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EMT in Michigan
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
Michigan students can finish a 194-hour EMT course through an MDHHS-approved sponsor, but every EMS license requires age 18; a bill to allow 17 is pending.
State program: No standalone EMT CIP; delivered inside 51.0000 Health Sciences or by dual enrollment ()
What a high school can deliver
The course and exam preparation, not the license: every Michigan EMS license level requires age 18, so graduates license after their birthday.
Credentials students can earn
Michigan EMT license at 18 after an approved course (exam format, NREMT cognitive plus state practical: Confirm with the agency); CPR
Age and hour requirements
Every EMS license level requires age 18 (MCL 333.20950); course entry set by the program. 194 hours including at least 32 clinical. HB 5488/5489 would allow licensure at 17 with parental consent (pending).
Other agencies involved
MDHHS Bureau of EMS: approves the EMS education program sponsor for 3 years ('High School/Tech Center' is a sponsor type) and licenses EMS personnel. No published review time.
Who can teach it
Program director with a Michigan EMS Instructor-Coordinator license (licensed EMT or higher, 3 years direct patient care with a licensed agency) and an MD/DO medical director; CTE side ACA (4,000 recent hours) or CTE certificate.
Child labor rules for work placements
Paid work: LEO Youth Employment Permit Portal permit since Oct 2, 2026; 24 hours a school week at 16-17. Federal HO 2: no on-the-job driving at 16, limits at 17; students ride, not drive. Sites set ride-along ages.
College credit after high school
No statewide EMT agreement; Kent Career Tech Center reports articulated credit (Confirm locally). PA 160 and PA 258 dual enrollment and Section 61b CTE Early Middle College.
Where to go next
EMT in other states
Other pathways in Michigan
- 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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