3. A year of ambulance service shall be credited under a service award program for each calendar year, beginning with the year in which the program is adopted, in which a volunteer ambulance worker accumulates at least fifty points. Except as provided in subdivision five of this section and subdivision eight of section two hundred nineteen-d of this article, points shall be granted for activities performed after the effective date of the program in accordance with a system adopted by the sponsor which shall be applied on a consistent and uniform basis. Such system shall provide that points shall be granted for activities designated by the sponsor, which activities shall be selected from the following:

1. (a) Training courses -- twenty-five points maximum.

   1. (i) Courses under twenty hours duration -- one point per hour, with a maximum of five points.
   2. (ii) Courses of twenty to forty-five hours duration -- one point per hour for each hour over initial twenty hours, with a maximum of ten points.
   3. (iii) Courses over forty-five hours duration -- fifteen points per course. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "training course" shall mean a course of instruction having a prescribed topic and syllabus. Points for a training course shall be awarded only upon the successful completion of the course and only in the year in which the course is successfully completed.
2. (b) Drills and seminars -- twenty points maximum. One point per minimum two hour drill or seminar. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "drill" shall mean a skills practice or skills training session related to emergency medical service and the term "seminar" shall mean a lecture on a topic relating to the emergency medical service.

3. (c) Sleep-in or stand-by -- twenty points maximum.

   1. (i) Sleep-in -- one point each full night.
   2. (ii) Stand-by -- one point each. A stand-by is defined as line of duty activity of the volunteer ambulance company, lasting for four hours, not falling under one of the other categories. A service award program may not provide points pursuant to this paragraph if the program provides points for tours of duty pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision.
4. (d) Tours of duty. A maximum of twenty points may be granted for serving tours of duty at a rate equal to no more than one-sixth of a point per hour served as determined by the sponsor. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "tour of duty" shall mean a line of duty activity, not falling under one of the other paragraphs of this subdivision, involving a period of time scheduled or assigned by an ambulance company during which a volunteer ambulance worker is responsible for providing emergency medical service or general ambulance service, including sleep-ins, stand-bys and backup duty, by reason of being stationed at an event, as part of a rostered duty crew or as otherwise provided by the regular procedures of the ambulance company. A sponsor may also define two or more activities included within the meaning of the term tour of duty and provide for points to be granted for the performance of such activities at different rates, provided, that points for such activities shall not be granted at a rate in excess of one-sixth of a point per hour served and no more than twenty points shall be granted for all such activities. A service award program may not provide points pursuant to this paragraph if the program provides points for sleep-ins or stand-bys pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision.

5. (e) Elected or appointed position -- twenty-five points maximum.

   1. (i) Completion of one year term in an elected or appointed position.
   2. (ii) A volunteer ambulance worker elected to serve as a delegate to an ambulance workers' convention shall also be eligible to receive one point per meeting.
   3. (iii) A volunteer ambulance worker appointed to serve on the New York state emergency medical services council, the state emergency medical advisory committee, a regional emergency medical services council or a regional emergency medical advisory committee, established pursuant to article thirty of the public health law shall also be eligible to receive one point per meeting.

6. (f) Attendance at meetings -- twenty points maximum.

   1. (i) Attendance at any official meetings of the ambulance company -- one point per meeting.
   2. (ii) Attendance at official meetings of a standing committee of the ambulance company by a member of the committee -- one point per meeting.
7. (g) Participation in ambulance company responses -- twenty-five points for responding on the minimum number of calls, as outlined below: Total number of calls 0 500 1000 1500 ambulance company responds to to to and to annually 500 1000 1500 over Minimum number of calls 10% 7.5% 5% 2.5% volunteer ambulance worker must run annually in order to receive twenty-five points credit A volunteer ambulance worker who is granted points toward a year of ambulance service pursuant to this paragraph may not be granted points toward the same year of ambulance service for alternative participation company responses pursuant to paragraph (h) of this subdivision.
8. (h) Alternative participation in company responses. A maximum of twenty-five points may be granted for participation in company responses at a rate equal to no more than one-half point per response as determined by the sponsor. A volunteer ambulance worker who is granted points toward a year of ambulance service pursuant to this paragraph may not be granted points toward the same year of ambulance service for participation in company responses pursuant to paragraph (g) of this subdivision.
9. (i) Miscellaneous activities -- maximum fifteen points. Participation in inspections and other activities covered by the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law and not otherwise listed -- one point per activity.
10. (j) The sponsor may designate less than all the activities specified in this subdivision as activities for which points may be earned.