NREMT and L.A. County/California have different  recertification requirements.

Your recertification date may be different on each card. All NREMT cards expire on March 31st. 

L.A. County/California cards expire 2 years from the date issued in most cases. 

• You must have either a local EMT card or the state of California EMT card to function as an EMT in California – NREMT alone does not allow you to function as an EMT in the State of California.

•  If your EMT expires, you may not work as an EMT.

• If your CPR card expires, you may not work as an EMT.

•   July 1, 2010 – new California State regulations and fees apply to recertification. DO NOT USE ANY OLD FORMS! Check the L.A. County EMS Agency website for new forms for initial certification, recertification and LIVE SCAN.  http://ems.dhs.lacounty.gov

• NREMT has their own recertification requirements. Please check their website. www.nremt.org         NREMT cards all expire March 31st!

•  L.A. County EMT cards or State of California EMT cards expire 2 years after the date of issue.

California Recertification

Go to http://ems.dhs.lacounty.gov and follow the links to   EMT certification.

Current card or expired up to six months

• 24 hours of CE, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet or
• Refresher course, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet

Card expired 6 months, but not more than 12 months

• 36 hours of CE, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet or
• Refresher course and 12 hours of CE, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet

Card expired 12 months—but less than 24 months:

• 48 hours of CE, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet and take certifying exam (National Registry)     or
• Refresher course and 24 hours of CE, current CPR card and California Skills Validation Sheet and take certifying exam (National Registry)

Card expired over 24 months:

If cert has expired over 2 years – you must retake the entire EMT course, skills exam and state certifying exam (currently the National Registry test)

COC offers skills testing as part of its refresher class and EMT course. We do not offer stand alone skills testing.

Check the  L.A. County website for CE Providers who also offer skills testing. http://ems.dhs.lacounty.gov