KRS 311A.160: First responders -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by

employers -- Utilization of first responders in medical care facilities.

(1) A first responder may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any

procedure:

(a) Specified in t he most recent curriculum of the United States Department of

Transportation training course for first responders; and

(b) Any additional procedure authorized by the board by administrative

regulation.

(2) When there is a change in the United States Departm ent of Transportation

curriculum for first responders or the board approves an additional skill or

procedure by administrative regulation, no person who was not trained under that

curriculum shall perform any activity or procedure authorized by the new

curriculum or administrative regulation unless the person has been trained

according to the new curriculum or administrative regulation and demonstrates

competency in the new knowledge or skill. Competency in a new skill shall be

demonstrated through a return demonstration to a competent evaluator. If the board

adopts the new procedure or skill, the board shall promulgate an administrative

regulation specifying the new procedure, training requirements, examination

requirements, and a time period during which t he first responder shall successfully

complete the new material or lose his or her certification as a first responder.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nothing in this section shall

prevent an employer from exercising reasonable fi scal control over the costs of

providing emergency medical services to its citizens nor to prevent the employer

from exercising any reasonable control over first responders providing emergency

medical care on behalf of a licensed entity or other provider.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit utilization of any certified first

responder for the purpose of such individual working with primary responsibility

and duties limited to hospitals, physician's offices, clinics, or other definitive care

facilities, except as a first responder trainee or as a full -time instructor of first

responders.