Re: Is TDH holding up certifications?

[Guest guest]

This is news to me. Have you called the BEM number in Austin and asked someone

like Quiroz?

Jane Hill

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[Guest guest]

That rumor is not true. We're continuing to print and mail

certifications twice a week. We've mailed out over 1200

certifications/licenses (may include a few duplicate IDs) since March

1st and expect to have five or six more mail outs this month.

March is a busy month for the National Registry because it's their

common expiration date, but I haven't noticed a slower than ususal

turnaround in their EMT-basic score submissions to us. So, I'm not

sure of the origin of this rumor.

Our staffing is re-approaching the pre-September 2003 numbers (the

state retirement incentive took a few folks) and we don't anticipate

any significant delays in routine turnaround in the near future

(knock wood).

Phil Lockwood

EMS Standards Program

Bureau of Emergency Management

> Today I was told that TDH is not issuing any new certifications

until

> the first of April. Is this true? If so, what is the deal? This

> causes me a great deal of pain and suffering. (It's all about me!

>

> My partner passed NR and is waiting on state cert. Now I may have

to

> wait a little longer to have a double medic crew! Agony. Agony.

>

> Have a great weekend...

>

> Neil

[Guest guest]

So you folks are getting to fill all the lost positions again?

Ron

Re: Is TDH holding up certifications?

That rumor is not true. We're continuing to print and mail

certifications twice a week. We've mailed out over 1200

certifications/licenses (may include a few duplicate IDs) since March

1st and expect to have five or six more mail outs this month.

March is a busy month for the National Registry because it's their

common expiration date, but I haven't noticed a slower than ususal

turnaround in their EMT-basic score submissions to us. So, I'm not

sure of the origin of this rumor.

Our staffing is re-approaching the pre-September 2003 numbers (the

state retirement incentive took a few folks) and we don't anticipate

any significant delays in routine turnaround in the near future

(knock wood).

Phil Lockwood

EMS Standards Program

Bureau of Emergency Management

> Today I was told that TDH is not issuing any new certifications

until

> the first of April. Is this true? If so, what is the deal? This

> causes me a great deal of pain and suffering. (It's all about me!

>

> My partner passed NR and is waiting on state cert. Now I may have

to

> wait a little longer to have a double medic crew! Agony. Agony.

>

> Have a great weekend...

>

> Neil

[Guest guest]

As it stands, we're getting to post and re-fill the certification

processing staff positions we lost in August. The bureau's overall

staffing, statewide, is another story, and as you probably know, the

final effects of the agency's reorganization are yet unknown.

> > Today I was told that TDH is not issuing any new certifications

> until

> > the first of April. Is this true? If so, what is the deal? This

> > causes me a great deal of pain and suffering. (It's all about

me!

> >

> > My partner passed NR and is waiting on state cert. Now I may

have

> to

> > wait a little longer to have a double medic crew! Agony. Agony.

> >

> > Have a great weekend...

> >

> > Neil

>

>

>