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OH HB768
Bill
Status
11/14/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Dever
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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