(a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or profess to be emergency medical services personnel or to use the initials EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, EMS Instructor Trainer, or any other letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that he or she is emergency medical services personnel without first having obtained from the Department of Health a license authorizing the person to practice emergency medical services in this state.(b) However, this section does not prohibit any person licensed under any other act in this state from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed nor prevent students who are enrolled in accredited EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, or EMS Instructor Trainer education programs from performing acts of emergency medical services incidental to their courses of study.Acts 1985, No. 1001, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3421; Acts 2009, No. 689, § 5. (a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or profess to be emergency medical services personnel or to use the initials EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, EMS Instructor Trainer, or any other letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that he or she is emergency medical services personnel without first having obtained from the Department of Health a license authorizing the person to practice emergency medical services in this state.(b) However, this section does not prohibit any person licensed under any other act in this state from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed nor prevent students who are enrolled in accredited EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, or EMS Instructor Trainer education programs from performing acts of emergency medical services incidental to their courses of study.Acts 1985, No. 1001, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3421; Acts 2009, No. 689, § 5.
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