Facemasks Required!

Effective July 3rd, 2020: In compliance with Governor Kelly’s upcoming Executive Order requiring the use of facemasks in public places, beginning July 3rd, anyone entering state office buildings will be required to wear a mask. This includes the offices of the Kansas Board of EMS.

EIG Application period opens July 1st, 2020!

The application period for EIG funds opens on July 1st, 2020. You can review the requirements here:

KBEMS office is OPEN to the public on Tuesday, May 26th 2020!

The Landon Office Building and the offices of the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services will once again be open to the public, beginning on Tuesday, May 26th 2020. There will be no health screenings for the public to gain entry to the building. The State of Kansas “suggests” the wearing of masks in all state properties but it is NOT required.

The Board of EMS and Committees will not meet! Investigations Committee date TBD…

There are no issues before the Board for the meeting previously scheduled for June 5th, 2020. The Board will not meet!

The MAC, Planning and Operations, Education, and Executive Committee meetings previously scheduled for June 4th, 2020 are cancelled.

The Investigations Committee will meet at a time and date to be determined.

The KBEMS Licensure Public Portal INTERNET ADDRESS HAS CHANGED!

Following an update to the KBEMS Licensure system the internet address for the Public Portal has changed.

The new address for the portal is: https://www.kemsis.org/lms/public/

While the old address should redirect to the new address for a short time, you should update any internet browser shortcuts you may have to the new address.

BOARD OFFICES CLOSED March 23rd-April 6th!

Due to COVID-19 and the direction of Governor Laura Kelly, our office will be closed from March 21st through April 6th. Since we’re normally closed on the weekend, we’ll actually be closed from Friday, March 20th, 4:30 PM. We will not be checking email or phone messages during this time, but will get back with you when we return to the office.

If this is of an urgent matter and needs attention prior to April 6^th, please email Joe House, Executive Director at joseph.house@ks.gov

April 2nd Board Committee Meetings Cancelled!

In response to the current COVID-19 virus pandemic, all KBEMS committee meetings scheduled for April 2nd have been cancelled.

Agendas for the December 5th and 6th Committee and Board meetings are now available

The agendas for the Committee and Board Meetings on Thursday, December 5th, 2019 and Friday, December 6th, 2019 are now available on the Board meetings page. NOTE: The Executive Committee meeting is cancelled.

EMS ListServe NOW working Correctly

The Kansas Office of Information Technology Services (the “owner” of our ListServe) recently ported the ListServe to a new “Cloud based” solution. Due to configuration issues, only 27% of List members were receiving messages. As of 12:00 PM, Monday March 4th, the ListServe is once again delivering messages to the entire list!

Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice (REPLICA) to Meet March 1st

NOTICE OF RECOGNITION OF EMS PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE
COMPACT (REPLICA)

Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice

FULL COMMITTEE MEETING
Pursuant to Section 10 Subsection B.4. of the Recognition of EMS Personnel Interstate Licensure Compact
(REPLICA), and Article VII. Committees, Section 1 of the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel
Practice Bylaws, we hereby provide notice of the Executive Committee’s intent to meet.
The meeting will be held on:
March 1, 2019 – 2:00 p.m. EST

Details can be found here

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