36-4B-35. Emergency medical services personnel program--Promulgation of rules.The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:(1)Provide for an application form and process for the licensure of emergency medical services personnel and the certification of ambulance drivers;(2)Set forth criteria for educational and training program approval, including instructor qualifications, student acceptance, and clinical requirements;(3)Establish the educational and training requirements, and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians requirements, for applicants seeking licensure as emergency medical services personnel;(4)Provide for the renewal of ambulance driver certification and continuing education requirements;(5)Establish procedures for the administration of the emergency medical services personnel program;(6)Regulate the professional conduct of emergency medical services personnel and ambulance drivers;(7)Establish the educational and training requirements, and conditions for issuance of a critical care endorsement, as provided for in §36-4B-18.1;(8)Establish the:(a)Educational and training requirements and conditions for issuance of a community paramedic d conditions for issuance of a critical care endorsement, as provided for in §36-4B-18.1;(8)Establish the:(a)Educational and training requirements and conditions for issuance of a community paramedic endorsement; and(b)Practice protocols and supervisory requirements for a person with a community paramedic endorsement; and(9)Establish the allowable skills and techniques performed by emergency medical services personnel under direct and indirect control. Source: SL 1978, ch 269, §35; SL 1992, ch 268, §23; SL 2004, ch 17, §234; SL 2015, ch 277 (Ex. Ord. 15-1), §33, eff. Apr. 20, 2015; SL 2022, ch 146, §2; SL 2023, ch 135, §3; SL 2024, ch 153, §27.
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