Satisfactory Progress

All students must meet certain minimum conditions to be accepted into the advanced EMS training.

Demonstrate competency at the EMT-Basic level
- Currently certified and in good standing as EMT-B by the state of Texas
- Or proof of enrollment in an EMT-Basic class
- Or eligibility to take the National Registry Exam
TSI (Texas Success Initiative) exempt or complete

Once a student is accepted into the program, to maintain this status with the program the student must do the following:

Each unit exam in EMSP classes must be passed
- Students have a total of two retests in each class that may be used in order to pass these exams. Any course or program final exam may only be retested once.
Certain skills exams in EMSP classes must be passed
- Students may have up to two attempts to pass specific skills. Only one of these skills in each class may be retested a second time. The list of mandatory pass skills is provided for each course at the beginning of the semester.
- Skills include all psychomotor skills as well as other pass/fail competency checks (such as math competency)
Students must abide by all college and departmental policies including (but not limited to)
- Dress code
- Attendance (classroom and clinical)
- Paperwork/documentation
Students must adhere to strict attendance rules
- Students may not miss more than 10% of total classroom clock hours
- Students must attend all assigned clinicals
A student will be required to withdraw from the EMSP program for violation of these requirements
- For a complete description of the program policies, please consult the current EMSP Advanced Program Handbook

In order to move into the subsequent semester, or to receive a course completion, a student must pass each EMSP course with a score of "B" or better. Students not acheiving this score will be allowed to repeat the class to make the required grade of "B" or better. Students may only take a course twice. If they are unsuccessful in a second attempt they will be released from the program.

Students will be allowed an automatic readmission for the next offering of a course, if the student has not reached the maximum number of admissions. Students who wish to be readmitted in a semester later than the next course offering must make prior arrangements with the department.

All departmental policies are contained in the appropriate program handbooks