S.D. Codified Laws § 36-4B-16.2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 36-4B-16.2 - Permitted practice-Advanced emergency medical technician

An advanced emergency medical technician may:

(1) Respond to, assess, and triage nonurgent, urgent, and emergent requests for medical care;
(2) Apply basic and focused advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care transportation;
(3) Perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found in an ambulance;
(4) Administer medications approved by the board;
(5) Perform focused advanced skills to mitigate specific life-threatening, medical, and psychological conditions with a targeted set of skills beyond the level of an emergency medical technician; and
(5) Perform other advanced skills approved by the board.

SDCL 36-4B-16.2

SL 2011, ch 177, §2; SL 2024, ch 153, §13.
Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. 153,s. 13, eff. 7/1/2024.