State EMS Test Site - Tidewater EMS Region
"Items to Bring" Information
This document is a repeat of the confirmation you receive as part of registration for a state EMS test site in the Tidewater EMS region. In case you did not receive either an on-line or email confirmation, you should call the Tidewater EMS Council (757 963-0632 between 8:30 am and 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday except holidays) to confirm that you are successfully registered. The below information will assist you with the information necessary to be prepared for testing.
In case of inclement weather call 757 963-0632.
The following items must be brought to the test site by you and/or your instructor/course coordinator. It is ultimately your responsibility to ensure that all items are present in order to test. You will not be permitted to test unless all required documents are brought to test site. This confirmation is from the Tidewater EMS Council and it confirms that you have registered for a specific test site. This letter is not the necessary documentation, listed below, that authorizes you to test.
Directions to test sites are posted on our website at www.TidewaterEMS.org in the Education section and can be obtained by calling 757 963-0632 between 8:30 am and 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday except holidays.
FOR EMT-B and FIRST RESPONDER INITIAL CERTIFICATION:
1. Picture ID - Drivers license or other government issued photo identification card.
2. Completed Virginia EMS certification application (blue bubble form).
3. Virginia office of EMS Letter of primary eligibility.
4. Signed Parental Permission Form if the student was under 18 years of age at the begin date of the course.
FOR ALS INITIAL CERTIFICATION:
1. Picture ID - Drivers license or other government issued photo identification card.
2. Completed Virginia EMS certification application (blue bubble form) with instructor's signature, physician course director's signature, and course number.
FOR RECERTIFICATION, CHALLENGES, RE-ENTRY, LEGAL RECOGNITION and RETESTS FOR BLS and ALS LEVELS
1. Picture ID - Drivers license or other government issued photo identification card.
2. Virginia Office of EMS Eligibility Notice letter. Individuals retesting must also bring all score sheets included with the OEMS letter. Candidates will not be permitted entry into a test site without an eligibility to test letter from the Virginia Office of EMS. This includes Eligibility Notice received with CE reports from the OEMS, letters sent by the OEMS indicating test failure (retest do not require instructor or physician course director signature), or approval to challenge certification levels based on equivalent training, knowledge and experience. Anyone provided a special accommodation due to a limitation, as defined under ADA, and recertification hours completed by continuing education. These documents are sent by the Virginia Office of EMS as authorization to test.
Once the examination has started, late students will NOT be permitted to test and no refunds or credits will be issued. No-shows will be billed a $25 fee. Re-registration will not be permitted without receipt of the $25 fee. If you have any questions, please call the Tidewater EMS Council office at (757) 963-0632.
If you owe a test fee ($25 for practical testing for all initial and recertification tests for EMT-B and First Responder), send it, along with your name, daytime phone, test site and test date to:
Tidewater EMS Council
6353 Center Drive Suite 101
Norfolk, VA 23502
The test fee must be received prior to the test date or you are not registered, unless prior arrangements have been made for you to pay at the test site.
Thank you and good luck on your state test. Don't forget to bring the appropriate documentation described above.
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