{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.049","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.049","heading":"EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN--PARAMEDIC QUALIFICATIONS.","body":"An individual qualifies as an emergency medical technician-paramedic if the individual is certified by the department as minimally proficient to provide advanced life support that includes initiation under medical supervision of certain procedures, including intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation, electrical cardiac defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 249, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 773. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. LICENSES, CERTIFICATION, AND QUALIFICATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.773.htm#773.049","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ed5836de17680d88a479a5ca436ef38441c1bbeb9f75eeec469462e38f8b6028","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.048","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-773.0495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}