New Jersey Certification Requirements

The Department of Health Office of Emergency Medical Services will send you a status letter listing your CEU's 3-4 months prior to your expiration date. If you have taken courses and they are not listed you will need to contact the program sponsor for assistance. It is the EMT's responsibility to keep an accurate record of course taken, the information should include the date, the program number, the sponsor, and the location of the course. There is no grace period beyond the expiration date to complete the requirements.

With in a 3 year certification period the EMT must take 48 CEU's. Twenty-four are a review of the EMT curriculum, The other 24 CEU's are electives. You may take the Core CEU's in two ways. The first method is to take a refresher course also known as Core 13 with one agency in a short period of time. The other way is to take individual Core classes numbered 1-12 each core is 2 CEU's and they may be taken over a 3 year period of time with many agencies.

To maintain National Registry certification you must take a 24 hour refresher course and 48 elective CEU's in a 2 year period.

New DOH Regulations adopted June of 2004 pertaining to expired EMT's

If your EMT B expiration is less then 2 years,  you must take the Core 13 refresher course and the National Registry test to be recertified.

If your EMT B expiration is more  more than two years you must repeat the entire EMT B course.

Reciprocity

If you are  Nationally Registered and not certified in New Jersey and wish to obtain a New Jersey certification you must take the Core 13 program. You will then be issued a New Jersey card with an expiration date 1 year past the Registry expiration.

If you are certified by another state you must complete the Core 13 Refresher Program and take the state Test.

You must also contact the Department of Health for the Reciprocity forms 609-633-7777, or by the email link below.

The following are directions for individuals applying for "reciprocity" at the EMT-Basic level ONLY.

I Directions:

  1. The link below will navigate you to our email page. Once there you must do the following. If these instructions are not followed completely and accurately, it may cause a delay or the possibility of your application not being processed at all.
  2. In the EMS Section area click the drop down list and select, "Reciprocity".
  3. Complete your:
    • telephone number, (the number you submit must have voice mail or answering machine, no pagers numbers please unless it has a voice mail option).
    • your complete name in the single box,
    • your e-mail address if applicable,
    • Mailing Address
  4. In the subject line type in "reciprocity".
  5. In the body of the message please write, any specific information that may be helpful, including your current state of certification and level of certification.
  6. Once we receive this request we will mail you a "Reciprocity Application Packet" via US Mail. This packet contains all the information, directions and forms that you will need to complete the reciprocity procedure. Once we receive the completed requirements there is a three to four week processing time.
  7. If you have any questions please contact the Education Section in the Office of EMS at (609) 633-7777.

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