Can EMTs administer medications while not on shift?

[NomadicMedic]

Some states vary. Delaware, for example, from what I recall - any off duty paramedic can be "activated" and become "on duty" but just needs to report it. Doesn't work if he is in, say, New Jersey though, and they are "on the clock" when activated. They're also a government model and not a third party, or hospital based type.

The activation as a medic is only if you're on the scene of an incident while off duty and the medic on scene needs another set of hands or needs a second paramedic for a DFI.

 

[Kevinf]

It's been a 3-5 years now, but two PA medics were de-certed permanently for practicing without a license off duty. One from Lancaster, and one from Schuylkill County.

I'm curious about these, some light-weight googling didn't turn up anything useful.