Section 1200-12-07-.04 - COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS(1) Persons seeking endorsement as Community Paramedics in Tennessee shall: (a) Comply with all rules governing paramedics under Chapter 1200-12-01;(b) Hold a current, unencumbered Tennessee paramedic license with at least five years of work experience as a paramedic with an advanced life support EMS service;(c) Using the prescribed form, complete and submit a Community Paramedic endorsement application accompanied by the Application Fee and Initial Endorsement Fee as outlined in 1200-12-01-.05(4) to the Division;(d) Complete a Board-approved Community Paramedic Training Program;(e) Demonstrate specialized training in physiology, disease processes, injury and illness prevention, and medical system navigation, in addition to general paramedic training;(f) Pass a Board-approved Community Paramedic endorsement examination with a passing score as established by the Board, subject to the following: 1. Anyone who fails the examination three (3) times within two (2) years of completing a Board-approved Community Paramedic Training Program must show remediation from such program before they may take the examination again. After showing remediation, each person may take the examination up to three (3) more times within two (2) years of completing a Board-approved Community Paramedic Training Program.2. Anyone who fails the examination six (6) times within two (2) years of completing a Board-approved Community Paramedic Training Program, or for any reason fails to be endorsed as a Community Paramedic within two (2) years of completing a Board-approved Community Paramedic Training Program, must repeat all of their Community Paramedic training before they may take the examination again;(g) Cause the result of a criminal background check to be submitted directly from the vendor identified in the Division's endorsement application materials to the administrative office of the Division. Such criminal background check shall include the sex offender and abuse registries for states in which the prospective student has lived during the previous seven (7) years. Persons whose names appear on either registry are not eligible for Community Paramedic endorsement. Such result shall be valid for one (1) year from the date it is received by the Division;(2) Persons completing a Community Paramedic Training Program prior to the effective date of these rules may apply for endorsement, pending the rules becoming effective. Applicants must show documentation of completing a Community Paramedic Training Program that meets the Board-approved Community Paramedic curriculum, and must complete the qualifying examination referred to above;(3) Only graduates of Tennessee Board-approved programs or those who have completed an equivalent curriculum in other states, as determined by the Board or the Division, are eligible for State community paramedic endorsement.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-12-07-.04
Original rules filed December 16, 2019; effective 3/15/2020.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-140-302, 68-140-304, and 68-140-309.