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OH HB768

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/14/2018

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Dever

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd General Assembly (2017-2018)

AI Summary

  • Requires emergency medical service personnel (first responders, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and paramedics) to receive training on recognizing, reading, and responding to medical identification products worn by patients.

  • Defines "medical identification product" as a tag or emblem worn as a bracelet, necklace, chain, or other jewelry that notes an individual's critical health information.

  • Mandates that EMS personnel identify whether a patient is wearing a medical identification product before providing emergency medical services and take appropriate action based on the information noted.

  • Requires the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services to adopt procedures for identifying, reading, and responding to information on medical identification products.

  • Adds medical identification product training requirements to all EMS training programs for first responders, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and paramedics.

Legislative Description

Train EMTs in proper response to medical identification product

Health and Human Services : Health Care

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Health

11/27/2018

Committee Referrals

Health11/27/2018

Full Bill Text

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