Colorado
Status: Member State
Michael Bateman
Operations Section Manager
Emergency Medical & Trauma Services Branch
Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Phone: 303-691-4932
The EMS Compact is State Law
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-60-3502: EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
Read the state law here.
About Colorado’s EMS System
EMS Compact Legislation
Colorado was the first state to enact the EMS Compact legislation. HB 15-1015 was signed into law on May 8, 2015.
National EMS Coordinated Database Status
- ✅ Colorado is fully integrated with NEMSCD
Colorado’s EMS Rules
6 CCR 1015-3 – Emergency Medical Services
- Chapter One – EMS and EMR education, EMS certification, EMR registration
- Chapter Two – EMS practice and medical direction
- Chapter Three – EMS data collection
- Chapter Four – Licensure of ground ambulance services
- Chapter Five – Air ambulance licensing
Colorado’s EMS Statutes
State EMS Office Links
Current Commissioner Appointment
Retired Commissioners
Donnie Woodyard
Chair, Executive Committee (Retired)
Dates of Service
July 2020 - July 2023
Jeanne-Marie Bakehouse
Executive Committee, Vice-Chair (Retired)
Dates of Service
October 2017 - July 2020