Sec. 19a-179a. Scope of practice of emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor or paramedic.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the scope of practice of any person certified or licensed as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor or a paramedic under regulations adopted pursuant to this section may include treatment modalities not specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, provided such treatment modalities are (1) approved by the Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Medical Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 19a-178a and the Commissioner of Public Health, and (2) administered at the medical oversight and direction of a sponsor hospital.

(P.A. 05-259, S. 5; P.A. 09-232, S. 31; P.A. 14-231, S. 22; P.A. 15-223, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 05-259 effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-232 substituted “emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-basic”, “advanced emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-intermediate”, “paramedic” for “emergency medical technician-paramedic” and “medical oversight” for “medical control”, effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 14-231 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding “emergency medical responder” and “emergency medical services instructor”, deleting references to Secs. 19a-179 and 28-8b and making a technical change, and added Subsec. (b) re regulations concerning methods and conditions for issuance, renewal and reinstatement of licensure and certification or recertification; P.A. 15-223 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations.