The test for certification or recertification, pursuant to section 36-2202, may be administered by the department or one of the following approved by the director:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-2202.01

  • Ambulance service: means a person who owns and operates one or more ambulances. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Emergency medical care technician: means an individual who has been certified by the department as an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician I-99 or a paramedic. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Emergency medical services: means those services required following an accident or an emergency medical situation:

    (a) For on-site emergency medical care. See Arizona Laws 36-2201

  • Emergency medical services provider: means any governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity or corporation whether public or private that renders emergency medical services in this state. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Paramedic: means a person who has been trained in a paramedic program certified by the director or in an equivalent training program and who is certified by the director to render services pursuant to section 36-2205. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Physician: means any person licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
  • Trauma system: means an integrated and organized arrangement of health care resources having the specific capability to perform triage, transport and provide care. See Arizona Laws 36-2201

1. Representatives appointed by the director in consultation with the medical director of the emergency medical services and trauma system.

2. A testing facility.

3. An emergency medical services provider or ambulance service provider that has a training or education program. Emergency medical service providers or ambulance service providers may enter into contracts or intergovernmental agreements with other public entities for the purposes of emergency medical care technician testing and recertification testing. The training or education program must be staffed by at least three full-time persons who provide education and training to emergency services personnel. Two of these persons must be certified at a minimum of emergency medical care technician or higher and at least one person must be a paramedic or a registered nurse licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 15. The medical director of an emergency medical training or education program must be a physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17.

 

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