Legislation and Rules
- 64J-1 Emergency Medical Services as of June 2010
- 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.
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- 64J-2 Trauma
Services
- 64J-3 911 Emergency Dispatchers
Rules may be viewed and downloaded from the Florida Administrative Weekly & Florida
Administrative Code website at:
http://www.flrules.org
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/.
Please visit
https://www.flrules.org/default.asp to stay-up-to-date on all notices.
Petition for Variance
Emergency Petition for Waiver of Rule 64J-1.0201(3)(a)5, F.A.C.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on September 7, 2010, the Florida Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Operations, Bureau of Emergency Medical
Services (EMS), received an emergency petition for waiver of Rule 64J-1.0201(3)(a)5, Florida Administrative Code, from Henry J. del Valle on behalf of
Florida Keys Community College.
Nature of Rule: Sets forth the minimum qualifications for Program Directors at Florida-approved EMS Training Programs. To be eligible for approval as an
EMS Training Program, applicants must provide documentation that a Program Director 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, who meets all other requirements, is requesting a waiver of the requirement of two years teaching experience as a Level B instructor in
the above-described rule to allow him to serve as Program Director.
All comments regarding this emergency petition must be received in writing by September 27, 2010.
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.
Emergency Petition for Temporary Variance of Rule 64J-1.0201(3)(a)(2), F.A.C.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on August 30, 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(3)(a)(2), Florida Administrative Code, from the School Board of Manatee
County, Florida.
Nature of Rule: Sets forth the minimum qualifications for Program Directors at Florida-approved EMS Training Programs. To be eligible for approval as
an EMS Training Program, applicants must provide documentation that a Program Director 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 through and including June 30, 2011 to allow an instructor, who meets
all other requirements, to act as Interim Program Director while completing his Bachelor's degree as required in the rule.
All comments regarding this emergency petition must be received in writing by September 24, 2010.
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.
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.
- Changes to Proposed Rules - Neonatal Transports
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.
Chapter 401, F.S.
- 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.
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
Minutes from the Legislative Committee Meetings may be found on the EMS Advisory Council page.
Legislative
Committee Agenda
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
DS. COPCN 03-12-2009
DS. Medical Director Authority 10-03-2007
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Please e-mail the Government Analyst
for more information on all workshops and public hearings.
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