Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-9-2-.16 - Standards for Emergency Medical Services Education
(1)
EMS Initial Education.
(a) No EMS Agency,
fire department, hospital, clinic, medical center, educational institution, or
other entity shall hold itself out as a designated or approved EMS Initial
Education Program at the EMR, EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic level without holding
current designation by the Department as an EMS Initial Education Program for
the respective level(s) of EMS initial education.
(b) Designation of EMS Initial Education
Programs.
1. Any entity seeking designation
or re-designation as an EMS Initial Education Program at the EMR, EMT, AEMT,
and/or Paramedic levels must submit an application to the Department in a
manner and on forms as determined by the Department, and shall meet at a
minimum, the requirements defined by the Department.
2. An application for designation or
re-designation as an EMS Initial Education Program must include a statement
from an authorized agent of the Program's Sponsor attesting that the Sponsor
accepts responsibility for the operation of the Program.
3. The Department's review of applications
for designation and re-designation as an EMS Initial Education Program may
include an on-site inspection of the program.
4. All EMS Initial Education Programs,
including individual courses, are subject to periodic monitoring and announced
or unannounced site visits by the Department.
5. All EMS Initial Education Programs must
maintain satisfactory records for student attendance, counseling, and
evaluation. Grades and credits for courses must be recorded on the student
transcript and permanently maintained by the Sponsor in a safe and accessible
location. All EMS Initial Education Program records are subject to review by
the Department at any time.
(c) EMS Initial Education Program Designation
Criteria. Applicants for designation or re-designation as an EMS Initial
Education Program shall meet Department-specified standards that address, at a
minimum, the following criteria:
1. Program
sponsorship;
2. Program direction
and administration;
3. Medical
direction;
4. Instructional
personnel;
5. Physical resources,
including classroom and laboratory facilities, equipment and supplies, and
learning resources;
6. Admission
requirements for all levels of EMS initial education courses offered by the
Program;
7. Clinical and field
internship resources;
8. Academic
and administrative policies, procedures, and records retention
requirements;
9. Program outcomes
and evaluation;
10. Curriculum;
and
11. Delivery of instruction by
distance learning technology.
(d) Data Reporting Requirements and Course
Notifications for EMS Initial Education Programs. Each designated EMS Initial
Education Program shall:
1. Notify the
Department of each EMS initial education course that it intends to offer, in a
time frame and on forms specified by the Department.
2. Report specified data elements to the
Department regarding each EMS initial education course offered, in a time
frame, format, and frequency specified by the Department. All such data
reported to the Department shall be accurate and factual.
3. Notify the Department of any substantive
changes to the EMS Initial Education Program, as specified by the Department,
in a time frame and on forms specified by the Department.
4. Provide the Department with full access to
all data from its student clinical tracking system and its learning management
system.
5. Notify the Department
within twenty-four hours of receipt of a report or other information suggesting
that a program instructor, preceptor, student, or field clinical/internship
site has:
(i) Provided services while under
the influence of drugs or alcohol;
(ii) Been arrested or indicted for, charged
with, or convicted of any felony, crime of violence, or crime of moral
turpitude; or
(iii) Violated the
laws or rules governing EMS in Georgia or the Department's policies related to
EMS Initial Education Programs.
(e) The Department may suspend, revoke, or
place on probation a designation as an EMS Initial Education Program, after
providing written notice to the Program's Sponsor, if the Department determines
that the Program is not in compliance with the requirements or criteria of
these rules or applicable statutes or policies. The Department shall provide an
administrative hearing on the action to suspend or revoke the Program's
designation if the Sponsor makes a written request for a hearing. Such written
request must be delivered to and received by the Department no later than
twenty days after the Sponsor receives notice of the action. If a timely
request for a hearing is not received, the action will become effective twenty
days after the Sponsor's receipt of the notice. In lieu of suspending or
revoking a Program's EMS Initial Education Program designation, the Department
may re-designate the Program at another level of EMS Initial Education Program
if it is determined that the Program does not meet the criteria for its current
level(s) of designation.
(2) EMS Continuing Education.
(a) No EMS Agency, fire department, hospital,
clinic, medical center, educational institution, other entity or person shall
hold itself/themselves out as offering or teaching an approved EMS continuing
education course unless the course has been approved or recognized by the
Department or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital
Continuing Education (CAPCE).
(b)
Approval of EMS Continuing Education Courses.
1. All requests for Department approval of
EMS continuing education courses must be submitted to the Department in a time
frame and on forms specified by the Department.
2. EMS continuing education courses shall
consist of educational activities designed to promote and enrich knowledge,
improve skills, and develop attitudes for the enhancement of professional
practice, thus improving the quality of Emergency Medical Services provided to
the public.
3. All EMS continuing
education courses are subject to periodic monitoring and announced or
unannounced site visits by the Department. EMS continuing education courses
that are delivered through distance education are subject to review and audit
by the Department at any time.
4.
All EMS continuing education courses must comply with course standards
specified by the Department.
(c) Data reporting requirements
1. Department-approved EMS continuing
education courses shall be assigned an approval number by the
Department.
2. All providers of
approved EMS continuing education courses shall issue a certificate or letter
of completion to each student who completes the course. The certificate or
letter must include information specified by the Department regarding the
completion of the course.
3. If the
provider of an approved EMS continuing education course is a Georgia licensed
EMS Agency or designated EMS Initial Education Program, the provider shall
submit a roster of the students who completed the course to the Department in a
time frame and on forms specified by the Department.
(d) The Department's approval of an EMS
continuing education course is contingent upon the course being taught
according to the approved curriculum and in line with current standards and may
be rescinded at any time. No course credit shall be given to attendees of a
course for which the Department has rescinded its approval or to persons who
have not attended and completed the continuing education course.
(e) Providers of Department or CAPCE approved
EMS continuing education shall not issue a certificate of credit/completion for
EMS continuing education hours to any person without the person meeting the EMS
continuing education completion requirements as specified by the Department for
the respective EMS continuing education course.
Notes
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