The New York State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (SEMAC) has approved the use of glucometers and nebulized albuterol by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) who are employees/volunteers of an EMS agency (i.e. ambulance service, ALS-FR, BLS-FR). The SEMAC approval was granted with the specific condition that the EMS agency wishing to use a glucometer or nebulized albuterol, be granted approval by the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC), that each EMT from that EMS agency complete a REMAC approved training program, and that the EMS agency be granted a Limited Service Laboratory Registration (for blood glucometry only). Links:The purpose of this policy is to explain the approval process for EMS agencies wishing to implement a nebulized albuterol and/or blood glucometry program.
Volunteer ambulance services as defined in Article 30 of the Public Health Law and operated under Section 209-B of the General Municipal Law shall be exempt from the requirement to pay the $200.00 application fee. Volunteer ambulance services seeking a fee waiver must submit a copy of the most recent Application for EMS Operating Certificate, form DOH-206 that was filed with the Bureau of EMS, as well as a copy of your current EMS Operating Certificate. The document may be obtained through the Bureau of EMS Central Office Operations Unit at 518-402-0996, or through the Bureau of EMS website at: http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/ In order to determine your eligibility for the waived fee you must include a copy of the DOH-206 application for EMS Operating Certificate that would have been filed with the Bureau of EMS. Note: Please submit to the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program by mail only (with your registration application fee). Duplicate submissions received via fax or e-mail will be discarded. Application and Instructions for Limited Services Laboratory Certificate: Wadsworth Center Website Download Limited Service Laboratory Registration (DOH-4081) Instructions - PDF Download Limited Service Laboratory Registration (DOH-4081) Send your forms to: Attn: BLS Blood Glucometry Lake Plains Community Care Network, Inc. 575 East Main Street Batavia, NY 14020 |