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Committee approves EMS licensure compact to align Arkansas with neighboring states
Summary
The committee voted to pass legislation joining the multistate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) licensure compact; supporters said enactment would let Arkansas EMS personnel operate across borders and aid emergency response in border regions.
The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved a bill to adopt the EMS licensure compact after testimony from Dr. Brandon Morchetti, an emergency medicine and EMS physician who serves as medical director for about 2,000 licensed EMS professionals in the state.
Representative Lee Johnson (District 47) introduced the measure and asked Dr. Morchetti to explain the compact. Morchetti told the committee the compact has been enacted in 24 states and that all six of Arkansas’ bordering states…
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