Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 25 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Article 3 - TRAINING PROGRAMS › Section R9-25-304 - Course and Examination Requirements (authorized by A.r.s. Sections 36-2202(a)(3) and (4) and 36-2204(1), (2), and (3))

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. For each course provided, a training
				program director shall ensure that:
1. The
				required equipment and facilities established for the course are available for
				use;
2. The following are prepared
				and provided to course applicants before the start date of a course session:
a. A description of requirements for
				admission, course content, course hours, course fees, and course completion,
				including whether the course prepares a student for:
i. The registration examination of a national
				certification organization for the specific EMCT level,
ii. A statewide standardized certification
				test under the state certification process, or
iii. Recertification at a specific level of
				EMCT;
b. A list of
				books, equipment, and supplies that a student is required to purchase for the
				course;
c. Notification of any
				specific requirements for a student to begin any component of the course,
				including physical examinations, immunizations, documentation of freedom from
				infectious tuberculosis, drug screening, and the ability to perform certain
				physical activities; and
d. The
				policies for the course on student attendance, grading, student conduct, and
				administration of final examinations, required in
				R9-25-302(D)(1)(c)(i)
				through (iv);
3. Information is provided to assist a
				student to:
a. Register for and take the
				applicable registration examination of a national certification
				organization;
b. Complete
				application forms for registration in a national certification organization;
				and
c. Complete application forms
				for certification under 9 A.A.C. 25, Article 4;
4. A lead instructor is assigned to each
				course session who:
a. Is one of the
				following:
i. A physician with at least two
				years of experience providing emergency medical services;
ii. A doctor of allopathic medicine or
				osteopathic medicine licensed in another state or jurisdiction with at least
				two years of experience providing emergency medical services;
iii. An individual who meets the definition
				of registered nurse in A.R.S. §
												32-1601
				with at least two years of experience providing emergency medical
				services;
iv. A physician assistant
				licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 25 with at least two years of
				experience providing emergency medical services; or
v. An EMCT with at least two years of
				experience at that level of EMCT, only for courses to prepare an individual for
				certification or recertification at the same or lower level of EMCT;
b. Except as provided in
				subsection (A)(4)(c), is present during all course hours established for the
				course session; and
c. Designates
				an individual who meets the requirements in subsection (A)(4)(a) to be present
				and act as the lead instructor when the lead instructor is not present;
				and
5. Clinical training
				and field training are provided:
a. Under the
				supervision of a preceptor who has at least two years of experience providing
				emergency medical services and is one of the following:
i. An individual licensed in this or another
				state or jurisdiction as a doctor of allopathic medicine or osteopathic
				medicine;
ii. An individual
				licensed in this or another state or jurisdiction as a registered
				nurse;
iii. An individual licensed
				in this or another state or jurisdiction as a physician assistant; or
iv. An EMCT, only for courses to prepare an
				individual for certification or recertification at the same or lower level of
				EMCT;
b. Consistent with
				the clinical training and field training requirements established for the
				course; and
c. If clinical training
				or field training are provided by a person other than the training program
				certificate holder, under a written agreement with the person providing the
				clinical training or field training that includes a termination clause that
				provides sufficient time for a student to complete the training upon
				termination of the written agreement.