New Developments in the MA EMS Scandal

And so it begins...

http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_17956891

My questions are simple. Where was MA DPH OEMS to police these classes? Where are the ethics of those involved in offering these classes? Where are the ethics involved in the persons "taking" these classes?
While it has been many years since I have held an EMT license (5, which I gave up voluntarily) and even more since I came off the road (6), I don't remember trying to just sign a roster. While the classes are sometime ridiculous, especially if you are a working EMT or Medic, the state mandates that we take the courses. Perhaps we have come to the point in the EMS System that a test out option should be given.
I say this knowing the blow back it will receive, however, why does one need to freshen up a skill they use everyday?

 I feel a "one chance only" test would demonstrate the appropriate level of \competency to all levels of EMS providers, if the test was required to be taken on a regular (2 year) basis. If you do not pass the test after your first attempt then you are required to take the refresher course.

The fact that the state is pointing fingers at the instructors and EMT's with out looking at the system that is in place shows that they are not willing to accept the fact that the system, as defined now, is flawed. It is the states responsibility to protect its' citizens. If they are only recognizing the failure now, how many other times has this occurred through out the history of EMS in MA and the country? Nurses have a Board to review all credentials. Doctors have a Board to review credentials. Perhaps it is time that OEMS started acting like the rest of the healthcare world and pulled their heads out of the bucket.