KRS 311A.165: Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable

control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in

medical care facilities.

(1) An emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section,

perform any procedure:

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

Transportation training course for emergency medical technicians; and

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

regulation.

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

curriculum for emergency medical technicians or the board approves an additional

skill or procedure by administrative regulation, no person who was not trained

under that curriculum or administrative regulation shall perform any activity or

procedure in 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 procedur e, training requirements,

examination requirements, and a time period during which the emergency medical

technician shall successfully complete the new material or lose his or her

certification as an emergency medical technician.

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

prevent an employer from exercising reasonable fiscal control over the costs of

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

exercising any reasonable contr ol over emergency medical technicians providing

emergency medical care upon behalf of the licensed entity or other provider.

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

emergency medical technician 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 an emergency medical technician trainee or

a full-time instructor of emergency medical technicians.