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 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.