EMS Education Coordinator Recertification Requirements


Education Coordinator Recertification Process

  • The Virginia EMS Portal has been updated no longer requiring the EMS Physician recommendation forms to be uploaded.
  • Now EMS Physicians will now approve EC recertification’s via their EMS Portal account.
    • When an EC selects an EMS Physician from the drop down, it will automatically notify the EMS Physician that there is an application pending for approval.
    • Once the EMS Physician confirms the recommendation from their portal, the recommendation status and expiration date will be populated for the you to see.
  • This new process also eliminates the Eligibility Letter for EC Recertification.
  • If recertification is not completed by the EC’s expiration date, they will automatically enter a two-year reentry period.  See 12VAC5-31-1553. EMS education coordinator reentry below.

If you have any questions regarding the EC recertification process, please contact Chad Blosser (chad.blosser@vdh.virginia.gov).

EMS Education Coordinator Recertification and Reentry Regulations

12VAC5-31-1552. EMS education coordinator recertification process.

  1. To be eligible to recertify, the EMS education coordinator shall:
    1. Maintain his provider certification.
    2. Teach a minimum of 50 hours of initial certification or Category 1 CE and provide documentation of completion submitted in a process established by OEMS.
    3. Complete one EMS education coordinator update in the three-year certification period.
    4. Submit an EMS education coordinator application to include endorsement from an EMS physician.
  2. Upon completion of the recertification requirements, the EMS education coordinator will receive an “Eligibility Notice” and must take and pass the EMS education coordinator recertification examination.
  3. All recertification requirements must be completed and submitted to OEMS prior to the certification expiration date.

12VAC5-31-1553. EMS education coordinator reentry.

  1. If an EMS education coordinator does not complete or submit all recertification requirements prior to his expiration date, he will go into a two-year reentry period.
  2. During the reentry, the EMS education coordinator will not be allowed to coordinate any certification   or CE courses. Any current courses in progress at the time of loss of EMS education coordinator certification will be suspended.
  3. All outstanding recertification requirements shall be completed during the reentry period.
  4. Failure to complete all recertification requirements during the reentry period will require the provider to complete the entire certification process as prescribed in 12VAC5-31-1551.