practice as a joint public agency with one delegate per member state, authority to promulgate uniform rules, and power to enforce compact provisions.

• Requires member states to use the national registry examination for initial licensure, maintain complaint investigation mechanisms, report adverse actions to the commission, and implement criminal background checks within five years of compact activation.

• Provides that individuals practicing under the compact privilege must be at least 18 years old, hold an unrestricted license in their home state, practice under medical director supervision, and may practice across state lines only under specified conditions (transporting patients between states, providing care within remote states, etc.).

• Becomes effective when the tenth state enacts the compact; includes provisions for dispute resolution, state default procedures, withdrawal after six months, and a coordinated database for tracking licensure and adverse action information across member states.