(1) Certified emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians shall be employed at every licensed coal mine whose employees are actively engaged in the extraction, production, or preparation of coal. Persons employed as mine emergency technicians shall be trained in a manner established in an administrative regulation promulgated by the department. Persons seeking certificatio n as a mine emergency medical technician or mine emergency technician shall be subject to the following additional requirements: (a) All persons seeking certification as a mine emergency technician shall demonstrate drug - and alcohol -free status in accorda nce with KRS 351.182 and 351.183; (b) The drug and alcohol testing for those seeking certification as mine emergency technicians shall be administered prior to the examination for the certification, in accordance with KRS 351.182 and 351.183; and (c) Certification as a mine emergency technician shall not be issued until the results of the drug and alcohol testing have been obtained. Notification shall be given to the person in accordance with KRS 351.184. (2) These emergency medical technicians or mine emer gency technicians shall be employed in the following manner: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, for every shift engaged in the production of coal at a surface or underground coal mining operation, there shall be: 1. One (1) emergency medical or mine emergency technician employed on every shift with ten (10) or fewer miners employed on the shift; and 2. Two (2) emergency medical or mine emergency technicians employed on every shift with more than ten (10) but fewer than fif ty-one (51) miners employed on the shift; and (b) For underground mines only, on every shift with more than fifty (50) miners working on the shift, there shall be one (1) additional emergency medical technician or mine emergency technician for each additional fifty (50) miners, or any portion thereof, engaged in the extraction, production, or preparation of coal, and at least one (1) emergency medical or mine emergency technician shall be underground at all times while miners are working in the mines regardless of how many miners are working on the shift. (3) If these emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians are also employed in other capacities at the coal mine, they shall be available for quick response to emergencies and shall have available to them at all times the equipment necessary to respond to emergencies, as prescribed by the commissioner. (4) If the licensee selects existing employees to be trained as emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians, the employees selected shall be paid their regular wages during training. (5) Certified emergency medical technicians and mine emergency technicians shall receive annual retraining in the manner established in an administrative regulation promulgated by the department, during which they shall receive their regular wages.
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