ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PERSONNEL (ALS)
Please note that an application fee only extends an initial license to the next renewal date. Initial licenses do vary in duration. It is the responsibility of all licensees to renew their license before expiration. Failure to renew shall result in automatic forfeiture or suspension of the license by statute. Licenses which have forfeited are not automatically entitled to renew.
How do I start the application process for licensure?
CEU Requirement
36-4B-27. Fee for annual renewal--Continuing education--Letters from supervising physician and employer--Notice to board of termination of employment.
A request for emergency medical technician-paramedic or emergency medical technician-intermediate/99 license renewal shall be accompanied annually by the prescribed fee and accompanied in odd numbered years by satisfactory evidence of sixty hours of advanced life support studies during the preceding two years. A request for emergency medical technician-intermediate/85 license renewal shall be accompanied annually by the prescribed fee and accompanied in odd numbered years by satisfactory evidence of forty hours of advanced life support studies during the preceding two years. The request shall also be accompanied by a letter from the supervising physician and the employer of the advanced life support personnel. If the advanced life support personnel is terminated the reasons shall be submitted to the board, in writing, by both the ambulance service and supervising physician, within seventy-two hours of termination of any such working contract.
ALS Approved Scope of Practice
The Board approved the ALS Scope of Practice Guide on June 14, 2018, revised July 1, 2022. Scope Document
36-4B-18. Additional tasks permitted with adequate training and proficiency.
In addition to tasks listed in §§ 36-4B-16 and 36-4B-17, an emergency medical technician-intermediate/85, emergency medical technician-intermediate/99, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic may be permitted to perform, under direct or indirect medical control, such other tasks approved by the board, and for which adequate training and proficiency can be demonstrated.
If you would like to petition the Board for additional tasks, send an email to sdbmoe@state.sd.us outlining your request. Your request should include the education completed and medical director protocols for that task.
ALS Licensure Compact
Information related to the EMS compact can be found on the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice EMS Compact website: EMS Compact
ALS EMT-Paramedic Critical Care Endorsement (SDCL: 36-4B-18.1)
Critical Care Certified paramedics can request the critical care endorsement as follows:
Send an email with the information below to sdbmoe@state.sd.us
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- Subject Line of Email: your Full Name (first and last name) Critical Care Endorsement
- Attach a Copy of your completion certificate from the International Board of Specialty Certification
- Put this message in the body of email: "I am certified as a critical care paramedic or flight paramedic by the International Board of Specialty Certification. Please add this to my file."
