Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9809 – Certification
(a) No individual shall represent that individual’s own self as a paramedic certified by this State unless the person so represented is in fact certified by the Board.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9809
- Certification: means original certification as a paramedic by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9802
- Department: shall mean the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services;
(11) "Emergency medical services (EMS) provider" shall mean individual providers certified by the Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission or the Office of EMS, or emergency medical dispatchers certified by the National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9802
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) No person nor governmental agency shall represent itself as a paramedic service, emergency medical service, or similar type of service certified by this State unless such person or governmental agency is in fact certified by the Department.
(c) No person shall provide, offer nor advertise to provide advanced life support services outside a hospital, unless so authorized by law.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any paramedic who has been certified by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline prior to the effective date of this chapter shall automatically be certified under this chapter, and shall be deemed to have complied with all the requirements of this chapter.
(e) Pending formal approval of paramedic certification by the Board, the executive director of the Board may issue a temporary certification to a paramedic whose application establishes to the satisfaction of the executive director that the applicant has met all requirements and standards for certification. Such temporary certification shall be valid for not greater than 90 days.
67 Del. Laws, c. 152, § ?6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 369, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 368, § ?4; 77 Del. Laws, c. 319, § ?1;