16-163 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 28 - MEDICAL CONTROL
MEDICAL CONTROL is physician supervision of pre-hospital emergency medical care. More specifically, it is those actions taken to ensure that care provided on behalf of ill or injured patients is medically appropriate. Medical Control includes:
1. Online Medical Control:
A. The contemporaneous physician direction of
a field provider utilizing telecommunications, or in-person contact.
B. This physician direction may be provided
by a Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse delegated by the
physician(s) charged with medical oversight, pursuant to
32 M.R.S.
§83(17-A).
2. Medical Direction:
A. The administrative medical direction of
EMS personnel by a physician as designated in these Rules. Medical Direction
includes interaction with operational and administrative aspects of EMS (for
example, education and training, quality improvement, ambulance staffing,
dispatch issues, and hospital destination).
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