Bill Text: CT HB06518 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Standards Of Professional Conduct For Emergency Medical Service Personnel And Establishing An Emergency Medical Services Primary Area Task Force.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-12 - Signed by the Governor [HB06518 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06518-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 6518
January Session, 2013		*_____HB06518PH____040513____*

AN ACT CONCERNING STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 20-206nn of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):

The Commissioner of Public Health may take any disciplinary action set forth in section 19a-17 against a paramedic, emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to conform to the accepted standards of the profession; (2) conviction of a felony; (3) fraud or deceit in obtaining or seeking reinstatement of a license to practice paramedicine or a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician; (4) fraud or deceit in the practice of paramedicine or the provision of emergency medical services; (5) negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; (6) physical, mental or emotional illness or disorder resulting in an inability to conform to the accepted standards of the profession; (7) alcohol or substance abuse; (8) wilful falsification of entries in any hospital, patient or other health record; or (9) violation of any provision of section 20-206jj or any regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo. The commissioner may order a license or certificate holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his or her physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. The commissioner shall give notice and an opportunity to be heard on any contemplated action under said section 19a-17.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	20-206nn

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