PRINTER'S NO. 54
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
65
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, CIRESI, SCHLEGEL CULVER, HAMM, IRVIN, JAMES,
OWLETT, PICKETT, WARNER AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 7, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 7, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,
further providing for emergency medical responders, for
emergency medical technicians, for advanced emergency medical
technicians and for paramedics.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 8114(b)(5), 8115(b)(5), 8116(b)(5) and
(c) introductory paragraph and 8117(c)(5) and (d) introductory
paragraph of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
are amended to read:
§ 8114. Emergency medical responders.
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(b) Certification.--The department shall certify as an EMR
an individual who meets all of the following:
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(5) Has passed a written EMR certification examination
[approved by the department.] administered by an EMS
educational institute as specified under section 8113(d)(1)
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