Section 1797.170 Of Article 5. Personnel 1797.160-1797.197a From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
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. (a) The authority shall develop and, after approval by
the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt regulations for the
training and scope of practice for EMT-I certification.
(b) Any individual certified as an EMT-I pursuant to this division
shall be recognized as an EMT-I on a statewide basis, and
recertification shall be based on statewide standards.
(c) Effective July 1, 1990, any individual certified as an EMT-I
pursuant to this act shall complete a course of training on the
nature of sudden infant death syndrome which is developed by the
California SIDS program in the State Department of Public Health in
consultation with experts in the field of sudden infant death
syndrome.
(d) On or before July 1, 2016, the authority shall develop and,
after approval by the commission pursuant to Section 1799.50, adopt
regulations to include the administration of naloxone hydrochloride
in the training and scope of practice of EMT-I certification. These
regulations shall be substantially similar to existing regulations
set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 100101) of Division 9
of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations that authorize an
EMT-I to receive EMT-II training in the administration of naloxone
hydrochloride without having to complete the entire EMT-II
certification course. This subdivision shall be implemented in
accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1798).