Florida Statutes 401.34 – Fees
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(1) Each organization subject to this part must pay to the department the following nonrefundable fees, and these fees must be deposited into the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund to be applied solely for salaries and expenses of the department incurred in implementing and enforcing this part:
(a) Basic life support service license application: $660, to be paid biennially.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 401.34
- Advanced life support: means assessment or treatment by a person qualified under this part through the use of techniques such as endotracheal intubation, the administration of drugs or intravenous fluids, telemetry, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, and other techniques described in the EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum or the National EMS Education Standards, pursuant to rules of the department. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Air ambulance: means any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft used for, or intended to be used for, air transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to require medical attention during transport. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Certification: means any authorization issued pursuant to this part to a person to act as an emergency medical technician or a paramedic. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Department: means the Department of Health. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Emergency medical technician: means a person who is certified by the department to perform basic life support pursuant to this part. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Licensee: means any basic life support service, advanced life support service, or air ambulance service licensed pursuant to this part. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Paramedic: means a person who is certified by the department to perform basic and advanced life support pursuant to this part. See Florida Statutes 401.23
- Permit: means any authorization issued pursuant to this part for a vehicle to be operated as a basic life support or advanced life support transport vehicle or an advanced life support nontransport vehicle providing basic or advanced life support. See Florida Statutes 401.23
(b) Advanced life support service license application: $1,375, to be paid biennially.
(c) Original or renewal vehicle permit application for basic or advanced life support: $25, to be paid biennially.
(d) Air ambulance service application: $1,375, to be paid biennially.
(e) Original or renewal aircraft permit application for air ambulance: $25, to be paid biennially.
(2) Each person subject to this part must pay to the department the following nonrefundable fees, and these fees must be deposited into the Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund:
(a) Emergency medical technician certification examination application: $40.
(b) Emergency medical technician original certificate application: $35.
(c) Emergency medical technician renewal certificate application: $20, to be paid biennially.
(d) Paramedic certification examination application: $40.
(e) Paramedic original certificate application: $45.
(f) Paramedic renewal certificate application: $45, to be paid biennially.
(3) A volunteer emergency medical services provider licensed by the department and persons actively serving with the provider without pay are not required to pay any of the fees set by the department for licensure, vehicle permits, or personnel certification. A licensee that charges any service fee is not entitled to this exemption. An emergency medical technician or paramedic certificate issued in accordance with this volunteer fee exemption provision is invalid while the certificateholder is performing his or her duties in a paid capacity.
(4)(a) If a certificate, license, or permit issued under this part is lost or destroyed, the person or entity to whom the certificate, license, or permit was issued may, upon payment of a fee to be set by the department not to exceed $10, obtain a duplicate, or substitute thereof.
(b) Upon surrender of the original emergency medical technician or paramedic certificate and receipt of a replacement fee to be set by the department not to exceed $10, the department shall issue a replacement certificate to make a change in name.