New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 40A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-BASICS: TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 7 - EMT-BASIC CERTIFICATION
Section 8:40A-7.5 - Recertification
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The requirements for recertification as an EMT-Basic shall be as follows:
(b) A person seeking recertification shall document successful completion of continuing education requirements as set forth in (a) above, on a NJ CEU Attendance Verification form to be submitted to OEMS. These 48 continuing education hours shall be accrued over the 36-month period immediately prior to recertification.
(c) No person shall be recertified until documentation of all of the requirements set forth in (a) above, has been provided.
(d) One letter detailing the cumulative continuing education credits earned (that is, "CEU status letters") shall be mailed by OEMS approximately six months prior to the expiration of a person's EMT-Basic certification. This letter shall be mailed automatically and shall be furnished free of charge.
(e) EMT-Basic recertifications shall be valid through the expiration date listed on the card, but in no event shall they be valid for more than 36 months from the date of issue.
(f) Consistent with 8:40A-10.3(b), a person denied recertification as an EMT-Basic shall be entitled to a hearing at the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law to contest the denial.
(g) Notwithstanding (b), (c), and (e) above, during the period of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, individuals with EMT-Basic certifications set to expire on June 30, 2020, will have until December 31, 2020, to satisfy the recertification requirements above.