SECTION .0600 – EMS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS

10A NCAC 13P .0601       Continuing EDUCATION EMS educational Program requirements

(a)  Continuing Education EMS Educational Programs shall be credentialed by the OEMS to provide only EMS continuing education. An application for credentialing as an approved EMS continuing education program shall be submitted to the OEMS for review.

(b)  Continuing Education EMS Educational Programs shall have:

(1)           at least a Level I EMS Instructor as program coordinator and shall hold a Level I EMS Instructor credential at a level equal to or greater than the highest level of continuing education program offered in the EMS System, Specialty Care Transport Program, or Agency;

(2)           a continuing education program shall be consistent with the services offered by the EMS System, Specialty Care Transport Program, or Agency;

(A)          In an EMS System, the continuing education programs shall be reviewed and approved by the system continuing education director and Medical Director;

(B)          In a Specialty Care Transport Program, the continuing education program shall be reviewed and approved by Specialty Care Transport Program Continuing Education director and the Medical Director; and

(C)          In an Agency not affiliated with an EMS System or Specialty Care Transport Program, the continuing education program shall be reviewed and approved by the Agency Program Medical Director;

(3)           written educational policies and procedures to include each of the following;

(A)          the delivery of educational programs in a manner where the content and material is delivered to the intended audience, with a limited potential for exploitation of such content and material;

(B)          the record-keeping system of student attendance and performance;

(C)          the selection and monitoring of EMS instructors; and

(D)          student evaluations of faculty and the program's courses or components, and the frequency of the evaluations;

(4)           access to instructional supplies and equipment necessary for students to complete educational programs as defined in Rule .0501 of this Subchapter;

(5)           meet the educational program requirements as defined in Rule .0501 of this Subchapter;

(6)           Upon request, the approved EMS continuing education program shall provide records to the OEMS in order to verify compliance and student eligibility for credentialing; and

(7)           approved education program credentials are valid for a period not to exceed four years.

(c)  Program directors shall attend an OEMS Program Coordinator workshop annually. A listing of scheduled OEMS Program Director Workshops is available at https://emspic.org. Newly appointed program directors who have not attended an OEMS Program Director Workshop within the past year shall attend a workshop within one year of appointment as the program director.

(d)  Assisting physicians delegated by the EMS System Medical Director as authorized by Rule .0403 of this Subchapter or SCTP Medical Director as authorized by Rule .0404 of this Subchapter for provision of medical oversight of continuing education programs shall meet the Education Medical Advisor criteria as defined in the "North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians: Standards for Medical Oversight."

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-508(d)(4); 143-508(d)(13);

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002;

Eff. January 1, 2004;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2009;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2017;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2024; July 1, 2021.