The deadline for submission of your I/C and/or Examiner/Chief Examiner renewal application is January 31, 2026. No applications will be approved or processed after that date. If a completed application is not received by this date, your I/C and/or Examiner/Chief Examiner approval will not be renewed. While you may submit this application first, it will not be processed until your EMT/AEMT/Paramedic certification renewal is completed.
Before you apply:
If not already done so, you will need to create an account within the Department’s Health Professions Licensing Portal , and then link your existing I/C and/or Examiner/Chief Examiner approval to your new account. Please note, if you hold licenses/certifications from multiple boards, each license/certification must be linked one at a time.
How to apply
Once your approval(s) has been linked to your Health Professions Licensing Portal account, select “Show Details” on the applicable approval. From there, you should see the option to start the “Renewal Application”
What you need
What you need for renewal of your I/C approval:
- Upload copy of your current BLS CPR Instructor certification
- Upload documentation of actively teaching, which may include any one of the following:
- Initial EMT course registration form with you listed as the lead I/C .
- A letter from a Department-approved accredited training institution, attesting to you teaching an initial EMT program (or portions of it). Please ensure the OEMS course registration # and dates are listed.
- A completed continuing education roster listing you as the instructor
- An OEMS continuing education approval letter or regional EMS council documentation listing you as instructor.
- Submit completed I/C renewal application.
- Once the application is submitted, you will receive email confirmation accordingly. If your application is incomplete, it will not be processed, and your I/C renewal will not proceed until the application is corrected.
- The I/C renewal application must be submitted no later than January 31, 2026, and will remain on file until your EMT/AEMT/Paramedic certification renews. No applications will be approved or processed after that date
- If a completed application is not received by this date, your I/C approval will not be renewed, and cannot be reinstated. Anyone wishing to regain approval must reapply and be granted a new approval.
- If you hold Examiner/Chief Examiner approval, you must complete a separate Examiner/Chief Examiner renewal application (see below).
What you need for renewal of your Examiner/Chief Examiner approval:
- Upload copy of your current BLS CPR Instructor certification
- A favorable evaluation from the Department, within your current recertification cycle.
- During the term of the immediate past approval period, each Examiner must have received a favorable evaluation from the Department. The Department's evaluations of an Examiner are based on evaluations by Chief Examiners. Chief Examiner evaluations are performed by the Department and will be communicated separately.
- Submit completed Examiner/Chief Examiner renewal application.
- Once the application is submitted, you will receive email confirmation accordingly. If your application is incomplete, it will not be processed, and your Examiner/Chief Examiner renewal will not proceed until the application is corrected.
- The Examiner/Chief Examiner renewal application must be submitted no later than January 31, 2026, and will remain on file until your EMT/AEMT/Paramedic certification renews. No applications will be received or processed after that date.
- If a completed application is not received by this date, your Examiner/Chief Examiner approval will not be renewed and cannot be reinstated. Anyone wishing to regain approval must reapply and be granted a new approval.
- If you hold Instructor/Coordinator approval, you must complete a separate Instructor/Coordinator renewal application (see above).