Tennessee
Status: Member State
Brandon Ward
Director
Tennessee Department of Health
Office of EMS
665 Mainstream Drive
2nd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-4521
The EMS Compact is State Law
Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-140-601: Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA).
Read the state law.
About Tennessee’s EMS System
In Tennessee, the REPLICA legislation was signed into law on April 19, 2016, making Tennessee the seventh state to enact the EMS Compact.
Commissioner Brandon Ward currently represents Tennessee on the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice. Commissioner Donna Tidwell was seated as Tennessee’s first Commissioner at the Compact’s inaugural meeting on October 11, 2017.
National EMS Coordinated Database Status
- ✅ Tennessee is fully integrated with NEMSCD
Tennessee EMS Rules and Laws
State EMS Office Links
Current Commissioner Appointment
Retired Commissioners
Donna Tidwell
Commissioner (Retired)