SENATE
HOUSE
JOINT
BILL STATUS
STATE LAW
REPORTS
EDUCATIONAL
CONTACT
home
home
Committee Substitute House Bill 4312 History

OTHER VERSIONS  -  Introduced Version  |  Enrolled Committee Substitute  |     |  Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted

 

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4312

         (By Delegates Staggers and Lawrence)

    [Originating in the Committee on Government Organization.]

(February 18, 2014)

 

 

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-26B; and to amend and reenact §22A-10-1 of said code, all relating to certification of emergency medical technician-industrial personnel by the State Board of Education through education programs delivered by Regional Educational Service Agencies; transferring and redesignating emergency medical technician-miner; providing that emergency medical technician-industrial takes the place of emergency medical technician-miner; and defining the scope of practice for an emergency medical technician-industrial.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-26B; and that §22A-10-1 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

§18-2-26b. Emergency Medical Technician-Industrial; Certification

            and Training; Scope.

    (a) Effective July 1, 2014, the certification for emergency medical technician-miner, issued by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to article four c, chapter sixteen of this code, and legislative rules promulgated pursuant thereto shall be issued pursuant to this article by the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies.

    (b) Effective July 1, 2014, the certification formerly known as emergency medical technician-miner shall be known as the emergency medical technician-industrial.

    (c) Effective July 1, 2014, any emergency medical technician-miner certification shall remain valid until the original expiration date, and the certificate holder may seek recertification as an emergency medical technician-industrial under this section.

    (d) Effective July 1, 2014, persons certified as an emergency medical technician-miner or emergency medical technician-industrial shall not be emergency medical service personnel as defined in subsection (g), section three, article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code and legislative rules promulgated pursuant to said article.

    (e) Certification as an emergency medical technician-miner or emergency medical technician-industrial is valid for three years, only for practice during the certificate holder’s active employment on industrial property. For the purposes of this section, “industrial property” means property being used for production, extraction or manufacturing activities.

    (f) Effective July 1, 2014, an applicant for certification as an emergency medical technician-industrial shall:

    (1) Apply, on a form prescribed by the State Board of Education, to a regional educational service agency or other organization authorized by the State Board of Education which conducts an emergency medical technician-industrial education program;

    (2) Be at least 18 years old;

    (3) Possess a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, certificate issued by the American Red Cross;

    (4) Successfully complete an emergency medical technician- industrial education program prescribed by the the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies; and

    (5) Successfully complete cognitive and skills examinations prescribed by the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies.

    (g) For recertification as an emergency medical technician- industrial, a certificate holder shall:

    (1) Apply, on a form prescribed by the State Board of Education, to a regional educational service agency or other organization authorized by the State Board of Education which conducts an emergency medical technician-industrial education program;

    (2) Possess a valid CPR certification;

    (3) Successfully complete one of the following:

    (A) A one-time thirty-two hour emergency medical technician -industrial recertification course prescribed by the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies; or

    (B) Three annual eight-hour retraining and testing programs prescribed by the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies; and

    (4) Successfully complete emergency medical technician- industrial cognitive and skills recertification examinations prescribed by the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies.

    (h) The State Board of Education shall propose legislative rules for promulgation, in accordance with the provisions of article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The State Board of Education shall file the rule required by this subsection as an emergency rule on or before July 1, 2014.

CHAPTER 22A. MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING.

ARTICLE 10. EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

§22A-10-1. Emergency personnel in coal mines.

    (a) Emergency medical services personnel or, effective July 1, 2014, emergency medical technicians-industrial, must be employed on each shift at every mine that:

    (1) Employs more than ten employees; and

    (2) Has more than eight persons present on the shift.

    The emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical technicians-industrial must be employed at their regular duties at a central location or, when more than one person is required pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, at a location which provides for convenient, quick response to emergency. The emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical technicians-industrial must have available to them at all times such equipment prescribed by the director of the office of miners' health, safety and training, in consultation with the commissioner of the bureau of public health governmental entity which certified the emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical technicians-industrial.

    (b) After the first day of July, two thousand, July 1, 2014, emergency medical services personnel means any person certified by the commissioner of the bureau of public health or authorities recognized and approved by the commissioner to provide emergency medical services as authorized in article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code and including emergency medical technician-mining and emergency medical technician-industry means any person certified as an emergency medical technician-industry under section twenty-six-b, article two, chapter eighteen of this code. At least one emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical technician-industrial shall be employed at a mine for every fifty employees or any part thereof who are engaged at any time, in the extraction, production or preparation of coal.

    (c) A training course designed specifically for certification of emergency medical technician-mining, technician-industry shall be developed at the earliest practicable time by the commissioner of the bureau of public health the State Board of Education through its regional educational service agencies, in consultation with the board of miner training, education and certification. The training course for initial certification as an emergency medical technician-mining technician-industry shall not be less than sixty hours, which shall include, but is not limited to, basic life support skills and emergency room observation or other equivalent practical exposure to emergencies as prescribed by the commissioner of the bureau of public health. the State Board of Education.

    (d) The maintenance of a valid emergency medical technician-mining technician-industry certificate may be accomplished without taking a three-year recertification examination: Provided, That the emergency medical technician-mining technician-industry personnel completes an eight-hour annual retraining and testing program prescribed by the commissioner of the bureau of public health the State Board of Education, administered through its regional educational service agencies, in consultation with the board of miner training, education and certification.

This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.  |  Terms of Use  |   Email WebmasterWebmaster   |   © 2024 West Virginia Legislature **


X

Print On Demand

Name:
Email:
Phone:

Print