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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 26 . Embalming and Other Post-Mortem Services
Section 150. Comity

7 AAC 26.150. Comity

(a) The department will issue a certificate for the equivalent level to a person who has a valid certification as an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-III or the equivalent in another state or territory or has a valid certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, if the person provides the department with the following:

(1) a copy of the valid state, territory, or National Registry certification;

(2) evidence of a valid CPR credential;

(3) other proof that the department will require as necessary to assess the person's qualifications;

(4) evidence of successful completion of the written and practical examination, administered by the department, at the level for which the person is applying, unless the person is applying for certification as an EMT-I;

(5) for applicants for EMT-II or EMT-III certification, evidence of the sponsorship of a medical director, approved by the department, who accepts the responsibilities set out in 7 AAC 26.640; and

(6) a non-refundable application fee of $25.

(b) Repealed 8/16/2002.

(c) Repealed 8/16/2002.

(d) A person who is certified or licensed in another state or territory as an EMT-I, or equivalent, but whose training does not include the objectives contained in the United States Department of Transportation, National Standard Curriculum for the Emergency Medical Technician: Basic, 1994, will be issued an EMT-I certificate valid until December 31 of the year of application, but the person must take a department-approved refresher training program and must apply for recertification as an EMT-I in order to practice as an EMT-I after that date.

(e) When providing mutual aid, and when treating and transporting a patient to or within this state, a person who is licensed or certified in another state, territory, or nation, as an EMT, mobile intensive care paramedic, or some other designation as an emergency medical responder, may provide care consistent with the scope of practice in the state, territory, or nation of origin, so long as medical direction is provided by a physician for advanced life support procedures, and the care is not precluded by the laws of the state, territory, or nation of origin.

(f) The department will, in its discretion, issue an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-III certificate to a person living in another state, territory, or nation, if the person will provide care in this state under a mutual aid agreement with an emergency medical service certified under AS 18.08 and this chapter. The applicant must meet the requirements of 7 AAC 26.030, except that a person providing advanced life support may be under the sponsorship of a physician licensed in the other state, territory, or nation who agrees to fulfill the requirements outlined in 7 AAC 26.640.

(g) An applicant under this section may not have a history that includes one or more of the grounds for denial of certification set out

(1) in 7 AAC 26.950(a) ; or

(2) in 7 AAC 26.950(b) unless the department's consideration of one or more of the factors in 7 AAC 26.950(f) (1) - (5) results in a finding that issuance of the certificate is appropriate.

History: Eff. 12/31/81, Register 80; am 10/14/84, Register 92; am 10/23/92, Register 124; am 5/29/93, Register 126; am 5/22/96, Register 138; am 6/23/2001, Register 158; am 8/16/2002, Register 163

Authority: AS 18.08.080

AS 18.08.082

AS 18.08.084

Editor's note: The publications mentioned in 7 AAC 26.150 are available for a fee from the emergency medical services section, Department of Health and Social Services, P.O. Box 110616, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0616.


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