EMSP LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS The information

EMSP LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS

The information listed below is to assist you in providing the necessary documents along with your

application & appropriate fee to renew your EMS license. It is NOT necessary to provide a criminal

history release form when renewing your license, we already have one on file.

FEE OPTIONS:

 Standard two year renewal - $10.00

Please send check or money order made out to ADPH Office of EMS.

 One year renewal - $5.00

Please send check or money order made out to ADPH Office of EMS.

All active EMSP must have a form completed by their service’s off-line Medical Director, or an on-line

Medical Director or authorized designee attesting to their mastery of the skills and knowledge of the

Alabama Treatment Protocols. As a part of completing the form, the physician or authorized designee will

randomly select three protocol scenarios from a selection of scenarios provided by the Office of EMS.

The EMSP must satisfactorily verbally complete the selected scenarios based on the Alabama EMS

Patient Care Protocols and the physician or authorized designee must attest to this by signing off on a

protocol certificate including the EMSP’s name, license number, level, and physician’s signature and/or

authorized designee.

EMSP RE-LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

EMT

 Application

 Copy of National Registry card if you have ever been Nationally Registered

 An approved CPR course and an official typed CPR card

 License Fee

 Current Photo

 Full Protocol Certificate dated 2011 or 2012 for EMT Protocol Review (all 101 pages) with scope

of practice

 If you have never been Nationally Registered, you must provide Full Protocol Certificate and an

official typed CPR card.

ADVANCED EMT

 Application

 Copy of National Registry card if you have ever been Nationally Registered

 An approved CPR course and an official typed CPR card

 License Fee

 Current Photo

 Full Protocol Certificate dated 2011 or 2012 for EMT Protocol Review (all 101 pages) with scope

of practice

INTERMEDIATE

 Application

 Copy of National Registry card if you have ever been Nationally Registered

 An approved CPR course and an official typed CPR card

 License Fee

 Current Photo

 Full Protocol Certificate dated 2011 or 2012 for EMT Protocol Review (all 101 pages) with scope

of practice



If you have never been Nationally Registered, you must provide Full Protocol Certificate and an

official typed CPR card.

PARAMEDIC

 Application

 Copy of National Registry card if you have ever been Nationally Registered

 An approved CPR course and an official typed CPR card

 License Fee

 Current Photo

 Full Protocol Certificate dated 2011 or 2012 for EMT Protocol Review (all 101 pages) with scope

of practice

 If you have never been Nationally Registered, you must provide Full Protocol Certificate and an

official typed CPR card.

Reciprocity Information

EMSP

You must be a Nationally Registered EMSP to apply for the issuance of an Alabama EMS license. The

license fee is $10.00 for two years. You may contact Gary Mackey at [email protected]

call 334-206-5383. Applications are accessible at the top of this website page. Applications can be mailed

or faxed to you upon request.

Out-of-State Intermediates are eligible at the EMT level.

Alabama Protocol education is required for ALL levels.

**NOTE** A LICENSE WITH DRIVER ON IT WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED. DRIVERS

MUST MAINTAIN CURRENT EVOC CERTIFICATION ON FILE WITH YOUR SERVICE.

***On-line renewal will be available from January 1, 2013 through March 31, 2013.

PROTOCOL VERIFICATION

Protocol verification is a combination of physical skills and scenario competency testing. Listed below

are the specific skills that each level should be evaluated on by a Medical Director or Training Officer,

during their licensure period to determine proficiency. New protocol scenarios will be posted on the EMS

website this month.

PARAMEDIC

Blind Insertion Airway Devices

Cardioversion

Chest Decompression

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

ECG (12 lead)

Endotracheal intubation

External Pacing

Hemostatic Agents

Intraosseous Therapy

INTERMEDIATE

Blind Insertion Airway Devices

Cardioversion

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

ECG (12 lead)

Endotracheal Intubation

Hemostatic Agents

Intraosseous Therapy

ADVANCED EMT

Blind Insertion Airway Devices

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

Hemostatic Agents

Intraosseous Therapy

Cardiac Arrest Management

EMT

Cardiac Arrest Management

Spinal Immobilization (seated patient)

Spinal Immobilization (supine patient)

Bleeding Control/Shock Management

Long Bone Immobilization

Joint Immobilization