HB-675 would eliminate the state standard — a standard multiple EMS leaders interviewed by SMN said is nationally renowned — and instead require paramedics and EMTs to be certified through a national registry, which those same EMS leaders said is far less stringent. While the bill originally mandated that all paramedics and EMTs would need to recertify, at an April 25 meeting at AB Tech between Pless and dozens of first responders, he said he would amend that so that it only applies to new personnel. On April 29, the bill was officially amended.
So locally, at least, it is still sometimes possible to move the levers on stupid government ideas.
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Ah, that makes a bit more sense. If the NC standards are higher, then it might bring more people into EMS if you go with a lower standard.
I talked to a medic I know here and he actually knows a paramedic from NC who moved to OK. We just use the National Registry here and all the guy had to do was fill out some paperwork to get nationally registered. He probably had to pay a fee as well, but my friend didn't mention that.
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