BCEHS reviews criminal record checks case by case. The BC Ambulance Service looks at each offence to decide it it affects your ability to work as a paramedic.

BCEHS reviews driver’s abstracts case by case. They assess whether your driving record may affect your ability to work as a paramedic.

The Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board (EMALB) issues licences to people who completed an approved training program for:

• Emergency medical responder (EMR)
• Primary care paramedic (PCP)
• Advanced care paramedic (ACP)
  

For more details, visit the EMALB website.

BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) employs paramedics across the province.

The Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board (EMALB) is a government body that:

• ​Sets licensing standards
• Conducts exams
• Issues paramedic licences
  

Although BCEHS and EMALB work closely together, they are separate organizations.

To work as a paramedic at any level, you must have the following vaccines:

• Measles, mumps, rubella - 2 doses
• Tetanus and diphtheria - primary series plus booster every 10 years
• Polio - primary series (plus one booster if at risk of fecal exposure)
• Hepatits B - full series
  

You must also provide lab results that show immunity.

The EMALB website lists approved training programs for each paramedic licence level.

BCEHS accepts applications from paramedics who:

• Hold a valid BC paramedic licence
• Are legally allowed to work in Canada
  

If you have questions about licensing, contact EMALB.

If you want to work only in BC, you may qualify for the BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). This program helps skilled workers and experienced entrepreneurs immigrate to BC faster.

Contact information

BC Provincial Nominee Program Office
450 – 605 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 5J3
Canada

Email:PNPinfo@gov.bc.ca
Phone: 604-775-2227
Fax: 604-660-4092

BCEHS does not offer a volunteer paramedic program.

If you are interested in volunteering, contact St. John Ambulance about their medical first responder program.

The Ambulance Paramedics and Dispatchers of BC (CUPE Local 873) represents:

• Paramedics
• Emergency call takers
• Dispatchers

All these roles are part of BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS).