LRB-1352/P1
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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hutter, BB0237 - Intravenous technician endorsement for emergency medical technicians
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Health
This bill creates an endorsement for an intravenous technician for all levels of emergency medical technician. An intravenous technician is trained to administer intravenous and intraosseous infusions of medicated and nonmedicated fluids.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 256.15 (6n) of the statutes is amended to read:
256.15 (6n) Authorized actions of emergency medical technicians. An emergency medical technician may undertake only those actions that are authorized under s. 256.20 (3) and in rules promulgated under sub. (13) (c).
Section
2. 256.20 of the statutes is created to read:
256.20 Intravenous technician endorsement. (1) Endorsement. The department shall develop an endorsement as an intravenous technician. To be eligible for an endorsement as an intravenous technician under this section, an individual shall meet all of the following criteria:
(a) The individual is licensed as an emergency medical technician, that license has not been suspended or revoked, and the individual is not the subject of an action under s. 256.15 (11).
(b) The individual successfully completes a training program that has been approved by the department under sub. (2).
(2) Training. (a) The department shall approve a training program to obtain an intravenous technician endorsement that includes training in successfully administering intravenous and intraosseous infusions of medicated and nonmedicated fluids.
(b) The department may approve different training programs for different licensure levels of emergency medical technician.
(3) Authorized actions. An emergency medical technician with an intravenous technician endorsement may undertake those actions described under sub. (2) (a) that are approved by the ambulance service provider or medical director and for which he or she is trained.
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