Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 10 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 26.955 - Departmental action to revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue a certificate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the department receives, from a
				  reliable and verifiable source, information that could constitute grounds to
				  revoke, suspend, or deny an individual's certification or recertification, the
				  department will initiate an investigation to determine whether departmental
				  action under this section is warranted. If the investigation results in the
				  substantiation of grounds to revoke, suspend, or deny the individual's
				  certification or recertification, the department will initiate appropriate
				  action under this section.
(b) The
				  department will issue a notice of denial of certification or recertification by
				  certified mail or personal delivery to an applicant upon a determination that
				  evidence presented to the department or resulting from an investigation under
				  (a) of this section constitutes grounds under
				  7 AAC 26.950 for denying an individual's certification
				  or recertification. In the notice the department will specify the reasons for
				  the denial. An individual who is denied certification or recertification may
				  appeal the decision of the department in accordance with
				  7 AAC 26.960.
(c) The department will issue a notice of
				  revocation by certified mail or personal delivery to a certificate holder upon
				  a determination that evidence presented to the department or resulting from an
				  investigation under (a) of this section constitutes grounds under
				  7 AAC 26.950 for revocation. With the notice the
				  department will include an accusation that specifies each reason for the
				  revocation. In the notice the department will establish an effective date of
				  the revocation at 15 days after the date of issuance of the notice unless the
				  individual whose certification is to be revoked appeals the determination in
				  accordance with
				  7 AAC 26.960 and is granted a temporary stay under
				  7 AAC 26.960(b) of the order to
				  revoke.
(d) The department will
				  issue a notice of suspension by certified mail or personal delivery to a
				  certificate holder upon a determination that evidence presented to the
				  department or resulting from an investigation under (a) of this section
				  constitutes grounds under
				  7 AAC 26.950 for revocation. With the notice the
				  department will include an accusation that specifies each reason for the
				  suspension and the length of the suspension. In the notice the department will
				  establish an effective date of the suspension at 15 days after the date of
				  issuance of the notice unless the individual whose certification is to be
				  suspended appeals the determination in accordance with
				  7 AAC 26.960 and is granted a temporary stay under
				  7 AAC 26.960(b) of the order to
				  suspend.
(e) Based on the evidence
				  presented to the department, if the department finds reasonable cause to
				  believe that allowing the person to continue in the practice of an EMT poses an
				  immediate danger to public health or safety, the department will issue a notice
				  of immediate suspension to the certificate holder without a hearing. In the
				  notice the department will specify each reason for the immediate suspension. A
				  notice of immediate suspension takes effect upon issuance. The holder of the
				  suspended certification may not practice during the term of the immediate
				  suspension. An individual whose certification is subject to immediate
				  suspension may appeal the immediate suspension in accordance with
				  7 AAC 26.960(e).
Authority:
AS
						18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS
						18.08.084