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Ambulance Standards: Administrative Check Sheet 6.3.2025
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Ambulance Standards: Air Ambulance Report 6.3.2025
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Ambulance standards Air Ambulance Checklist 6.3.2025
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Ambulance Standards: Ambulance Report 6.3.2025
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Ambulance Standards Licensing Report 6.3.2025
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The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of EMS (BEMS) coordinates, develops, improves, and maintains a comprehensive and dynamic emergency medical services system. This system ensures prompt, effective, and unimpeded service by appropriately educated and licensed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Practitioners and licensed EMS Providers to all residents and visitors of the state.
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The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of EMS (BEMS) coordinates, develops, improves, and maintains a comprehensive emergency medical services system. This system ensures prompt, effective, and unimpeded service by appropriately educated and licensed emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners and EMS providers to all state residents and visitors.
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In accordance with Executive Order JML 25-008 and related to the Welcome Home Act, Act 253 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session, the following report outlines the requirements for obtaining an initial EMS practitioner license in the State of Louisiana, the policies or rules adopted by the EMS Commission, and efforts made to inform the public.
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The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services considers various factors determine whether a conviction directly relates to the license sought or the license identified by a pre-licensing application eligibility requestor and as provided by La. R.S. 37:2950 as well as LAC Tit. 46.XXXVIII §306.
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The Louisiana Bureau of EMS is responsible for the overall planning, coordination, licensing, and regulation of Louisiana’s EMS system. Adopted in 2019, the Bureau of EMS Policy & Procedure Manual allows the bureau to coordinate, develop, improve, and maintain a comprehensive and dynamic medical emergency services system for the state that will ensure prompt, effective, and unimpeded service by appropriately educated and licensed EMS practitioners to all residents and visitors of the state.
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Effective November 1, 2023, the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services began utilizing the new Louisiana State Police (LSP) criminal history request and reporting system (LAPS). Students/practitioners will be able to request a criminal history report from one of approximately 60 sites throughout the state and many sites across the United States. Reports will normally be available for review by the Bureau of EMS within 72 hours of the completed criminal history report request.
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Louisiana Bureau of EMS, Ambulance Provider Licensing
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