Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of › Rule 16.02.02 - IDAHO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) PHYSICIAN COMMISSION › Section 16.02.02.500 - PHYSICIAN SUPERVISION IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Medical Supervision
			 Required
. In accordance with Section
			 56-1011, Idaho Code, licensed EMS
			 personnel must provide emergency medical services under the supervision of a
			 designated hospital supervising physician or medical clinic supervising
			 physician. (3-17-22)
02.
Level of Licensure Identification
. The licensed EMS personnel employed
			 or utilized for delivery of services within a hospital or medical clinic, when
			 on duty, must at all times visibly display identification specifying their
			 level of EMS licensure. (3-17-22)
03.
Credentialing of Licensed EMS
			 Personnel in a Hospital or Medical Clinic
. The hospital or medical
			 clinic must maintain a current written description of acts and duties
			 authorized by the hospital supervising physician or medical clinic supervising
			 physician for credentialed EMS personnel and must submit the descriptions upon
			 request of the Commission or the EMS Bureau. (3-17-22)
04.
Notification of Employment or
			 Utilization
. The licensed EMS personnel employed or utilized for
			 delivery of services within a hospital or medical clinic must report such
			 employment or utilization to the EMS Bureau within thirty (30) days of engaging
			 such activity. (3-17-22)
05.
Designation of Supervising Physician
. The hospital or medical clinic
			 administration must designate a physician for the medical supervision of
			 licensed EMS personnel employed or utilized in the hospital or medical clinic.
			 (3-17-22)
06.
Delegated
			 Medical Supervision of EMS Personnel
. The hospital supervising physician
			 or medical clinic supervising physician can designate other physicians to
			 supervise the licensed EMS personnel during the periodic absence of the
			 hospital supervising physician or medical clinic supervising physician.
			 (3-17-22)
07.
Direct Medical
			 Supervision by Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
. The
			 hospital supervising physician, or medical clinic supervising physician can
			 designate Physician Assistants (PA) and Nurse Practitioners for purposes of
			 direct medical supervision of licensed EMS personnel under the following
			 conditions: (3-17-22)
a. The Nurse
			 Practitioner, when designated, must have a preexisting written agreement with
			 the hospital supervising physician or medical clinic supervising physician
			 describing the role and responsibilities of the Nurse Practitioner; or
			 (3-17-22)
b. The physician
			 supervising the PA, as defined in IDAPA 24.33.02, "Rules for the Licensure of
			 Physician Assistants," authorizes the PA to provide supervision; and
			 (3-17-22)
c. The PA, when
			 designated, must have a preexisting written agreement with the hospital
			 supervising physician or medical clinic supervising physician describing the
			 role and responsibilities of the PA related to supervision of EMS personnel.
			 (3-17-22)
d. Such designated
			 clinician must possess and be familiar with the medical supervision plan,
			 protocols, standing orders, and standard operating procedures authorized by the
			 hospital supervising physician or medical clinic supervising physician.
			 (3-17-22)