New Jersey · 222 session · house
A 4186Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
- Status
- Passed chamber
- Latest action
- — Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
- Primary sponsor
- Murphy, Carol A. (Democratic)
- Regulated Professions
Latest change summary
+6628 / −103 words · LargeConfidence: high
This legislation enters New Jersey into the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA), a multi-state agreement enabling licensed EMS personnel (EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics) to practice across member state lines under their home state license. The compact establishes a governance structure through the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice, which will maintain a coordinated database of licensure and disciplinary information, promulgate uniform rules, and enforce standards. Member states must require NREMT examinations, conduct criminal background checks within five years of compact activation, and maintain complaint investigation mechanisms. The compact includes expedited licensure for military members and spouses, detailed adverse action procedures allowing home states to discipline their licensees and remote states to restrict practice privileges, and provisions for emergency rule adoption and dispute resolution. The compact becomes operational when ten states enact it, and New Jersey's participation takes effect 180 days after enactment, with the Governor retaining authority to withdraw if other states substantially lower licensure standards or if withdrawal serves public health and safety interests.
