Do No Harm v. the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

  • CASE NAME
    Do No Harm v. the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
  • CASE TYPE
    Lawsuit
  • LOCATION
    Mississippi
  • CASE STATUS
    Closed

The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) normally encourages professionals to pledge to provide critical life-saving services to everyone, “unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, [or] color.”

But NAEMT is disregarding that pledge. NAEMT is operating a race-based “diversity” scholarship that awards money only to “students of color.” White
students are flatly excluded, even though NAEMT admits that the program is “a
contract.”

NAEMT is not just violating its own pledge. It’s violating federal law.

On January 10, 2024, Do No Harm filed the suit on behalf of a student who is being harmed by this discriminatory “scholarship,” and requested:

  • A temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction barring NAEMT from closing the application period, selecting scholarship recipients, or enforcing the racially discriminatory eligibility criteria;
  • A permanent injunction barring NAEMT from continuing the program;
  • And nominal damages in the amount of $1.

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