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EMT in North Carolina
These pages summarize rules to help you plan. They are not legal advice. Before you place students at a work site or change a program, check with your state agency, your district's counsel and your insurance carrier.
In short
North Carolina students can take EMT through IP21-IP22 or CCP and test at 17, but OEMS issues the EMT credential only at 18.
State program: EMMT pathway, Public Service and Safety cluster: IP21 EMT I Honors, IP22 EMT II Honors
What a high school can deliver
The course and the exam at 17, not the credential: OEMS issues the EMT credential at 18.
Credentials students can earn
NC EMT credential (OEMS) issued at 18 after NREMT testing; credential listed for IP22 ()
Age and hour requirements
Course entry 17 by the course end date; may test at 17; credential issued at 18 (10A NCAC 13P .0502). Minimum 240 hours: 192 didactic and skills plus 48 clinical or field.
Other agencies involved
NC Office of EMS: credentials the Basic or Advanced EMS Educational Institution (4 years) and its instructors (10A NCAC 13P .0602); a high school reaches it through a credentialed institution such as a community college.
Who can teach it
Level I EMS Instructor at or above course level as lead, Level II coordinator at the institution; DPI CTE Restricted route for the teacher, license area for IP21/IP22 not confirmed.
Child labor rules for work placements
Youth employment certificate for every paid minor; no work 11 p.m.-5 a.m. before a school day without parent and principal approval. Federal HO 2: students ride, not drive. Sites set ride-along ages.
College credit after high school
Career and College Promise: community colleges offer EMS 110 (EMT, 3 credits) to students 17 by the course end date; tuition waived. No HS-to-CC articulation row for EMT.
Where to go next
- The full EMT guide, showing North Carolina
- The North Carolina state profile
- Add this pathway to your plan
EMT in other states
Other pathways in North Carolina
- Nurse Aide / Patient Care
- Electrical
- Welding
- Construction and Carpentry
- HVAC/R
- Cybersecurity / Networking
- Programming / Computer Science
- Automotive
- Medical and Dental Assisting
- Cosmetology
- Agriculture
- Early Childhood Education
- Culinary and Hospitality
- Machining and Mechatronics
- Engineering and Drafting
- Firefighting
- Law, Public Safety and Corrections
- Business Management and Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
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