NORTH COAST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Policy # 4603
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Page 1 of 3
Subject: Accreditation
EMT-P Accreditation to Practice within the North Coast EMS Region
Associated Policies:
I. Authority and Reference (incorporated herein by reference)
A. Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
B. California Code of Regulations, Title 22.
C. North Coast Emergency Medical Services Policies and Procedures.
II. Purpose
To establish regional EMT-P accreditation policy and procedure, including initial and reaccreditation, consistent with California state regulations.
III. Paramedic Accreditation Procedure
A. General eligibility criteria:
1. Applicant must document current California EMT-P license.
2. Applicant must submit a completed Part I of the North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation application.
3. Applicant must submit payment of the EMT-P accreditation fee.
B. After review of this documentation, North Coast EMS will send written approval to begin functioning as an EMT-P, under the conditions stated in V. below, and begin the North Coast EMS accreditation process; or, North Coast EMS will send a written request for more information. The letters will be sent to the applicant, and copied to the proposed ALS service provider and proposed base hospital.
C. The EMT-P accreditation requirements are:
1. Applicant must submit a completed Part II of the North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation application, including signatures of base hospital Prehospital Care Medical Director (PCMD), Prehospital Care Nurse Coordinator (PCNC), and all North Coast EMS-approved EMT-P service providers where applicant will work or volunteer as an EMT-P.
2. Applicant must document successful completion of the New Personnel Orientation.
3. Applicant must document successful completion of at least five (5) evaluated LALS/ALS field patient contacts, documented by the evaluation form signed by a North Coast EMS-approved Field Training Officer.
4. Applicant must document training and testing, or previous training and testing, in all the North Coast EMS-approved EMT-P optional scope of practice.
D. If the North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation is not successfully completed prior to the thirty (30) day deadline, applicant must re-apply for accreditation by sending another EMT-P accreditation fee. This second fee may be waived for just cause, as determined by the North Coast EMS Medical Director and/or Executive Director. Applicant must request waiver in writing.
E. The effective date of accreditation will be the date that all accreditation requirements are met. Expiration of accreditation will be the same date as current EMT-P license expiration.
IV. Paramedic Reaccreditation Procedure
General eligibility criteria:
A. Applicant must document a current EMT-P license.
B. Applicant must submit a completed North Coast EMS EMT-P reaccreditation application, including signatures of base hospital PCMD, PCNC, and all the North Coast EMS-approved EMT-P service providers where applicant works or volunteers as an EMT-P.
C. Applicant must submit documentation of a minimum of six (6) hours of field care audit attendance at a North Coast EMS base hospital every two (2) years (by copies of the Course Completion Records). FCA attendance must be within last twenty-four (24) months prior to applying for reaccreditation.
D. If applicant has let his/her North Coast EMS paramedic accreditation lapse, (s)he will be required to pay the EMT-P accreditation fee.
E. If applicant has let his/her North Coast EMS paramedic accreditation lapse for two years or more, (s)he will be required to:
1. Document successful completion of the New Personnel Orientation.
2. Document successful completion of at least five (5) evaluated LALS/ALS field patient contacts, documented by the evaluation form signed by a North Coast EMS-approved Field Training Officer.
3. Document training and testing, or previous training and testing, in all the North Coast EMS-approved EMT-P optional scope of practice not previously trained.
V. Preaccreditation Procedure
A California licensed EMT-P will be allowed to work within the North Coast EMS region, conditionally, while achieving North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation. The conditions are:
A. Applicant must work with a North Coast EMS accredited EMT-P partner.
B. Applicant must utilize only the California state basic EMT-P scope of practice.
C. Applicant must successfully complete the North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation process within thirty (30) days of North Coast EMS approval to begin the process.
D. When applicant is in the process of completing the required five (5) supervised and evaluated LALS/ALS patient contacts to achieve North Coast EMS EMT-P accreditation, it must be as a third person on a North Coast EMS-approved ALS Ambulance, and evaluated by a North Coast EMS-approved field training officer (FTO).
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