Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - Training and Certification for Emergency Responders

Focus Areas

Eligibility

• Only Bureau of EMS approved Course Sponsors are allowed to teach the New York State Bureau of EMS certification courses. Most EMS Program Agencies are approved to teach certified instructor courses such as CLI, CIC and instructor updates. Students who are members of a private/corporate/industrial EMS service that does not routinely provide EMS in the public sector as a primary response (i.e., corporate property response teams and specialty teams and brigades that do not have municipal recognition and a primary EMS role) are ineligible for state tuition reimbursement. Students who are members of a state or federal agency EMS system are ineligible for state tuition reimbursement. Reimbursement will be provided for candidates who achieve certification from a DOH approved course sponsor through an approved course or approved Continuing Medical Education (CME) refresher program. All candidates must be registered in the program with an EMS agency. Faculty teaching in an EMS course in which they are enrolled, and are being paid to teach in the course they are enrolled, are ineligible for reimbursement.

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