Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 511-9 - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS › Subject 511-9-2 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Rule 511-9-2-.16 - Standards for Emergency Medical Services Education

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) EMS Initial Education.
(a) No EMS Agency, fire department, hospital,
				clinic, medical center, educational institution, or other entity shall hold
				itself out as a designated or approved EMS Initial Education Program at the
				EMR, EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic level without holding current designation by the
				Department as an EMS Initial Education Program for the respective level(s) of
				EMS initial education.
(b)
				Designation of EMS Initial Education Programs.
1. Any EMS Agency, fire department, hospital,
				clinic, medical center, educational institution, or other entity seeking
				designation as an EMS Initial Education Program at the EMR, EMT, AEMT, and/or
				Paramedic levels must submit an application to the Department in a manner and
				on forms as determined by the Department.
2. An application for designation as an EMS
				Initial Education Program must include a statement from an authorized agent of
				the Program's Sponsor attesting that the Sponsor accepts responsibility for the
				operation of the Program.
3. The
				Department's review of applications for designation and re-designation as an
				EMS Initial Education Program may include an on-site inspection of the
				program.
4. All EMS Initial
				Education Programs, including individual courses, are subject to periodic
				monitoring and announced or unannounced site visits by the
				Department.
5. All EMS Initial
				Education Programs must maintain satisfactory records for student admission,
				advisement, counseling, and evaluation. Grades and credits for courses must be
				recorded on the student transcript and permanently maintained by the Sponsor in
				a safe and accessible location. All EMS Initial Education Program records are
				subject to review by the Department at any time.
(c) EMS Initial Education Program Designation
				Criteria. Applicants for designation as an EMS Initial Education Program shall
				meet Department-specified standards that address, at a minimum, the following
				criteria:
1. Program sponsorship;
2. Program direction and
				administration;
3. Medical
				direction;
4. Instructional
				personnel;
5. Financial
				resources;
6. Physical resources,
				including classroom and laboratory facilities, equipment and supplies, and
				learning resources;
7. Admission
				requirements for all levels of EMS initial education courses offered by the
				Program;
8. Clinical and field
				internship resources;
9. Academic
				and administrative policies, procedures, and records retention
				requirements;
10. Program outcomes
				and evaluation;
11. Curriculum;
				and
12. Delivery of instruction by
				distance learning technology.
(d) Data Reporting Requirements and Course
				Notifications for EMS Initial Education Programs. Each designated EMS Initial
				Education Program shall:
1. Notify the
				Department of each EMS initial education course that it intends to offer, in a
				time frame and on forms specified by the Department.
2. Report specified data elements to the
				Department regarding each EMS initial education course offered, in a time
				frame, format, and frequency specified by the Department. All such data
				reported to the Department shall be accurate and factual.
3. Notify the Department of any substantive
				changes to the EMS Initial Education Program, as specified by the Department,
				in a time frame and on forms specified by the Department.
4. Provide the Department with full access to
				all data from its student clinical tracking system and its learning management
				system.
5. Notify the Department
				within twenty-four hours of receipt of a report or other information suggesting
				that a program instructor, preceptor, student, or field clinical/internship
				site has:
(i) Provided services while under
				the influence of drugs or alcohol;
(ii) Been arrested or indicted for, charged
				with, or convicted of any felony, crime of violence, or crime of moral
				turpitude; or
(iii) Violated the
				laws or rules governing EMS in Georgia or the Department's policies related to
				EMS Initial Education Programs.
(e) The Department may suspend, revoke, or
				place on probation a designation as an EMS Initial Education Program, after
				providing written notice to the Program's Sponsor, if the Department determines
				that the Program is not in compliance with the requirements or criteria of
				these rules or applicable statutes or policies. The Department shall provide an
				administrative hearing on the action to suspend or revoke the Program's
				designation if the Sponsor makes a written request for a hearing. Such written
				request must be delivered to and received by the Department no later than
				twenty days after the Sponsor receives notice of the action. If a timely
				request for a hearing is not received, the action will become effective twenty
				days after the Sponsor's receipt of the notice. In lieu of suspending or
				revoking a Program's EMS Initial Education Program designation, the Department
				may re-designate the Program at another level of EMS Initial Education Program
				if it is determined that the Program does not meet the criteria for its current
				level(s) of designation.