STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1419	By:	Casey and Blackwell

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; amending 63 O.S. 2001, Section 1-2504, which relates to the utilization of emergency medical personnel; permitting licensed ambulance services to use registered nurses; and providing an effective date.    

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     63 O.S. 2001, Section 1-2504, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-2504.  A.  Any hospital or health care facility operating within the state may utilize EMT/Basic, EMT/Intermediate, EMT/Advanced Cardiac or EMT/Paramedic personnel for the delivery of emergency medical patient care within the hospital or health care facility.  All licensed ambulance services shall use EMT/Basic, EMT/Intermediate, EMT/Advanced Cardiac, or EMT/Paramedic personnel or a person licensed to practice as a registered nurse for on-scene patient care and stabilization and the delivery of prehospital and en route emergency medical care.
B.  While participating in an Emergency Medical Technician Basic, Intermediate, or Paramedic training course approved by the State Department of Health, the EMT student shall be allowed to perform in the hospital, clinic or prehospital setting, while under the direct supervision of a physician, registered nurse, EMT licensed at a level equal to or above the level of training of the student, or other allied health preceptor, any of the skills determined to be appropriate for the training level of the student by the Department.
C.  A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse may be used in the back of an ambulance during an interhospital transfer to supplement the skills of an emergency medical technician.  A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse functioning in this fashion must be following written orders of a physician or be in direct radio or telephone contact with a physician.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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