Subpart 1.
[Repealed,
L 1999 c 245 art
9s 66]
Subp. 2.
[Repealed,
L 1999 c 245 art
9s 66]
Subp. 3.
[Repealed,
L 1999 c 245 art
9s 66]
Subp. 4.
[Repealed,
L 1999 c 245 art
9s 66]
Subp. 5.
[Repealed,
L 1999 c 245 art
9s 66]
Subp. 6.
[Repealed, 22 SR 1877]
Subp. 7.
Variance for certain drugs.
The board shall grant a variance to a basic ambulance service
licensee to carry and to administer beta agonist by metered dosed inhalation or
nebulization, or both, premeasured subcutaneous epinephrine, sublingual
nitroglycerin, or premeasured intramuscular or subcutaneous glucagon only if
the licensee shows that:
A. each
attendant who will administer the drug has satisfactorily completed training in
the administration of the drug and the training has been approved by the
licensee's medical director;
B. the
administration of the drug has been authorized by the licensee's medical
director;
C. the licensee's medical
director has developed or approved standing orders for the use of the
drug;
D. continuing education or
clinical training in the administration of the drug shall be provided at least
annually to the licensee's attendants who are trained to administer the drug;
and
E. at all times, at least one
attendant on duty is trained in accordance with item A to administer the drug
for which the ambulance service has been granted a variance.
Documentation of items A to E must be retained in the
licensee's files.
Subp.
8.
Variance maintenance.
In order to maintain a variance granted under subpart
7, the licensee's medical
director shall, by the annual anniversary date of the approved variance:
A. provide a list of the licensee's
attendants;
B. certify in writing
that each attendant has satisfactorily completed the required training and
retained skill proficiency; and
C.
certify in writing that, prior to allowing an attendant who was hired after the
variance was granted to administer a drug specified in subpart
7, the attendant
satisfactorily completed the required training under subpart
7, item A.
Documentation of items A to C shall be retained in the
licensee's files.
Subp.
9.
No variance granted.
A basic ambulance service shall not be granted a variance for
the establishment of intravenous therapy involving the use of drugs other than
solutions for intravenous infusion.
Notes
Minn. R. agency 145, ch. 4690, WAIVERS AND VARIANCES, pt. 4690.8300
L 1987 c 209 s 39; 14 SR
519; L
1996 c 324
s
6; 22 SR 1877;
L
1999 c 245 art 9s
66
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.804;
144E.16
