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person has, not more than one year before the date of application, successfully demonstrated competence in skill areas set out in the department’s skill sheets for the EMT level for which recertification is sought; and

(iv) if certification has been lapsed for more than two years, the appropriate cognitive and psychomotor examination administered by the department or the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) under 7 AAC 26.130. (g) An EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, or AEMT with a certification expiration date after December 31, 2014, whose training did not include the skills contained in the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards, January 2009, adopted by reference, must take a department-approved refresher training program or curriculum transition program that includes those skills appropriate to the level of recertification before being recertified. (h) An applicant for recertification may not have a history that includes one or more of the grounds for denial of recertification set out

(1) in 7 AAC 26.950(a); or

(2) in 7 AAC 26.950(b) and (c) unless the department’s consideration of one or more of the factors in 7 AAC 26.950(f)(1) — (5) results in a finding that issuance of the certificate is appropriate. (i) If the department determines that the curriculum originally used to train an applicant for recertification whose certificate has been lapsed for more than two years has changed substantially, the department may require the applicant to repeat the initial EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, EMS instructor, or EMS instructor coordinator course, as applicable, and apply as for initial certification. (j) Repealed 1/1/2022. (k) Repealed 1/1/2022. (l) Continuing medical education hours may be applied only to satisfy the applicable recertification requirements of this section for one certification period. (Eff. 12/31/81, Register 80; am 10/14/84, Register 92; am 10/23/92, Register 124; am 5/22/96, Register 138; am 6/23/2001, Register 158; am 8/16/2002, Register 163; am 12/26/2014, Register 212; am 8/21/2019, Register 231; am 1/1/2022, Register 241) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.08.080 AS 18.08.082 AS 18.08.084