<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-57. - Requirements for certification.</div>
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               (a)
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               An individual seeking certification as an emergency medical technician or medical
               responder shall apply to the commission using forms prescribed by that agency. The
               commission's representatives shall examine the applicant for emergency medical technician
               by written and practical examination and the applicant for medical responder by written
               and practical examination. The commission shall issue a certificate to the applicant
               who meets all the requirements set forth in this article and the rules adopted for
               this article and who successfully completes the examinations required for certification.
               Emergency medical technician and medical responder certificates shall be valid for
               a period not to exceed four years and may be renewed after reexamination if the holder
               meets the requirements set forth in the rules of the commission. The commission is
               authorized to revoke or suspend a certificate at any time it determines that the holder
               no longer meets the qualifications prescribed for emergency medical technicians or
               for medical responders.
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               (b)
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               The commission shall adopt rules setting forth the qualifications required for certification
               of medical responders and emergency medical technicians.
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               (c)
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               An individual currently certified as an emergency medical technician by the National
               Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or by another state where the education/certification
               requirements have been approved for legal recognition by the commission, in accordance
               with rules promulgated by the medical care commission, and who is either currently
               residing in North Carolina or affiliated with a permitted ambulance provider offering
               service within North Carolina may be eligible for certification as an emergency medical
               technician without examination. This certification shall be valid for a period not
               to exceed the length of the applicant's original certification or four years, whichever
               is less.
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               (d)
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               Duly authorized representatives of the commission may issue temporary certificates
               with or without examination upon finding that this action will be in the public interest.
               Temporary certificates shall be valid for a period not exceeding 90 days.
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