All Louisiana medics please read

[MedicCraig]

Greetings all.........Last week, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed House Bill 1030. (HB1030) In a nutshell, this bill will allow all municipal EMTs and paramedics to operate without the oversight of the La. EMS Commission. As written, if a municipal employee is convicted of a felony,or has had any other action against their certification, the employee would be subjected to possible disiplinary action by their own department, but not the state. The unfair part is the law WILL NOT apply to employees of private services. This creates 2 sets of rules for one industry. It also may prevent private employers from hiring part time fire medics because we may not know that employees record or background. I encourage you to research this bill, and contact your state senators and urge them to vote this bill down. It's not fair, and encourages a return to "the good ole boy "system, where infractions could be swept under the rug because he's a "good ole boy". This kind of legislation sets us back 20 years.

[Dustdevil]

This kind of legislation sets us back 20 years.

Yikes! Twenty years back from where LA already was would be about 1960!

[BushyFromOz]

this loserlation isn't aimed at letting fire departments run amok by any chance?

[JPINFV]

Imagine how bad it's going to be the first time an adverse event occurs and the plantiff's expert witness is someone from the state EMS office saying that if they were in charge that serious discipline would have been handed out prior to the event. It's going to be open season on torts against fire based EMS.

[Kiwiology]

It's going to be open season on torts against fire based EMS.

sounds like just what hey need