Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2550

Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact

ARTICLE I

Purpose

To protect the public through verification of competency and

ensure accountability for patient care-related activities all state-

licensed emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, such as

emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs, and paramedics.

This Compact is intended to facilitate the day-to-day movement of

EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their

EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority and authorize

state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS

personnel licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that

states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and

safety through their licensing and regulation of EMS personnel and

that such state regulation shared among the member states will best

protect public health and safety. This Compact is designed to

achieve the following purposes and objectives:

1. Increase public access to EMS personnel;

2. Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health

and safety, especially patient safety;

3. Encourage the cooperation of member states in the areas of

EMS personnel licensure and regulation;

4. Support licensing of military members who are separating

from an active duty tour and their spouses;

5. Facilitate the exchange of information between member states

regarding EMS personnel licensure, adverse action, and significant

investigatory information;

6. Promote compliance with the laws governing EMS personnel

practice in each member state; and

7. Invest all member states with the authority to hold EMS

personnel accountable through the mutual recognition of member state

licenses.