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.

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

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