Section 351.127 - Employment of certified emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians required at underground coal mine(1) Certified emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians shall be employed at every licensed coal mine whose employees are actively engaged in the extraction, production, or preparation of coal. Persons employed as mine emergency technicians shall be trained in a manner established in an administrative regulation promulgated by the department. Persons seeking certification as a mine emergency medical technician or mine emergency technician shall be subject to the following additional requirements: (a) All persons seeking certification as a mine emergency technician shall demonstrate drug- and alcohol-free status in accordance with KRS 351.182 and 351.183;(b) The drug and alcohol testing for those seeking certification as mine emergency technicians shall be administered prior to the examination for the certification, in accordance with KRS 351.182 and 351.183; and(c) Certification as a mine emergency technician shall not be issued until the results of the drug and alcohol testing have been obtained. Notification shall be given to the person in accordance with KRS 351.184.(2) These emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians shall be employed in the following manner: (a) At least two (2) emergency medical or mine emergency technicians shall be employed on every shift engaged in the production of coal, and at least one (1) emergency medical or mine emergency technician shall be employed on every nonproduction shift;(b) For underground mines, at least one (1) of the two (2) emergency or mine emergency technicians shall be underground at all times while miners are working in the mines. An additional emergency medical technician or mine emergency technician shall be employed for every additional fifty (50), or any portion thereof, employees per shift who are actively engaged in the extraction, production, or preparation of coal.(3) If these emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians are also employed in other capacities at the coal mine, they shall be available for quick response to emergencies and shall have available to them at all times the equipment necessary to respond to emergencies, as prescribed by the commissioner.(4) If the licensee selects existing employees to be trained as emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians, the employees selected shall be paid their regular wages during training.(5) Certified emergency medical technicians and mine emergency technicians shall receive annual retraining in the manner established in an administrative regulation promulgated by the department, during which they shall receive their regular wages.Effective:6/26/2007
Amended 2007, Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 8, effective6/26/2007. -- Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 16, effective 7/12/2006. -- Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 5, effective 7/15/2002. -- Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 13, effective 4/9/1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 1, effective 7/13/1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 1, effective 7/13/1984; and ch. 237, sec. 1, effective 7/13/1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1982.