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Rules

  • 64J-1 Emergency Medical Services as of June 2010 (pdf 255.49kb/44 pages)
    • Note: You will find the date a particular rule was last updated in the footer. For example, effective December 31, 2009 64J-1.0201, F.A.C., EMS Instructor Qualifications, was added to Chapter 64J-1, F.A.C. This date is listed under 64J-1.0201, F.A.C.
    • The PDF is hyperlinked for your convenience so you may click on any rule in the table of contents and you will be taken directly to that rule. You may return to the table of contents by clicking on at the top of each rule.

    Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

  • 64J-2 Trauma Services

  • 64J-3 911 Emergency Dispatchers (pdf 25.76kb)

Rules may be viewed and downloaded from the Florida Administrative Weekly & Florida Administrative Code website at: http://www.flrules.org

Rule Development Workshops

  • None at this time. 

Note: Notices of Rule Development Workshops and Proposed Rules are advertised in the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW) in accordance with Chapter 120, F.S. The notices may appear on this website prior to the FAW due to the publication schedule. Please visit https://www.flrules.org/default.asp to stay-up-to-date on all notices.

Correspondence between the department and the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee regarding rules may be found at: http://www.japc.state.fl.us/.

Notice of Rulemaking/Proposed Rules

Public Hearing Notices

  • None at this time.

Please visit https://www.flrules.org/default.asp to stay-up-to-date on all notices.

Petition for Variance

Emergency Petition for Variance of Rule 64J-1.0201(4)(a),(d) and (e), F.A.C.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on June 1, 2010, the Florida Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Operations, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), received an emergency petition for variance of Rule 64J-1.0201(4)(a),(d) and (e), Florida Administrative Code, from Fortis Institute FKA Florida Career Institute.

Nature of Rule: Sets forth the minimum qualifications for Adjunct Instructors at Florida-approved EMS Training Programs. To be eligible for approval as an EMS Training Program, applicants must provide documentation that each instructor has met the standards for their position as listed in the school's Application for Approval of an Emergency Medical Services Training Program, DH Form 1698, December 2008.

The petitioner is requesting a temporary variance of the above-described rule until January 1, 2013 for any newly hired instructors to meet the Instructor Core Curriculum or exemption requirements.

All comments regarding this emergency petition must be received in writing by June 23, 2010. As of this notice, the Department has not determined whether this petition should be treated as an emergency petition.

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

A copy of the Petition may be obtained by contacting: John Bixler, Chief, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-18, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1738, (850)245-4055, Fax: (850)488-9408, John Bixler.

Notices of Correction/Change to Proposed Rules

Note: Pursuant to Chapter 120.54(3)(d), F.S., changes to a proposed rule must be supported by the record of public hearings held on the rule, must be in response to written material submitted to the department within 21 days after the publication of the Notice of Proposed Rule, or must be in response to a proposed objection from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.

Florida Statutes

Chapter 401, F.S. (PDF 145.22kb - 34 pages)

  • The above version of Chapter 401, F.S., includes the following amendments from the 2009 Legislative Session which were approved by Governor Crist on June 16, 2009.
    • s. 401.2701, F.S. - revising requirements for the field internship experience in paramedic programs and authorizing the Department of Health to adopt rules
    • s. 401.281, F.S. - revising the documented requirements for a driver of an emergency vehicle
    • These amendments went into effect on July 1, 2009.
    • The Bureau of EMS is now in the rule development process regarding field internship experience in paramedic programs

Go to "Online Sunshine"  to access all Florida Statutes.

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Legislative and Rules Committee of the EMS Advisory Council

The EMS Advisory Council's Legislative and Rules Committee has requested that the following documents be downloaded prior to their meetings. The downloading of these documents prior to the meetings and the addition of numbered lines will facilitate discussion during future meetings.

Current version of Chapter 401, F.S. with Line Numbers PDF (163.80kb - 37 pages)

Minutes from the Legislative Committee Meetings may be found on the EMS Advisory Council page.

Legislative Committee Agenda (pdf 84.26kb)

Declaratory Statements

Pursuant to Chapter 120.565, F.S., a substantially affected person may submit a petition for a declaratory statement from an agency regarding the agency's opinion as to the applicability of a statutory provision, rule, or order of that agency.

Below are petitions for a declaratory statement, with their final orders from the Department of Health's Office of the General Counsel, as they relate to matters of the EMS community.

If you wish to submit a petition for a declaratory statement, please submit the petition with the set of circumstances and the specific statue, rule, or order that applies to those circumstances to:

                                           R. Samuel Power
                                           Agency Clerk's Office
                                           Department of Health
                                           4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A02
                                           Tallahassee, FL 32399

DS. Non-Alcoholic Reckless Driving 04-08-2009 (pdf 139.77kb/6 pages)
DS. COPCN 03-12-2009 (pdf 157.75kb/7 pages)
DS. Medical Director Authority 10-03-2007 (pdf 151.06kb/6 pages)

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Please e-mail the Government Analyst for more information on all workshops and public hearings.