Haw. Code R. § 16-85-55 - Recertification requirements
(a) Certificate holders may comply with
recertification requirements by having a current certificate from the National
Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT).
(b) Certificate holders who do not have a
current certificate from the NREMT shall submit evidence of continuing
education (CE) requirements that includes:
(1) For EMT-Basic:
(A) State approved EMT refresher training -
twenty-four hour minimum;
(B)
Annual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification; and
(C) Forty-eight hours of additional
continuing education in any of the subjects listed in section
16-85-56(a).
(2) For
EMT-Paramedic:
(A) Forty-eight hours of
paramedic refresher training, which shall include advanced cardiac life support
(ACLS) certification or training deemed to be equivalent to that required for
ACLS certification by the medical director of the training program;
(B) Annual CPR certification;
(C) Twenty-four hours of additional
continuing education in any of the subjects listed in section 16-85-56(b);
and
(D) Documentation of skill
maintenance.
(c) There shall be no CE requirement at the
time of a certificate holder's first recertification if the certificate holder
was initially certified in the twelve-month period prior to the January 31
recertification date.
(d)
Certificate holders who were certified in the first calendar year of the
previous biennial registration period, shall provide evidence of one-half of
the CE requirements noted above.
(e) Temporary certification shall be valid
from the date of issuance of temporary certification to the date of release of
results of the first examination following issuance of certification and the
temporary certification shall not be extended.
(f) At the time of recertification each
certificate holder shall certify on a form provided by the board that the
certificate holder has complied with the CE requirements. The certification
shall be under oath if required by the board. The board may require any
certificate holder to submit, in addition to the certification, further
evidence demonstrating compliance with the CE requirement set forth in this
section.
(g) A false certification
to the board by a certificate holder shall be deemed a violation of section
453-8(a)(15),
HRS, and subject the certificate holder to disciplinary proceedings.
(h) Failure to recertify and present such CE
evidence as required shall constitute a forfeiture of certification, which may
be restored within two years from the date of forfeiture provided the applicant
pays all applicable fees, including renewal fees as applicable, and provides
evidence of meeting the CE requirements.
(i) The board may, when reviewing application
for restoration, deny or reject the application in accordance with section
16-85-107.
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