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Chapter 1. Purpose
16-31.5-1-1. Intent - Sec. 1. In order to protect the public through verification...
16-31.5-1-2. Purpose - Sec. 2. This compact is designed to achieve the following...
Chapter 2. Definitions
16-31.5-2-1. "Advanced Emergency Medical Technician" and "Aemt" - Sec. 1. As used in this article, "advanced emergency medical...
16-31.5-2-2. "Adverse Action" - Sec. 2. As used in this article, "adverse action" means...
16-31.5-2-3. "Alternative Program" - Sec. 3. As used in this article, "alternative program" means...
16-31.5-2-4. "Certification" - Sec. 4. As used in this article, "certification" means the...
16-31.5-2-5. "Commission" - Sec. 5. As used in this article, "commission" means the...
16-31.5-2-6. "Emergency Medical Technician" and "Emt" - Sec. 6. As used in this article, "emergency medical technician"...
16-31.5-2-7. "Home State" - Sec. 7. As used in this article, "home state" means...
16-31.5-2-8. "License" - Sec. 8. As used in this article, "license" means the...
16-31.5-2-9. "Medical Director" - Sec. 9. As used in this article, "medical director" means...
16-31.5-2-10. "Member State" - Sec. 10. As used in this article, "member state" means...
16-31.5-2-11. "Paramedic" - Sec. 11. As used in this article, "paramedic" means an...
16-31.5-2-12. "Privilege to Practice" - Sec. 12. As used in this article, "privilege to practice"...
16-31.5-2-13. "Remote State" - Sec. 13. As used in this article, "remote state" means...
16-31.5-2-14. "Restricted" - Sec. 14. As used in this article, "restricted" means the...
16-31.5-2-15. "Rule" - Sec. 15. As used in this article, "rule" means a...
16-31.5-2-16. "Scope of Practice" - Sec. 16. As used in this article, "scope of practice"...
16-31.5-2-17. "Significant Investigatory Information" - Sec. 17. As used in this article, "significant investigatory information"...
16-31.5-2-18. "State" - Sec. 18. As used in this article, "state" means any...
16-31.5-2-19. "State Ems Authority" - Sec. 19. As used in this article, "state EMS authority"...
Chapter 3. Home State Licensure
16-31.5-3-1. Determination of Individual's Home State - Sec. 1. Any member state in which an individual holds...
16-31.5-3-2. Requirement to Obtain and Retain License - Sec. 2. Any member state may require an individual to...
16-31.5-3-3. Authorization to Practice - Sec. 3. A home state's license authorizes an individual to...
Chapter 4. Compact Privilege to Practice
16-31.5-4-1. Recognition of Member State's License - Sec. 1. Member states shall recognize the privilege to practice...
16-31.5-4-2. Requirements to Practice - Sec. 2. To exercise the privilege to practice under the...
16-31.5-4-3. Scope of Practice - Sec. 3. An individual providing patient care in a remote...
16-31.5-4-4. Remote State's Authority and Laws - Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 3 of this...
16-31.5-4-5. Effect of Restricted or Suspended License - Sec. 5. If an individual's license in any home state...
16-31.5-4-6. Eligibility to Practice With Restricted License - Sec. 6. If an individual's privilege to practice in any...
Chapter 5. Conditions of Practice in a Remote State
16-31.5-5-1. Conditions to Practice in a Remote State - Sec. 1. An individual may practice in a remote state...
Chapter 6. Relationship to Emergency Management Assistance Compact
16-31.5-6-1. State of Emergency Declarations - Sec. 1. Upon a member state's governor's declaration of a...
Chapter 7. Veterans, Service Members Separating From Active Duty Military, and Their Spouses
16-31.5-7-1. Nremt Certification - Sec. 1. Member states shall consider: (1) a veteran; (2)...
16-31.5-7-2. Expedited Licenses - Sec. 2. Member states shall expedite the processing of licensure...
16-31.5-7-3. Adverse Action Provisions - Sec. 3. All individuals functioning with a privilege to practice...
Chapter 8. Adverse Actions
16-31.5-8-1. Power to Impose Adverse Action - Sec. 1. A home state shall have exclusive power to...
16-31.5-8-2. Effect of Restricted or Suspended License - Sec. 2. If an individual's license in any home state...
16-31.5-8-3. Adverse Action Order Statement; Authority to Practice - Sec. 3. (a) All home state adverse action orders shall...
16-31.5-8-4. Reporting Adverse Actions - Sec. 4. A member state shall report adverse actions and...
16-31.5-8-5. Adverse Action by Remote State - Sec. 5. A remote state may take adverse action on...
16-31.5-8-6. Adverse Action Based on Member State Findings - Sec. 6. Any member state may take adverse action against...
16-31.5-8-7. Home State Investigative Authority - Sec. 7. A home state's EMS authority shall investigate and...
16-31.5-8-8. Alternative Programs - Sec. 8. (a) Nothing in this compact shall override a...
Chapter 9. Additional Powers Invested in a Member State's Ems Authority
16-31.5-9-1. Subpoenas; Witness Fees - Sec. 1. (a) A member state's EMS authority, in addition...
16-31.5-9-2. Cease and Desist Orders - Sec. 2. A member state's EMS authority, in addition to...
Chapter 10. Establishment of the Interstate Commission for Ems Personnel Practice
16-31.5-10-1. Interstate Commission for Ems Personnel Practice Established - Sec. 1. The compact states hereby create and establish a...
16-31.5-10-2. Commission a Body Politic; Venue; Sovereign Immunity - Sec. 2. (a) The commission is a body politic and...
16-31.5-10-3. State Delegate; Vacancy; Voting - Sec. 3. (a) Each member state shall have and be...
16-31.5-10-4. Meetings; Nonpublic Meetings; Minutes - Sec. 4. (a) The commission shall meet at least once...
16-31.5-10-5. Commission Bylaws - Sec. 5. The commission shall, by a majority vote of...
16-31.5-10-6. Publication of Bylaws; Financial Records - Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall publish the commission's bylaws...
16-31.5-10-7. Commission Actions Governed by Compact and Bylaws - Sec. 7. The commission shall meet and take such actions...
16-31.5-10-8. Commission Powers - Sec. 8. The commission shall have the following powers: (1)...
16-31.5-10-9. Payment of Expenses; Annual Assessment; Annual Audit - Sec. 9. (a) The commission shall pay, or provide for...
16-31.5-10-10. Immunity From Liability; Defense; Indemnity - Sec. 10. (a) The members, officers, executive director, employees, and...
Chapter 11. Coordinated Data Base
16-31.5-11-1. Coordinated Data Base Developed - Sec. 1. The commission shall provide for the development and...
16-31.5-11-2. Submission of Uniform Data - Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to...
16-31.5-11-3. Notification of Action or Investigation - Sec. 3. The coordinated data base administrator shall promptly notify...
16-31.5-11-4. Designation of Nonpublic Information - Sec. 4. Member states contributing information to the coordinated data...
16-31.5-11-5. Expunged Information - Sec. 5. Any information submitted to the coordinated data base...
Chapter 12. Rulemaking
16-31.5-12-1. Binding Rules - Sec. 1. The commission shall exercise the commission's rulemaking powers...
16-31.5-12-2. Rejection of a Rule by a Member State - Sec. 2. If a majority of the legislatures of the...
16-31.5-12-3. Adoption of Rules and Amendments - Sec. 3. Rules or amendments to the rules shall be...
16-31.5-12-4. Notice of Proposed Rules - Sec. 4. (a) Prior to promulgation and adoption of a...
16-31.5-12-5. Submission of Comments to Proposed Rule - Sec. 5. Prior to adoption of a proposed rule, the...
16-31.5-12-6. Public Hearing - Sec. 6. The commission shall grant an opportunity for a...
16-31.5-12-7. Meeting Notice; Notification to Be Heard; Transcript Not Required - Sec. 7. (a) If a hearing is held on the...
16-31.5-12-8. Consideration of Comments - Sec. 8. Following the scheduled hearing date, or by the...
16-31.5-12-9. Majority Vote Required - Sec. 9. The commission shall, by majority vote of all...
16-31.5-12-10. Hearing Not Required if There Are No Interested Parties - Sec. 10. If no written notice of intent to attend...
16-31.5-12-11. Emergency Rules - Sec. 11. Upon determination that an emergency exists, the commission...
16-31.5-12-12. Revision of Errors; Challenges - Sec. 12. (a) The commission or an authorized committee of...
Chapter 13. Oversight, Dispute Resolution, and Enforcement
16-31.5-13-1. Enforcement of Compact; Service of Process - Sec. 1. (a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of...
16-31.5-13-2. Member State Default; Termination of Membership - Sec. 2. (a) If the commission determines that a member...
16-31.5-13-3. Disputes Between States - Sec. 3. (a) Upon request by a member state, the...
16-31.5-13-4. Commission Enforcement of Compact - Sec. 4. (a) The commission, in the reasonable exercise of...
Chapter 14. Date of Implementation of the Interstate Commission for Ems Personnel Practice and Associated Rules, Withdrawal, and Amendment
16-31.5-14-1. Compact Initial Effective Date - Sec. 1. The compact shall come into effect on the...
16-31.5-14-2. Subsequent Members; Effect of Rules - Sec. 2. Any state that joins the compact subsequent to...
16-31.5-14-3. Withdrawal From Compact - Sec. 3. (a) Any member state may withdraw from this...
16-31.5-14-4. Ems Personnel Agreements Between States - Sec. 4. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed...
16-31.5-14-5. Amendments to Compact - Sec. 5. This compact may be amended by the member...
Chapter 15. Construction and Severability
16-31.5-15-1. Liberal Construction of Compact - Sec. 1. This compact shall be liberally construed so as...
16-31.5-15-2. Laws Licensing Ems Agencies - Sec. 2. Nothing in this compact supersedes state law or...