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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 3 - Medevac Services, Critical Care Air Ambulance Services, and Specialty Aeromedical Transport Teams Outside Hospitals › 7 AAC 26.350 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A certified medevac service, critical
				  care air ambulance service, or specialty aeromedical transport team shall
				  complete a department-approved inflight patient care form for each patient
				  transported. On the patient care form the service or team shall document vital
				  signs and medical treatment given the patient, the air carrier used, and other
				  necessary information required by the department.
(b) The certified service shall ensure that a
				  copy of the completed inflight patient care form
(1) accompanies the patient to the facility
				  to which the patient is being transported;
(2) is sent to the medical director of the
				  medevac service, critical care air ambulance service, or specialty aeromedical
				  transport team; and
(3) is kept on
				  file for at least five years by the certified service.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 3 - Medevac Services, Critical Care Air Ambulance Services, and Specialty Aeromedical Transport Teams Outside Hospitals › 7 AAC 26.360 - Term of initial certification

Current through May 31, 2024
An initial certification expires on December 31 of the
					 second year following the year it was issued.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 3 - Medevac Services, Critical Care Air Ambulance Services, and Specialty Aeromedical Transport Teams Outside Hospitals › 7 AAC 26.370 - Recertification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To renew a certification, an applicant
				  shall
(1) complete and submit an application
				  on a form provided by the department;
(2) show that the medevac service, critical
				  care air ambulance service, or specialty aeromedical transport team continues
				  to meet the appropriate requirements listed in
				  7 AAC 26.330 and
				  7 AAC 26.340; and
(3) show evidence that all medical attendants
				  employed or used on the medevac service, critical care air ambulance service,
				  or specialty aeromedical transport team have current certificates or licenses,
				  as well as have at least 16 hours per certification period of continuing
				  medical education in specialized aeromedical patient transportation
				  topics.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 3 - Medevac Services, Critical Care Air Ambulance Services, and Specialty Aeromedical Transport Teams Outside Hospitals › 7 AAC 26.380 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue a certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
The department, after compliance with the Administrative
					 Procedure Act (AS 44.62), may, revoke, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a
					 certificate for
(1) fraud or deceit in
				  obtaining a certificate under
				  7 AAC 26.330;
(2) misconduct or malpractice in providing
				  patient care by personnel of the medevac service, critical care air ambulance
				  service, or specialty aeromedical transport team;
(3) no available medical director of the
				  medevac service, critical care air ambulance service, or specialty aeromedical
				  transport team;
(4) failure to have
				  available appropriate medical equipment for the respective certification
				  requirements of the medevac service, critical care air ambulance service, or
				  specialty aeromedical transport team;
(5) except for a military service, failure of
				  the aircraft operator to comply, in all operations, with  14 C.F.R. 91 or
				  135 ;
(6) failure of the critical
				  care air ambulance service to have appropriate aircraft as described in
				  7 AAC 26.330(c) (2); and
(7) failure to have enough certified or
				  licensed personnel to provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except
				  as provided in
				  7 AAC 26.330(a) (3).
The federal regulations mentioned in 7 AAC 26.380(5) are
						available for review in the emergency medical services section, Department of
						Health and Social Services, Room 517, Alaska Office Building, 4th and Main
						Streets, Juneau, Alaska.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 3 - Medevac Services, Critical Care Air Ambulance Services, and Specialty Aeromedical Transport Teams Outside Hospitals › 7 AAC 26.390 - Actions not prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  7 AAC 26.310 -
				  7 AAC 26.400, an uncertified private aircraft, air taxi
				  service, commercial airline, or government aircraft may transport an emergency
				  patient or a medical escort and medical equipment, or both, if no certified
				  service is available within a reasonable period of time.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  7 AAC 26.310 -
				  7 AAC 26.400, an uncertified person may respond to a
				  medical emergency and transport patients when no certified personnel or
				  services are present or available, or when there are too many victims for
				  available certified personnel or services to treat and transport.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.410 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 26.410 -
					 7 AAC 26.490 establish uniform minimum standards for
					 emergency trauma technician (ETT) instructors, emergency trauma technician
					 instructor training programs, and emergency trauma technician training
					 courses.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.420 - Application for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person who
				  wishes to apply for a certificate as an ETT instructor shall apply in writing
				  to the department on a form provided by the department.
(b) The department may require an applicant
				  to obtain criminal and driving records from one or more federal or state
				  agencies at the applicant's own cost.
(c) The department will issue a certificate
				  if an applicant meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 26.430.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.430 - Qualifications for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  applying for certification as an ETT instructor must
(1) be 18 years of age or older;
(2) provide evidence of at least one of the
				  following valid credentials:
(A) an ETT
				  card;
(B) an EMT-I, EMT-II,
				  EMT-III, or AEMT certification from the department;
(C) an EMT, AEMT, or National Registry
				  Paramedic certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical
				  Technicians (NREMT);
(D)
				  authorization to practice in the state as a physician, physician assistant, or
				  mobile intensive care paramedic under AS 08.64 or as a registered nurse under
				  AS 08.68;
(3) provide
				  evidence of at least one year of experience as an ETT, EMT, AEMT, or paramedic,
				  as applicable;
(4) provide evidence
				  of a valid CPR credential;
(5)
				  provide evidence of successful completion of
(A) a department-approved ETT instructor
				  training program; or
(B) an
				  instructor training program that the department determines meets or exceeds the
				  objectives set out in the National Association of EMS Educators and the United
				  States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's National Guidelines for Educating EMS
				  Instructors
, 2002, adopted by reference in
				  7 AAC 26.030(e)(3)(A); and
(6) establish an online account in
				  the department license management system.
(7) submit, on a form provided by the
				  department, verification by a department-approved EMT instructor or ETT
				  instructor that the person has, within the year before the date of application,
				  successfully demonstrated competence in airway management, emergency patient
				  assessment, bleeding control and shock management, splinting, and spinal
				  immobilization.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.440 - Scope of certified activities

Current through May 31, 2024
A certified ETT instructor may teach emergency trauma
					 technicians to perform those basic life support emergency care skills outlined
					 in the goals and objectives of the
Emergency Trauma Technician
					 Instructor's Guide.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.450 - Approved training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An organization
				  applying for approval of a course leading to ETT instructor certification must
(1) 60 days or more before the first day of
				  the course, notify the department of the course dates and proposed
				  schedule;
(2) propose a curriculum,
				  acceptable to the department, which includes methods of instruction and is
				  designed to adequately familiarize students with the instruction of those basic
				  life support emergency care skills outlined in the goals and objectives of the
Emergency Trauma Technician Instructor's Guide;
(3) propose a minimum of 24 hours of
				  instruction;
(4) propose use of an
				  instructor approved by the department;
(5) include in its proposal objective
				  criteria for determining whether a student has successfully completed the
				  course; the criteria must be adequate to ensure that students are familiar with
				  both teaching methodology and the course content of the emergency trauma
				  technician training program; and
(6) propose that enrollment in the instructor
				  training program be limited to persons who obtain at least a 90 percent score
				  on the emergency medical technician examination, in no more than two attempts,
				  in the 12 months preceding the first day of the class.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.460 - Administration of examinations

Current through May 31, 2024
The department is the official testing agency for ETT
					 instructor training programs and will develop a security system for
					 administering the necessary examinations.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.470 - Term of certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An initial certification for an ETT
				  instructor issued before July 1 expires on December 31 of the following
				  year.
(b) An initial certification
				  for an ETT instructor issued after June 30 expires on December 31 of the second
				  year following the year of issuance.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.475 - Recertification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An ETT instructor who wishes to apply for
				  recertification must, not more than 90 days before or 12 months following
				  expiration of his or her certification,
(1)
				  apply for recertification on a form provided by the department;
(2) provide evidence of current state
				  certification as an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-III, current state licensure as a
				  paramedic, current registration as a paramedic by the National Registry of
				  Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), or licensure in this state as a
				  registered nurse, mid-level practitioner, or physician; and
(3) provide a letter of recommendation from a
				  state-approved emergency medical service training agency confirming that the
				  applicant has been the primary instructor for at least one emergency trauma
				  technician course, or department-approved emergency medical technician-I
				  course, within the preceding two years.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 4 - Emergency Trauma Technician Instructors and Approved Emergency Trauma Technician Training Courses › 7 AAC 26.480 - Lapse of certification

Current through May 31, 2024
A person who fails to apply for recertification within the
					 12 months following expiration of his or her ETT instructor certification must
					 retake the ETT instructor training course and otherwise qualify under
					 7 AAC 26.430 before being recertified.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 5 - Approved Automated External Defibrillation Training Programs › 7 AAC 26.585 - Approved automated external defibrillation training programs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  person may conduct an automated external defibrillation (AED) training program
				  if the person complies with (b) of this section.
(b) An AED training program must
(1) document whether each student has
				  successfully completed the program, provide each student with a card,
				  certificate, or other evidence of completion, and maintain documentation that
				  must include the program completion date, course content, and expiration date
				  or recommended renewal date that is not more than two years from the date of
				  initial training;
(2) teach AED
				  according to the current guidelines of the International Liaison Committee on
				  Resuscitation (ILCOR),
2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary
				  Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment
				  Recommendations
, adopted by reference in
				  7 AAC 26.985(d), for basic life support
				  AED; and
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(3) require each student to demonstrate competence,
				  using either an actual automated external defibrillator or an AED simulator.
(A) the American Heart Association;
(B) the American Red Cross; or
(C) another organization, if the department
				  determines that instructors certified by that organization are able to teach
				  effectively the safe and proper use of an automated external defibrillator and
				  the skills listed in (5) of this subsection, that those instructors are
				  knowledgeable about available AED protocols and curricula, and that those
				  instructors have a basic understanding of adult learning;
(3) provide eligible students with evidence
				  of successful program completion, through a card, certificate, or other means;
				  that evidence must include the program completion date, evidence of course
				  content, and an expiration date or recommended renewal date that is no more
				  than two years from the date of initial training;
(4) use a curriculum approved by the
				  department to teach the safe and proper use of an automated external
				  defibrillator; and
(5) require each
				  student to demonstrate, using either an actual automated external defibrillator
				  or an AED simulator, the ability to apply the defibrillator pads, operate the
				  automated external defibrillator, treat a patient requiring the delivery of a
				  defibrillatory shock, manage a patient in a non-shockable rhythm, and manage a
				  patient who is defibrillated and regains a pulse.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.610 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of 7 AAC 26.610 -
					 7 AAC 26.690 is to promote the health and safety of the
					 people of this state by establishing uniform minimum standards for a medical
					 director for a person or entity certified, or seeking certification, under this
					 chapter. Nothing in 7 AAC 26.610 -
					 7 AAC 26.690 is intended to prohibit a physician from
					 authorizing a state-certified emergency medical technician to use a drug or
					 procedure in an emergency situation that is not specifically covered by the
					 EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III or AEMT certification.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.620 - State EMS medical director

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will designate a state EMS medical director,
					 who is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of
					 standards and guidelines for the provision of medical direction within the
					 state's EMS system.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.630 - Medical director qualifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be a medical
				  director for a state-certified EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic, for an
				  EMT-II, EMT-III, or AEMT training course, or for a state-certified basic life
				  support emergency medical service, advanced life support emergency medical
				  service, or aeromedical service, a person must
(1) be currently
(A) licensed to practice medicine in this
				  state, or, for an aeromedical service, in this state or the state in which the
				  service is based; or
(B) working as
				  a physician in the regular medical service of the United States armed services
				  or the United States Public Health Service; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.640 - Medical director responsibilities: certified persons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A medical
				  director's approval of standing orders for a state-certified or licensed EMT-I,
				  EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher, for the
				  activities described in
				  7 AAC 26.040, must be in writing. Additional medications or
				  procedures not listed in
				  7 AAC 26.040 may be approved by direct voice contact with an
				  on-line physician, or by written standing orders from the medical director in
				  accordance with
				  7 AAC 26.670.
(b) The medical director for a
				  state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or
				  emergency medical dispatcher shall
(1)
				  provide direct or indirect supervision of the medical care provided by each
				  state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or
				  emergency medical dispatcher;
(2)
				  establish and annually review treatment protocols;
(3) approve medical standing orders that
				  delineate the advanced life-support techniques that may be performed by each
				  state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and the
				  circumstances under which the techniques may be performed;
(4) provide quarterly critiques of patient
				  care provided by the EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and quarterly
				  on-site supervisory visits; the department may grant a written waiver of this
				  requirement based on difficult geographic, transportation, or climatic factors;
				  and
(5) regularly review the
				  competency of each sponsored EMS provider.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.650 - Medical director responsibilities: certified organizations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The medical
				  director for a state-certified basic life support or advanced life support
				  emergency medical service under
				  7 AAC 26.210 -
				  7 AAC 26.285 shall
(1)
				  approve treatment protocols or medical standing orders that delineate the
				  medical procedures that may be performed by the certified or licensed medical
				  care personnel;
(2) review, at
				  least quarterly, the patient care provided by each certified or licensed
				  medical person; the department will, in its discretion, grant a written waiver
				  of this requirement, based on difficult geographic, transportation, or climatic
				  factors;
(3) establish
				  transportation/transfer arrangements in cooperation with emergency department
				  physicians at the nearest appropriate referral hospitals: these arrangements
				  shall specify the primary destination of all categories of emergency patients,
				  including burns, central nervous system injuries, pediatric emergencies, high
				  risk infants, behavioral emergencies, and cardiac emergencies;
(4) establish a written policy for how
				  certified personnel are to deal with an intervener physician or the patient's
				  private physician who wishes to assume responsibility for patient care at the
				  scene or en route to the hospital; and
(5) establish a written policy for how
				  certified personnel are to deal with a cardiac arrest patient who was treated
				  with an automated external defibrillator before the certified personnel's
				  arrival.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.655 - Emergency medical dispatcher medical director

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The medical
				  director for emergency medical service dispatch services using emergency
				  medical dispatchers (EMD's) shall
(1) approve
				  an emergency medical dispatch priority reference system; the system must
				  include caller interrogation questions, pre-arrival EMS instructions, and
				  protocols matching the dispatcher's evaluation of severity of injury or illness
				  and the number of victims with vehicle response modes and
				  configurations;
(2) provide
				  indirect supervision of medical triage decisions and treatment instructions
				  provided by EMD's;
(3) periodically
				  review on at least a monthly basis a sample of medical triage decisions and
				  treatment instructions provided by EMD's to callers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.660 - Medical director responsibilities: training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The medical
				  director for a department-approved training course shall
(1) be available in person or by telephone to
				  answer specific questions arising during the training course;
(2) ensure that additional medications or
				  procedures are taught and evaluated in compliance with current medical practice
				  and guidelines; and
(3) assume
				  responsibility for the techniques and procedures performed as part of the
				  course, such as venipunctures, fluid infusion, and injection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.662 - Medical directors of paramedic training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  serve as the medical director of a paramedic training course only if the person
(1) is licensed under AS 08.64 to practice
				  medicine in this state;
(2) holds a
				  temporary permit as a physician applicant under
				  AS
				  08.64.270; or
(3)is authorized to practice medicine in this
				  state under an exemption set out in
				  AS
				  08.64.370(1) or
				  (4).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.670 - Approval of additional medications and procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A medical
				  director, to authorize a state-certified EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, or AEMT to use
				  additional medications or procedures not covered under
				  7 AAC 26.040, must
(1)
				  submit in writing on a form provided by the department a request for
				  approval;
(2) include in the
				  request for approval a needs assessment with supporting data and a plan to
				  evaluate current and ongoing training and competence in additional medications
				  or procedures; and
(3) if the
				  request is approved, following the training and evaluation, send the department
				  a list of individuals who are authorized to use the additional medications or
				  procedures.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.680 - Delegation of certain medical director responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
If approved by the department, a medical director may
					 delegate review of EMS reports under
					 7 AAC 26.245 or patient care forms under
					 7 AAC 26.350 to another physician,paramedic, registered
					 nurse, mid-level practitioner, or EMT with supervisory experience. The person
					 acting as delegate shall send to the medical director copies of the EMS reports
					 or patient care forms.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 6 - Medical Directors › 7 AAC 26.690 - Withdrawal of directorship

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a medical
				  director withdraws directorship, that person shall notify the department, and
				  each person or entity certified under this chapter for whom the withdrawing
				  person acted as medical director.
(b) If the medical director of a service or
				  team certified under this chapter withdraws directorship, that service's or
				  team's certificate is suspended until the service or team provides written
				  verification, on a form provided by the department, that it has a medical
				  director who meets the qualifications set out in
				  7 AAC 26.630. The service or team may continue to
				  respond to emergencies, but, until the suspension is lifted, may not offer any
				  advanced life support services.
(c)
				  An EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, or AMET who is without a medical director may
				  perform only those basic life support procedures as defined in
				  7 AAC 26.999 that are within the scope of activities for
				  a state-certified EMT set out in 7 AAC 26.040.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.710 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
					 7 AAC 26.710 -
					 7 AAC 26.745 is to promote the health and safety of the
					 people of Alaska by setting minimum standards for hospitals or medical clinics
					 to voluntarily meet criteria adopted by the department so that they may
					 represent themselves as trauma centers. Nothing in
					 7 AAC 26.710 -
					 7 AAC 26.745 is intended to require a hospital, clinic,
					 or other entity to be certified as a trauma center in order to treat patients
					 with traumatic injuries. However, under
					 AS
					 18.08.084(e), a hospital,
					 clinic, or other entity not certified as a trauma center under
					 AS
					 18.08.082, may not represent itself as a
					 trauma center.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.715 - Application for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An organization
				  that wishes to apply for certification as a trauma center shall apply in
				  writing to the department on a form obtained from the department.
(b) The application form will request the
				  name of the organization and responsible official, the mailing address and, if
				  different, the geographical address, evidence that the applicant meets the
				  requirements of
				  7 AAC 26.720, and other information the department
				  considers necessary to determine whether the applicant has met the
				  qualifications for certification outlined in
				  7 AAC 26.720.
(c) A certificate as a trauma center will be
				  issued by the department if the applicant meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 26.720.
(1)
				  based on community, regional, and statewide needs, including the optimal number
				  of different levels of trauma centers throughout the state according to
				  population, geography, and oilier factors related to optimal care and
				  appropriate transfer of trauma patients; and
(2) if the applicant meets the requirements
				  of 7 AAC 26.720.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.720 - Qualifications for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  for certification as a level I trauma center or specialty trauma referral
				  center must
(1) provide to the department
				  evidence that the trauma center has received a certificate of verification as a
				  level I trauma center from the Committee on Trauma, American College of
				  Surgeons;
(2) participate in the
				  statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data to
				  the department as required under
				  7 AAC 26.745; and
(3) be designated by the department based on
				  7 AAC 26.715.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.725 - Term of initial certification

Current through May 31, 2024
An initial certification expires on December 31 of the
					 third year following the certification as a trauma center under
					 7 AAC 26.720 by the department.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.730 - Recertification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To renew a certification as a level I,
				  level II, or level III trauma center, an applicant must
(1) provide to the department evidence of
				  reverification by the Committee on Trauma, American College of
				  Surgeons;
(2) meet applicable
				  requirements under
				  7 AAC 26.720; and
(3) complete and submit an application on a
				  form provided by the department; and
(4) be designated by the department based on
				  7 AAC 26.715.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.735 - Actions not prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
Nothing in
					 7 AAC 26.710 -
					 7 AAC 26.745 prohibits a hospital, clinic, or other
					 entity from treating a person with traumatic injuries even if the hospital,
					 clinic, or other entity is not certified as a trauma center under this chapter
					 so long as the hospital, clinic, or other entity may lawfully provide treatment
					 in this state.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.740 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or conditioning a certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
After compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act (AS
					 44.62), the department will, in its discretion, suspend, revoke, or condition a
					 certificate issued under
					 7 AAC 26.720 or
					 7 AAC 26.730 for any of the following reasons:
(1) fraud or deceit in obtaining a
				  certificate;
(2) gross misconduct
				  by personnel employed by or on contract with the trauma center;
(3) failure to maintain appropriate staffing
				  or equipment, or otherwise failing to continue meeting the criteria listed, if
				  applicable, in the Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons' Resources
				  for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient. 2014; Resources for Optimal Care of
				  the Injured Patient. 2014, as amended from time to time, is adopted by
				  reference; or
(4) failure to
				  comply with state law, including
				  7 AAC 26.710 -
				  7 AAC 26.745.
Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient,
						adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.740., may be obtained from the American
						College of Surgeons, 633 North Saint Clair Street, Chicago, Illinois
						60611-3211. Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient is available for
						inspection at the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public
						Health, Rural and Community Health Systems Section, 3601 C Street Suite 424.
						Anchorage. AK 99503.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
AS
						47.05.012
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.742 - Appeal of denial of certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
An applicant that is denied an initial certification under
					 7 AAC 26.720 or recertification under
					 7 AAC 26.730 may file an appeal under AS 44.62
					 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.745 - Trauma registry

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will establish a trauma
				  system review committee in accordance with
				  AS
				  18.23.070(5KA).
(b) The trauma system review committee shall
				  keep trauma registry data confidential in accordance with
				  AS
				  18.23.030, except that reports on
(1) trauma patients admitted to the hospital,
				  declared dead in the emergency department, or transferred to another acute care
				  hospital for treatment will be provided to that hospital; these reports include
				  a patient log, a trauma service summary, a quality assurance summary, and a
				  survival probability summary;
(2)
				  patients treated by a state certified emergency medical service will be
				  provided to that service, including a summary of activity, a quality assessment
				  summary, a quality assurance summary, and a documentation compliance summary;
				  and
(3) patient care reporting
				  data, not including patient identifiers, physician identifiers, or hospital
				  identifiers, may be provided to epidemiologists, health planners, medical
				  researchers, or other interested persons to study causes, severity,
				  demographics and outcomes of injuries, or for other purposes of studying the
				  epidemiology of injuries or emergency medical services and trauma system
				  issues.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 7 - Trauma Centers, Trauma Registry, and Trauma Care Fund › 7 AAC 26.750 - Requirements for payment from trauma care fund

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  commissioner will authorize payment from the trauma care fund (AS
				  18.08.085)  to trauma centers as provided in
				  (b) - (d) of this section.
(b) To
				  be eligible for payment under this section, a trauma center in this state must
(1) be certified under
				  7 AAC 26.720; and
(2) apply for money in writing to the
				  department on a form obtained from the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.810 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
					 7 AAC 26.810 -
					 7 AAC 26.840 is to promote the health and safety of the
					 people of Alaska by establishing uniform minimum standards for emergency
					 medical dispatchers (EMD's). These sections are intended to establish uniform
					 minimum standards for certification of EMD's who routinely give medical
					 treatment advice and other instructions to callers over the telephone before
					 the arrival of the emergency medical service at the scene of the emergency.
					 Nothing in 7 AAC 26.810 -
					 7 AAC 26.840 is intended to require that public safety
					 dispatchers who dispatch emergency medical services be certified
					 EMD's.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.815 - Application for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  applying for certification as an EMD shall apply in writing to the department
				  on a form obtained from the department.
(b) The application form will request the
				  person's name, age, mailing and, if different, geographical addresses, evidence
				  that the person meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 26.820, and other information the department
				  considers necessary to determine whether the applicant has met the
				  qualifications for certification outlined in
				  7 AAC 26.820.
(c) A certificate will be issued by the
				  department if the applicant meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 26.820 for EMD certification.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.820 - Qualifications for certification

Current through May 31, 2024
A person applying for certification as an EMD must
(1) provide evidence of successful completion
				  within two years before the date of application of a department-approved EMD
				  training program;
(2) provide
				  evidence of a valid CPR credential; and
(3) pay a non-refundable application fee of
				  $10 to the department.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.825 - Scope of certified activities

Current through May 31, 2024
A person who is state certified as an EMD shall, with
					 written approval from an EMD medical director, use a medical dispatch priority
					 reference system approved by the medical director under
					 7 AAC 26.655.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.830 - Approved training courses

Current through May 31, 2024
An organization applying for course approval for training
					 of a certified emergency medical dispatcher must show that it has
(1) appropriate training equipment, including
				  a dispatch console or simulator;
(2) an EMD instructor credentialed by a
				  nationally or state recognized EMD training organization, and approved by the
				  department as being qualified to teach subjects related to EMD
				  activities;
(3) a curriculum
				  approved by the department that provides a minimum of 24 hours of instruction
				  in subjects related to EMD activities; and
(4) a medical director who approves the
				  course curriculum and is available to answer medical questions during the
				  course.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.835 - Term of certification

Current through May 31, 2024
Certification for EMD is valid for two years, except
					 that
(1) an initial certification for
				  an applicant who completed the initial training course before July 1 of a year
				  expires on December 31 of the following year;
(2) an initial certification for an applicant
				  who completed the initial training course after June 30 of a year expires on
				  December 31 of the second year following the year of issuance;
(3) all recertifications expire on the second
				  December 31 following the expiration of the most recent certification;
				  and
(4) in order to ensure a
				  comprehensive emergency medical services system, the department will, in its
				  discretion, extend the certificate of an EMD for a period of not more than 60
				  days beyond the date of the lapse of certification.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Dispatchers › 7 AAC 26.840 - Recertification

Current through May 31, 2024
To obtain recertification, an EMD must, not more than 90
					 days before or six months after expiration of the EMD's certification,
(1) apply for recertification to the
				  department;
(2) provide evidence of
				  a valid CPR credential;
(3) provide
				  written approval from the medical director for the emergency medical dispatcher
				  services;
(4) repealed 8/16/2002;
				  and
(5) pay a non-refundable
				  application fee of $10 to the department.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.845 - Application for license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  for a license as a paramedic shah apply in writing on a form provided by the
				  department.
(b) The application
				  will be provided by the department and must contain the applicant's name, age,
				  mailing address, and geographical address if different from the mailing
				  address, and any other information that the department considers necessary.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.850 - Qualifications for initial license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  for a paramedic license must
(1) be 18 years
				  of age or older;
(2) provide a
				  letter from the applicant's physician sponsor verifying that the applicant
				  will, at all times, be under the supervision of a physician sponsor approved by
				  the department, as required by
				  7 AAC 26.640;
(3) have passed the appropriate Nationally
				  Registered Paramedic (NRP) examination process as determined by the department
				  for either initial or reciprocity applicants administered by the National
				  Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT);
(4) submit verification of licensure from the
				  appropriate licensing authority in each state where the applicant holds or has
				  ever held a license as a paramedic or other health care professional;
(5) submit a nonrefundable application fee of
				  $75; and
(6) submit verification of
				  the applicant's completion of at least two hours of education in pain
				  management and opioid use and addiction earned in a continuing medical
				  education program accepted by the National Registry of Emergency Medical
				  Technicians (NREMT).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.855 - Sponsorship

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person licensed as a paramedic shall
				  immediately report to the department, on a form provided by the department, any
				  change of sponsorship.
(b) When a
				  sponsor withdraws sponsorship of a paramedic, the paramedic may not practice
				  above the EMT-I level until the department approves a new physician sponsor.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.860 - Approved curriculum

Current through May 31, 2024
The approved curriculum for a license as a paramedic is a
					 curriculum approved by the department that meets or exceeds applicable
					 objectives set out in the United States Department of Transportation, National
					 Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Emergency Medical Services
					 Education Standards, 2021, adopted by reference in
					 7 AAC 26.050(1)(A),
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.865 - License issuance and expiration

Current through May 31, 2024
Upon documentation that an applicant has successfully
					 completed the requirements of this chapter, the department will issue the
					 applicant a license to practice as a paramedic. A license expires biennially on
					 a date set by the department, A license must be renewed under 7 AAC
					 26,870
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082