"Advanced emergency medical technician" or
"AEMT" means an individual who has successfully completed a
course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Instructional Guidelines (January 2009),
has passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the AEMT, and is
currently certified by the department as an AEMT.
"Bureau" or "BETS" means the
bureau of emergency and trauma services, the bureau designated by the
department as the lead agency for coordinating and implementing the provision
of emergency medical services in this state.
"CAAHEP" means the Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs.
"CAPCE" means the Commission on Accreditation
for Prehospital Continuing Education. CAPCE is an accrediting body charged with
the review and accreditation of EMS continuing education.
"CEH" means continuing education hour, which
is based upon a minimum of 50 minutes of training per hour.
"Certification" or
"certificate" means a document issued by the department
authorizing a person to practice as an emergency medical care provider in
Iowa.
"Certified" means being officially recognized
as meeting department-approved training and testing standards and being issued
a certificate by the department in accordance with Iowa Code chapters 272C and
147A.
"Cognitive examination" or "written
examination" means the portion of the NREMT certification examination
process evaluating the candidate's level of EMS knowledge.
"Core continuing education" means education
obtained during a certification period to renew certification. Core continuing
education shall have an assigned sponsor number from CAPCE, an authorized EMS
training program, the board of nursing, the board of medicine or the
department.
"Course completion date" means the date of the
final classroom session of an emergency medical care provider course.
"Course coordinator" means an individual who
has been assigned by the training program to coordinate the activities of an
emergency medical care provider course.
"Critical care paramedic" or
"CCP" means a currently certified paramedic who has
successfully completed a critical care course of instruction approved by the
department and has received endorsement from the department as a critical care
paramedic.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
public health.
"Director" means the director of the Iowa
department of public health.
"Emergency medical care" means any medical
procedure authorized by Iowa Code chapter 147A and 641-Chapter 131.
"Emergency medical care provider" means an
individual who has been trained to provide emergency and nonemergency medical
care at the EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedic, or other certification level recognized
by the department before 2011 and has been issued a certificate by the
department, or a person practicing in accordance with Iowa Code chapter
147D.
"Emergency medical care student" or
"student" means any individual registered with the department
and enrolled in an EMS training program with an active EMS student
registration.
"Emergency medical responder" or
"EMR" means an individual who has successfully completed a
course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
Emergency Medical Responder Instructional Guidelines (January 2009), has passed
the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the EMR, and is currently
certified by the department as an EMR.
"Emergency medical services" or
"EMS" means an integrated medical care delivery system to
provide emergency and nonemergency medical care.
"Emergency medical technician" or
"EMT" means an individual who has successfully completed a
course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
Emergency Medical Technician Instructional Guidelines (January 2009), has
passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the EMT, and is currently
certified by the department as an EMT.
"EMS evaluator" or "EMS-E"
means an individual who has successfully completed an EMS evaluator curriculum
approved by the department and is currently endorsed by the department as an
EMS-E.
"EMS instructor" or "EMS-I"
means an individual who has successfully completed an EMS instructor curriculum
approved by the department and is currently endorsed by the department as an
EMS-I.
"EMS training program" or "training
program" means an Iowa college approved by the Higher Learning
Commission, an Iowa hospital, or a service program that has received
authorization from the department to conduct emergency medical care
training.
"Endorsement" or "endorsed"
means an approval granted by the department authorizing an individual to serve
as an EMS-I, EMS-E or CCP.
"Higher Learning Commission" means the
independent corporation which accredits degree-granting postsecondary
institutions in the north central region of the United States.
"NREMT" means the National Registry of
Emergency Medical Technicians. The NREMT provides a valid, uniform process to
assess the knowledge and skills required for competent entrance-level practice
by EMS professionals.
"Out-of-state student" means any individual
participating in clinical or field experience as a student in an approved
out-of-state training program.
"Out-of-state training program" means an EMS
training program located outside the state of Iowa that is approved by the
authorizing agency of the program's home state to conduct initial EMS training
for EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedic or other level certified by the
department.
"Outreach course coordinator" means an
individual assigned by the training program to coordinate the activities of an
emergency medical care provider course held outside the training program
facilities.
"Paramedic" or "PM" means an
individual who has successfully completed a course of study based on the United
States Department of Transportation's Paramedic Instructional Guidelines
(January 2009), has passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the
paramedic, and is currently certified by the department as a paramedic.
"Physician" means an individual licensed under
Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant" or "PA"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Preceptor" means an individual assigned by
the training program, clinical facility or service program to supervise EMS
students while the students are completing their classroom, clinical or field
experience. A preceptor shall be an emergency medical care provider certified
at the level at which the preceptor is providing supervision or at a higher
level or be licensed as a physician, physician assistant or registered
nurse.
"Primary instructor" means an individual who
is responsible for teaching the majority of an emergency medical care provider
course.
"Psychomotor examination" or
"practical examination" means the portion of the
department-approved or NREMT certification examination process that evaluates
the skill and procedure capabilities of the candidate.
"Registered nurse" or "RN"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Service program" or
"service" means any transport service or nontransport service,
inclusive of associated satellites and service program affiliates, that has
received full or conditional authorization from the department.
"Training program director" means a health
care professional (full-time educator or practitioner of emergency or critical
care) assigned by the training program to direct the operation of the training
program.
"Training program medical director" means a
physician licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148 who is responsible for providing
medical oversight to an EMS training program.
