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<p>All, </p>
<p>Please see the provided protocol updates regarding transporting of police service animals. We will work on formalizing some training and acquiring the necessary equipment to make us compliant with the new Protocol. Be advised, until such a time that training and equipment has been completed, no transportation of K9's should take place.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Ethan<br>
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:06:20 +0000<br>
From: "Cluett, Scott (DPH)" <<a href="mailto:William.Cluett@mass.gov">William.Cluett@mass.gov</a>><br>
Subject: DPH Policies for Implementation of Nero's Law<br>
To: Russ Hall <<a href="mailto:enaiman@holdenma.gov">enaiman@holdenma.gov</a>><br>
Cc: "Cluett, Scott (DPH)" <<a href="mailto:william.cluett@mass.gov">william.cluett@mass.gov</a>>, "Lewis, Susan (DPH)" <<a href="mailto:susan.k.lewis@mass.gov">susan.k.lewis@mass.gov</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear EMS Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Office of Emergency Medical Services (Department) is issuing today the following documents for implementing Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2022 (better known as Nero’s Law), as listed below. The Nero’s Law statute required the Department to develop and issue these attached policies, and for ambulance treatment and transport of police dogs to take place in conformance with these policies.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Implementation Period</u>: All ambulance services have 6 months to come into compliance with Nero’s Law and policies (or request and obtain a waiver), but services that can complete training their personnel and come into full compliance with the attached policies, may proceed to provide care and transport in accordance with them as soon as they are ready. Also during this period, the Department is circulating today, in a separate email, a proposed Administrative Requirement (AR) for minimum equipment for BLS care and transport of police dogs, for a 60-day ambulance service licensee comment period. Once that comment period is over, and comments are reviewed, the Department will make any updates as appropriate and send out to this group a final AR for the minimum equipment list.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Attached documents</u>:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3">Note that the first page of the protocols set out the legal/policy parameters of EMS care and transport of police dogs.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Updated AR 2-212, EMT Continuing Education Standards, which has been revised to include a cap on the number of credits an EMT can submit each recertification cycle for police dog training courses.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Waiver requirement and process</u>: Nero’s Law allows for ambulance services to apply for waivers from having to do police dogs transports. Ambulance services may submit waiver requests for Nero’s Law the same way they request all their waivers now: in by writing, addressed to the OEMS Director. OEMS will review Nero’s Law waiver requests the same way it reviews all waiver requests - in accordance with 105 CMR 170.275 - and then issue a written response, either approving or denying the waiver.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For any questions regarding these standards, please contact <a href="mailto:OEMS.Ambulance@mass.gov">OEMS.Ambulance@mass.gov</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, and please be safe.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;">Ethan Naiman</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;">Lieutenant/EMS Coordinator</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;">Holden Fire Department</span></div>
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