Verified EMS services must:
(1) Provide initial training and updates to
certified EMS personnel on department-approved prehospital triage procedures,
regional patient care procedures, county operating procedures, county medical
program director policies and patient care protocols;
(2) Identify how certified EMS providers will
receive continuing medical education and ongoing training;
(3) Comply with department-approved
prehospital triage procedures, regional patient care procedures, county
operating procedures, county medical program director policies and patient care
protocols;
(4) Participate in the
department-approved regional quality improvement program;
(5) Provide service that is consistent with
the department-approved application on file for the EMS service, the state plan
and approved regional plan; and
(6)
Meet the following minimum agency response times as defined by the
department
and identified in the
regional plan. With the advice of the
steering committee,
the
department will consider all available data in reviewing response time
standards for verified prehospital trauma services at least biennially.
(a) Aid service response time requirements:
Verified aid services must meet the following minimum agency response times as
defined by the
department and identified in the
regional plan:
(i) To urban response areas: Eight minutes or
less, 80 percent of the time.
(ii)
To suburban response areas: Fifteen minutes or less, 80 percent of the
time.
(iii) To rural response
areas: Forty-five minutes or less, 80 percent of the time.
(iv) To wilderness response areas: As soon as
possible.
(b) Ground
ambulance service response time requirements: Verified ground
ambulance
services must meet the following minimum agency response times for all EMS and
trauma responses to response areas identified in their
department-
approved
application on file, as defined by the
department and identified in the
regional plan:
(i) To urban response areas:
Ten minutes or less, 80 percent of the time.
(ii) To suburban response areas: Twenty
minutes or less, 80 percent of the time.
(iii) To rural response areas: Forty-five
minutes or less, 80 percent of the time.
(iv) To wilderness response areas: As soon as
possible.
(c) Verified
air ambulance services must meet minimum agency response times as identified in
the state plan.
