10A NCAC 13P .0220       staffing for PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CARE GROUND AMBULANCES

Pediatric Specialty Care Ground Ambulances operated within the approved Specialty Care Transport Program dedicated for inter-facility transport of non-emergent, emergent, and critically ill or injured or discharged Neonatal and Pediatric patients are exempt from the requirements of G.S. 131E-158(a).  The Specialty Care Program Medical Director shall determine the staffing that is sufficient to manage the severity of illness or injury of the patients transported in the Pediatric Specialty Care Ground Ambulance.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131E-158(b);

Eff. July 1, 2011;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016.