§ 8120. Prehospital emergency medical services physicians
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: April 10, 2014
Effective: April 10, 2014
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8120
§ 8120. Prehospital emergency medical services physicians
(a) Scope of practice.--A prehospital EMS physician is a higher-level EMS provider than an advanced EMT. A prehospital EMS physician performs for an EMS agency basic and advanced EMS skills within the scope of practice of a physician under the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L. 457, No. 112),1 known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, or the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L. 1109, No. 261),2 known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, as applicable, or a successor act, as follows:
(iii) An anesthesia, family practice, internal medicine or general surgery residency program that is accepted by either the State Board of Medicine or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine as providing the graduate medical training the board requires for issuance of a physician license without restriction and the successful completion of programs approved by the department in advanced cardiac life support, advanced trauma life support and advanced pediatric life support.
(c) Biennial registration.--A prehospital EMS physician's certification is deemed registered when the certification is issued. The initial registration shall expire under section 8113(n) (relating to emergency medical services providers). Except for the initial registration period, a prehospital EMS physician shall register the prehospital EMS physician certification at two-year intervals by completing an application for biennial registration on a form or through an electronic process as prescribed by the department. The following shall apply:
(d) Transition for prehospital health professional physicians.--A physician who served as a prehospital health professional physician prior to the effective date of this section and who satisfies the certification requirements under subsection (b)(1) may serve as a prehospital EMS physician for 90 days after the effective date of this section without having secured a certification as a prehospital EMS physician.
Credits
2009, Aug. 18, P.L. 308, No. 37, § 1, effective April 10, 2014.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8120, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 8120
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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