Eligible rescue squad workers must attend at least 36 hours of training sessions in each calendar year. Each rescue or emergency medical services squad eligible for membership in the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc., must file a roster certified by the secretary of the association of those rescue or emergency medical services squad workers meeting the requirements of this section with the State Treasurer by January 31 of each calendar year. Submission of such information by a department to the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc., constitutes a certification of its accuracy under accounting standards set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

An “eligible rescue squad worker” may not qualify also as an “eligible firefighter” in order to receive double benefits available under this Article. ?(1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 833, s. 3; 1995, c. 507, s. 7.21A(h); 2009-66, s. 2(c); 2013-284, s. 1(a); 2015-88, s. 4.)