§ 8125. Medical director of emergency medical services agency
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: February 16, 2010
Effective: February 16, 2010
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8125
§ 8125. Medical director of emergency medical services agency
(ii) Have successfully completed a residency program in surgery, internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics or anesthesiology, accredited by a residency program accrediting body recognized by the State Board of Medicine or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The physician shall also have successfully completed or taught an advanced cardiac life support course acceptable to the department within the preceding two years and have completed, at least once, an advanced trauma life support course acceptable to the department and an advanced pediatric life support course acceptable to the department or other programs determined by the department to meet or exceed the standards of these programs.
(iii) Have served as an advanced life support service medical director under the act of July 3, 1985 (P.L. 164, No. 45),1 known as the Emergency Medical Services Act, prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(i) An initial assessment of an EMS provider at or above the advanced EMT level to determine whether the EMS provider has demonstrated competency in the knowledge and skills one must have to competently perform the skills within the scope of practice of the EMS provider at that level and a commitment to adequately perform other functions relevant to the EMS provider providing EMS at that level. This subparagraph does not apply if the EMS provider was working for the EMS agency at the same level prior to the physician becoming the medical director for the EMS agency and the EMS provider was credentialed at that EMS agency within the last year as being able to perform at the EMS provider's certification level.
(ii) At least annually, an assessment of each EMS provider at or above the advanced EMT level as to whether the EMS provider has demonstrated competency in the knowledge and skills an EMS provider must have to competently perform the skills within the scope of practice of the EMS provider at that level and a commitment to adequately perform other functions relevant to the EMS provider providing EMS at that level.
Credits
2009, Aug. 18, P.L. 308, No. 37, § 1, effective in 180 days [Feb. 16, 2010].
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 6921 et seq. (repealed); see 35 Pa.C.S.A § 8101 et seq.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8125, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8125
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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