Colorado
Status: Member State: Full Compliance

Donnie Woodyard, Jr
Commission Chair; Branch Chief (CO)
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
Email: Donnie.Woodyard@EMSCompact.gov
Donnie Woodyard, Jr was seated as Colorado's Commissioner to the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice on September 4, 2020. Commissioner Woodyard is the Chair of Commission and previously served as the Vice Chair.
About Colorado's EMS System
EMS Compact LegislationColorado the first state to enact the EMS Compact legislation. Colorado 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
- 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
- EMS Office Website
- Apply for a Colorado EMS License
- EMS compact in Colorado
- Wildland Fire & Disaster Personnel Guidance
Retired Commissioners

Jeanne-Marie Bakehouse
Executive Committee, Vice-Chair