§ 11-158. Emergency medical technicians.  


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  • (a)

    No ambulance shall be allowed to carry a patient unless there is on board a driver who meets the qualifications of this article and an emergency medical technician—paramedic as defined in this article. The emergency medical technician—paramedic shall ride in the compartment with the patient.

    (b)

    No person shall be permitted to serve as an emergency medical technician of any class who does not hold a current certificate of registration from the state and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

    (c)

    No person shall serve as an EMT—paramedic and no person owning or controlling any ambulance shall permit any person to serve thereon unless he also meets the following qualifications:

    (1)

    He is a person of at least 18 years of age.

    (2)

    He is an emergency medical technician who has successfully completed an emergency medical technician paramedic course approved by the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, and is currently state certified by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

    (3)

    He has never been convicted anywhere under the law of this state or any other state, the United States or other applicable laws of parishes and cities of the offense of murder, aggravated battery, aggravated rape, simple rape, aggravated burglary, simple burglary, aggravated kidnapping, simple kidnapping, armed robbery, simple robbery, possession, sale or use of narcotics, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, or indecent behavior with a juvenile and has not been convicted two or more times of any traffic offense during the preceding year.

    (4)

    He has not been convicted of any other felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude against the criminal laws of this state or any other state, or of the United States, within the past five years, has not served any part of the sentence thereof within five years and he is not presently charged therewith, or with any of the felonies or misdemeanors set forth in subsection (3) of this section, or with violating any of the provisions of this article.

    (5)

    He is not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor, does not use any narcotic drugs and is not suffering from any disease or infirmity which might make him an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver.

    (d)

    No person shall impersonate, refer to himself, or otherwise hold himself out as a basic, intermediate or paramedic emergency medical technician without maintaining a current certification as such.

(Ord. No. 1134, 3-27-91)