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 Legislation
Colorado 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

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

CRS 25-3.5

State EMS Office Links

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