SB184 (2013) Detail

Excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.


CHAPTER 190

SB 184-FN – FINAL VERSION

03/14/13 0774s

2013 SESSION

13-0861

10/03

SENATE BILL 184-FN

AN ACT excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.

SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that emergency medical care providers and service units regulated by the department of safety in RSA 153-A shall not include New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/14/13 0774s

13-0861

10/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

190:1 Emergency Medical Care Provider; Definition; Conservation Officers Excluded. Amend RSA?153-A:2, V to read as follows:

V. “Emergency medical care provider” means an employee or volunteer member of a public or private organization having responsibility for the delivery of health services to individuals experiencing illness or injury at a location other than a hospital or other medical facility. The term shall not include lifeguards at swimming facilities or members of ski patrols, or New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers, unless said individuals are performing invasive patient care procedures.

190:2 Emergency Medical Services Unit; Definition; Conservation Officers Excluded. Amend RSA?153-A:2, IX to read as follows:

IX. “Emergency medical service unit” means an organization, public or private, operating alone or as part of a larger organization, which has the responsibility to provide emergency medical services. The term shall not include ski patrols or New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers unless a ski patrol or a New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officer is providing invasive patient care procedures.

190:3 New Paragraph; Fish and Game; Duties of Conservation Officers. Amend RSA 206:26-b by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. Each fish and game conservation officer shall be required to maintain training and certification for wilderness first responder, basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation but shall not be required to obtain licensure under RSA 153-A.

190:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 2, 2013

Effective Date: August 31, 2013