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Recertification Instructions for Providers (doc - 31kb)

Recertification (Renewal)

2010 Recertification Options

Exemptions (doc - 20kb)

Frequently Asked Questions

Insect Sting Emergency
Treatment Certification

MQ<strong><strong>A:</strong></strong> The Road to Quality Healthcare Begins Here Paramedic Examination Scores

Final Order and Emergency Action Search Screen

Course Providers

Statutes and Rules

Related and Contact Information

Examination Information

Customer Concerns and Suggestions Survey


***These professions are not governed by Chapter 456, Florida Statutes.***


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IMPORTANT MESSAGE -
The Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, is dedicated to protecting your personal information against fraud and scams. You can help protect your license and personal bank accounts by being cautious in giving out your own personal information such as first name, last name, business name, email address, userid/password, financial information (credit card, bank account number, PIN), social security number, and driver's license number. We will never request personal credit card or bank account information over the telephone. If we require information from you, we will notify you in writing and request that you provide the information by mail or online only after you have safely and securely logged in to your account.

If you believe that someone may be using your account without your permission, please contact us immediately.

EMT Exam Statistics Report (pdf - 114kb)

Paramedic Exam Statistics Report (pdf - 108kb)

NOTE: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

This information is provided in the most accessible electronic format possible. To request a different format of the documents on this page, please send an email to MQA_EMT-Paramedic@doh.state.fl.us

The online application can only be used for initial application at this time. If you use the online application to apply for re-exam, it WILL delay your application.Use the link to our paper application for all re-examination applications.

NEW! Apply for your EMT or Paramedic License Online.

Below are step-by-step instructional presentations for using the Online Initial Application tool for Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic applicants.

EMT - How to use the Online Licensure Application (doc - 2mb)
Paramedic - How to use the Online Licensure Application (doc - 1mb)

Some of the boards, or the department where there is no board, are in the process of updating health history questions on licensure applications for health care professions. Please continue to use the application as it currently appears online until rules are adopted that will allow the department to replace these applications with updated versions.

NEW! Customer Concerns and Suggestions Survey

2010 EMT/PMD Recertification (pdf - 357kb)

Notice: EMT/Paramedic Recertifications will be mailed the second week of September.

IMPORTANT: December 1, 2008, was the last day of the certification renewal cycle for Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics. Any certificate-holder whose renewal request was postmarked prior to Midnight on December 1, 2008, is considered to have timely renewed and may continue to practice. Our license look-up screen will not reflect the new certification expiration date until the Department of Health has processed the renewal application. Please recheck the website on or after December 15, 2008. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, all certificates should be renewed and processed by that date if the renewal requests were postmarked by December 1, 2008.