California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 9 - Prehospital Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 11 - EMS Continuing Education › Article 2 - Approved Continuing Education › Section 100391.1 - Continuing Education Delivery Formats and Limitations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Delivery formats for CE courses shall be by
				  any of the following:
(1) Classroom -- didactic
				  and/or skills laboratory where direct interaction with instructor is
				  possible.
(2) Organized field care
				  audits of patient care records;
(3)
				  Courses offered by accredited universities and colleges, including junior and
				  community colleges;
(4) Structured
				  clinical experience, with instructional objectives, to review or expand the clinical
				  expertise of the individual.
(5) Media
				  based and/or serial productions (e.g. films, videos, audiotape programs, magazine
				  articles offered for CE credit, home study, computer simulations or interactive
				  computer modules).
(6) Precepting EMS
				  students or EMS personnel as a hospital clinical preceptor, as assigned by an EMS
				  training program, an EMS service provider, a hospital or alternate base station
				  approved according to this Division. In order to issue CE for precepting EMS
				  students or EMS personnel, an EMS service provider, hospital or alternate base
				  station must be a CE provider approved according to this Chapter. CE for precepting
				  can only be given for actual time spent precepting a student or EMS personnel and
				  must be issued by the EMS training program, EMS service provider, hospital or
				  alternate base station that has an agreement or contract with the hospital clinical
				  preceptor or with the preceptor's employer.
(7) Precepting EMS students or EMS personnel as a
				  field preceptor, as assigned by an EMS training program or an EMS service provider
				  approved according to this Division. CE for precepting can only be given for actual
				  time precepting a student and must be issued by the EMS training program or EMS
				  service provider that has an agreement or contract with the field preceptor or with
				  the preceptor's employer. In order to issue CE for precepting EMS students or EMS
				  personnel, an EMS service provider must be a CE provider approved according to this
				  Chapter.
(8) Advanced topics in subject
				  matter outside the scope of practice of the certified or licensed EMS personnel but
				  directly relevant to emergency medical care (e.g. surgical airway
				  procedures).
(9) At least fifty percent
				  of the required CE hours must be in a format that is instructor based, which means
				  that instructor resources are readily available to the student to answer questions,
				  provide feedback, provide clarification, and address concerns (e.g., on-line CE
				  courses where an instructor is available to the student). This provision shall not
				  include precepting or magazine articles for CE credit. The CE provider approving
				  authority shall determine whether a CE course, class or activity is instructor
				  based.
(10) During a certification or
				  licensure cycle, an individual may receive credit, one time only, for service as a
				  CE course, class, or activity instructor. Credit received shall be the same as the
				  number of CE hours applied to the course, class, or activity.
(11) During a certification or licensure cycle, an
				  individual may receive credit, one time only, for service as an instructor for one
				  of the following, an approved EMT-I, EMT-II, or paramedic training program, except
				  that the hours of service shall not exceed fifty percent of the total CE hours
				  required in a single certification or licensure cycle.
(12) When guided by the EMS service provider's
				  QIP, an EMS service provider that is an approved CE provider may issue CEH for
				  skills competency demonstrations to address any deficiencies identified by the
				  service provider's QIP. Skills competency demonstration shall be conducted in
				  accordance with the respective National Standard Curriculum skills outline or in
				  accordance with the policies and procedures of the local EMS agency medical
				  director.