A.R.S. § 36-2205(A) requires the Department to establish protocols governing "medical treatments, procedures, medications and techniques which may be administered or performed by each class of emergency medical technician."   A.R.S. § 36-2205(C) gives the Department exempt rulemaking authority to establish these protocols.

Table 1 in 9 A.C.C. 25, Article 5, contains information about authorizations for different categories of emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The Department has amended Table 1 to remove the EMT categories of "EMT-I(99) Certified Before 1/6/07" and "EMT-I(85)" from the table and to change the "EMT-I(99) Certified On or After 1/6/07" category to "EMT-I(99)." These amendments are due to the expiration on January 6, 2009 of the grace period found in R9-25-512, which gave "EMT-I(99)s Certified Before 1/6/07" different authorization to administer agents, monitor the use of agents, assist in patient self-administration of agents, and use transport agents from the authorization given to "EMT-I(99)s Certified On or After 1/6/07." These amendments are also due to the requirement in R9-25-412 that "EMT(85)"s either apply for recertification as "EMT-I(99)"s or downgrade to "EMT-B"s before December 31, 2007. The Department is also repealing R9-25-512.

A link to the Notice of Exempt Rulemaking containing the amended rules is provided below. The Department filed the Notice of Exempt Rulemaking with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 15, 2010. The new rules are effective on the date of filing. The Notice will also be published in the Arizona Administrative Register within three weeks after filing.

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Notice of Exempt Rulemaking NEW! 10/15/2010