AB59,39,85 256.15 (6n) Authorized actions of emergency medical technicians services
6practitioners
. An emergency medical technician services practitioner may
7undertake only those actions that are authorized in rules promulgated under sub.
8(13) (c).
AB59,126 9Section 126. 256.15 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,39,1610 256.15 (7) Licensing in other jurisdictions. Except as provided in ss. 256.17
11and 256.18, the department may issue a license as an emergency medical technician
12services practitioner, without examination, to any individual who holds a current
13license or certificate as an emergency medical technician services practitioner from
14another jurisdiction if the department finds that the standards for licensing or
15issuing certificates in the other jurisdiction are at least substantially equivalent to
16those in this state, and that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
AB59,127 17Section 127. 256.15 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,39,1818 256.15 (8) (title) Certification of first emergency medical responders.
AB59,128 19Section 128. 256.15 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,39,2120 256.15 (8) (a) Except as provided in ss. 256.17 and 256.18, the department shall
21certify qualified applicants as first emergency medical responders.
AB59,129 22Section 129. 256.15 (8) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,39,2523 256.15 (8) (b) (intro.) To be eligible for initial certification as a first an
24emergency medical
responder, except as provided in ss. 256.17 and 256.18, an
25individual shall meet all of the following requirements:
AB59,130
1Section 130. 256.15 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,40,42 256.15 (8) (b) 1. The individual is 18 years of age or older and capable of
3performing the actions authorized under par. (e), or in rules promulgated under par.
4(e), for a first an emergency medical responder.
AB59,131 5Section 131. 256.15 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,40,166 256.15 (8) (b) 3. The individual satisfactorily completes a first an emergency
7medical
responder course that meets or exceeds the guidelines issued by the National
8Highway Traffic Safety Administration under 23 CFR 1205.3 (a) (5), that includes
9training for response to acts of terrorism, and that is approved by the department.
10Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant
11for initial certification as a first an emergency medical responder obtained in
12connection with any military service, as defined in s. 111.32 (12g), satisfies the
13completion of a first an emergency medical responder course, if the applicant
14demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training,
15instruction, or other experience obtained by the applicant is substantially equivalent
16to the first emergency medical responder course.
AB59,132 17Section 132. 256.15 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,40,2318 256.15 (8) (c) To be eligible for a renewal of a certificate as a first an emergency
19medical
responder, except as provided in ss. 256.17 and 256.18, the holder of the
20certificate shall satisfactorily complete a first an emergency medical responder
21refresher course that meets or exceeds the guidelines issued by the National
22Highway Traffic Safety Administration under 23 CFR 1205.3 (a) (5), that includes
23training for response to acts of terrorism, and that is approved by the department.
AB59,133 24Section 133. 256.15 (8) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,41,17
1256.15 (8) (e) A certified first emergency medical responder is authorized to use
2an automated external defibrillator, as prescribed for first emergency medical
3responders in rules promulgated by the department. The rules shall set forth
4authorization for the use of an automated external defibrillator or, for a defibrillator
5that may be operated in more than one mode, use as an automated external
6defibrillator only. A certified first emergency medical responder is authorized to
7administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist if the first emergency medical
8responder has received training necessary to safely administer naloxone or the other
9opioid antagonist, as determined by the department. A certified first emergency
10medical
responder is also authorized to employ other techniques, including the
11administration of nonvisualized advanced airways, and the administration of
12medications that are specified by the department by rule. In promulgating the rules
13under this paragraph, the department shall consult with the state medical director
14for emergency medical services and the emergency medical services board. The rule
15shall include those techniques that are specified in the most current guidelines
16issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under 23 CFR 1205.3
17(a) (5).
AB59,134 18Section 134. 256.15 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,42,219 256.15 (8) (f) Except as provided in ss. 256.17 and 256.18, the department may
20issue a certificate as a first an emergency medical responder, without requiring
21satisfactory completion of any instruction or training that may be required under
22par. (b), to any individual who holds a current license or certificate as a first an
23emergency medical
responder from another jurisdiction if the department finds that
24the standards for licensing or issuing certificates in the other jurisdiction are at least
25substantially equivalent to the standards for issuance of certificates for first

1emergency medical responders in this state, and that the applicant is otherwise
2qualified.
AB59,135 3Section 135. 256.15 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,42,64 256.15 (8) (g) The department may not impose a requirement that an
5individual be affiliated with an ambulance service provider in order to receive a first
6an emergency medical responder certificate.
AB59,136 7Section 136. 256.15 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,42,198 256.15 (9) Training. The department may arrange for or approve courses of or
9instructional programs in or outside this state to meet the education and training
10requirements of this section, including training required for license or certificate
11renewal. If the department determines that an area or community need exists, the
12courses shall be offered at technical colleges in the area or community. Initial
13priority shall be given to the training of emergency medical technicians — basic
14emergency medical technicians serving the rural areas of the state. If an emergency
15medical technician — basic
emergency medical technician completes a course
16approved by the department on treatment of anaphylactic shock, the emergency
17medical technician — basic
emergency medical technician acts within the scope of
18the license if he or she performs injections or other treatment for anaphylactic shock
19under the direction of a physician.
AB59,137 20Section 137. 256.15 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,43,521 256.15 (9m) Defibrillation training. The department shall promulgate rules
22requiring emergency medical technicians, first services practitioners, emergency
23medical
responders, and individuals who provide instruction to emergency medical
24technicians or first services practitioners or emergency medical responders to
25successfully complete training on the use of an automated external defibrillator. The

1rules shall specify the content of the training, qualifications for providers of the
2training, and the frequency with which emergency medical technicians, first services
3practitioners, emergency medical
responders, and individuals who provide
4instruction to emergency medical technicians or first services practitioners or
5emergency medical
responders must complete the training.
AB59,138 6Section 138. 256.15 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,43,87 256.15 (11) (c) To restrain or prevent action as an emergency medical
8technician services practitioner by an individual in violation of sub. (2) (a).
AB59,139 9Section 139. 256.15 (11) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,43,1210 256.15 (11) (d) To restrain or prevent action by an emergency medical
11technician services practitioner in violation of this section or a rule promulgated
12under this section.
AB59,140 13Section 140. 256.15 (11) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,43,1514 256.15 (11) (f) To restrain or prevent action by a first an emergency medical
15responder in violation of this section or a rule promulgated under this section.
AB59,141 16Section 141. 256.15 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,43,2517 256.15 (12) (a) All records made by an ambulance service provider, an
18emergency medical technician services practitioner, or a first an emergency medical
19responder in administering emergency care procedures to and handling and
20transporting sick, disabled, or injured individuals shall be maintained as
21confidential patient health care records subject to s. 252.15 (3m), (6), (8) and (9), if
22applicable. Nothing in this paragraph or ss. 146.81 to 146.84 permits disclosure to
23an ambulance service provider, an emergency medical technician services
24practitioner,
or a first an emergency medical responder under s. 252.15 (3m), except
25under s. 252.15 (3m) (e).
AB59,142
1Section 142. 256.15 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,44,112 256.15 (12) (b) Notwithstanding s. 146.82, an ambulance service provider, who
3is an authority, as defined in s. 19.32 (1), may make available, to any requester,
4information contained on a record of an ambulance run which identifies the
5ambulance service provider and emergency medical technicians services
6practitioners
involved; date of the call; dispatch and response times of the
7ambulance; reason for the dispatch; location to which the ambulance was dispatched;
8destination, if any, to which the patient was transported by ambulance; and name,
9age and gender of the patient. No information disclosed under this paragraph may
10contain details of the medical history, condition, or emergency treatment of any
11patient.
AB59,143 12Section 143. 256.15 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,44,1713 256.15 (13) (c) The department shall promulgate rules that specify actions that
14emergency medical technicians services practitioners may undertake after
15December 31, 1995, including rules that specify the required involvement of
16physicians in actions undertaken by emergency medical technicians services
17practitioners
.
AB59,144 18Section 144. 256.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,44,2019 256.30 (3) (a) A physician, registered nurse , or emergency medical technician
20— paramedic
paramedic.
AB59,145 21Section 145. 256.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,44,2522 256.40 (2) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department shall permit all emergency
23medical technicians services practitioners to administer naloxone or another opioid
24antagonist to individuals who are undergoing or who are believed to be undergoing
25an opioid-related drug overdose.
AB59,146
1Section 146. 256.40 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,45,42 256.40 (2) (b) The department shall require emergency medical technicians
3services practitioners to undergo any training necessary to safely and properly
4administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist as specified under par. (a).
AB59,147 5Section 147. 256.40 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,45,126 256.40 (2) (c) 1. Ensure that every emergency medical technician services
7practitioner
under the ambulance service provider's supervision who has obtained
8the training necessary to safely and properly administer naloxone or another opioid
9antagonist has a supply of naloxone or the other opioid antagonist available for
10administration when he or she is performing his or her duties as an emergency
11medical technician services practitioner, to the extent that naloxone or the other
12opioid antagonist is available to the ambulance service provider.
AB59,148 13Section 148. 256.40 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,45,2014 256.40 (2) (c) 2. Require each certified first emergency medical responder and
15emergency medical technician services practitioner under the supervision of the
16ambulance service provider to, in the manner prescribed by the department, keep a
17record of each instance in which the certified first emergency medical responder or
18emergency medical technician services practitioner administers naloxone or another
19opioid antagonist to an individual who is undergoing or who is believed to be
20undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.
AB59,149 21Section 149. 257.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,45,2422 257.01 (2) (a) An individual who is licensed as an emergency medical
23technician services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), or certified as a first an
24emergency medical
responder under s. 256.15.
AB59,150 25Section 150. 257.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,46,5
1257.01 (2) (b) An individual who was at any time in the previous 10 years, but
2is not currently, licensed as an emergency medical technician services practitioner,
3as defined in s. 256.01 (5),
or certified as a first an emergency medical responder
4under s. 256.15, if the individual's license was never revoked, limited, suspended, or
5denied renewal.
AB59,151 6Section 151. 340.01 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,46,97 340.01 (3) (dm) 2. Used by an emergency medical technician services
8practitioner
licensed under s. 256.15 or an ambulance driver or first emergency
9medical
responder authorized by the chief of an ambulance service or rescue squad.
AB59,152 10Section 152. 340.01 (74p) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,46,1311 340.01 (74p) (f) A law enforcement officer, traffic officer, fire fighter, or
12emergency medical technician services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), while
13performing his or her official duties.
AB59,153 14Section 153. 341.14 (6r) (f) 48. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,46,1715 341.14 (6r) (f) 48. Emergency medical technicians and first services
16practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), and emergency medical
responders, as
17defined in s. 256.01 (4p)
.
AB59,154 18Section 154. 341.14 (6r) (f) 48m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,46,2119 341.14 (6r) (f) 48m. Emergency medical technicians and first services
20practitioners, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), and emergency medical
responders, as
21defined in s. 256.01 (4p)
.
AB59,155 22Section 155. 341.14 (6r) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,47,423 341.14 (6r) (g) 2. If an individual in possession of special plates under par. (f)
2433., 33m., 34., 48., or 48m. or of personalized plates under s. 341.145 (1) (c) of the
25same color and design as special plates under par. (f) 33., 33m., 34., 48., or 48m.

1suffers an injury in the course of his or her job duties as a fire fighter, rescue squad
2member, or emergency medical technician services practitioner, as defined in s.
3256.01 (5),
and the injury prevents the individual from subsequently performing
4such job duties, the individual may retain these special plates.
AB59,156 5Section 156. 343.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,47,86 343.23 (2) (a) 1. The person's employment as a law enforcement officer as
7defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), fire fighter as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (b), or emergency
8medical technician services practitioner as defined in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,157 9Section 157. 343.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,47,1110 343.23 (2) (a) 3. The licensee's performance of duties as a first an emergency
11medical
responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,158 12Section 158. 440.9805 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,47,1613 440.9805 (1) “Health care provider" means a health care provider, as defined
14in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p), a person licensed or issued a training permit as an
15emergency medical technician services practitioner under s. 256.15, or a person
16certified as a first an emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8) (a).
AB59,159 17Section 159. 891.453 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,47,2118 891.453 (1) (b) “Emergency medical service provider" means a person employed
19by the state or by a county or municipality and who is an emergency medical
20technician services practitioner under s. 256.01 (5) or a first an emergency medical
21responder under s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,160 22Section 160. 895.35 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,48,223 895.35 (2) (a) 2. “Protective services officer" means an emergency medical
24technician services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), first an emergency

1medical
responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (9) (4p), a fire fighter, or a law enforcement
2or correctional officer.
AB59,161 3Section 161. 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,48,144 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, physician
5assistant, podiatrist, or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed
6under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical technician services
7practitioner
licensed under s. 256.15, first emergency medical responder certified
8under s. 256.15 (8), registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage therapist
9or bodywork therapist licensed under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health care to
10a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as
11defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a tribal
12school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b),
13or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her
14acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions exist:
AB59,162 15Section 162. 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,48,2016 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. The physician, podiatrist, athletic trainer, chiropractor,
17dentist, emergency medical technician, first services practitioner, as defined in s.
18256.01 (5), emergency medical
responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), physician
19assistant, registered nurse, massage therapist or bodywork therapist does not
20receive compensation for the health care, other than reimbursement for expenses.
AB59,163 21Section 163. 895.48 (4) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,49,222 895.48 (4) (am) (intro.) Any of the following, other than an emergency medical
23technician services practitioner or a first an emergency medical responder —
24defibrillation, is immune from civil liability for the acts or omissions of a person in

1rendering in good faith emergency care by use of an automated external defibrillator
2to an individual who appears to be in cardiac arrest:
AB59,164 3Section 164. 895.484 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,49,74 895.484 (2) (d) The actor remained with the person or domestic animal until
5a law enforcement officer, emergency medical service provider, animal control officer,
6or other first emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), arrived at
7the scene.
AB59,165 8Section 165. 940.20 (7) (a) 1e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,49,99 940.20 (7) (a) 1e. “Ambulance" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (1) (1t).
AB59,166 10Section 166. 940.20 (7) (a) 2g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,49,1211 940.20 (7) (a) 2g. “Emergency medical technician services practitioner" has the
12meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).
AB59,167 13Section 167. 940.20 (7) (a) 2m. of the statutes is renumbered 940.20 (7) (a) 2d.
14and amended to read:
AB59,49,1615 940.20 (7) (a) 2d. “First Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given
16in s. 256.01 (9) (4p).
AB59,168 17Section 168. 940.20 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,49,2418 940.20 (7) (b) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to an emergency
19department worker, an emergency medical technician, a first services practitioner,
20an emergency medical
responder, or an ambulance driver who is acting in an official
21capacity and who the person knows or has reason to know is an emergency
22department worker, an emergency medical technician, a first services practitioner,
23an emergency medical
responder, or an ambulance driver, by an act done without the
24consent of the person so injured, is guilty of a Class H felony.
AB59,169 25Section 169. 941.20 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB59,50,1
1941.20 (1m) (a) 1. “Ambulance" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (1) (1t).
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