Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXXVIII - Emergency Medical Services Professionals › Subpart 1 - Rules of Procedure › Chapter 1 - General › Section XXXVIII-101 - Statement of Purpose/General Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Purpose. The Louisiana Emergency Medical
				  Services Certification Commission is a legally created administrative
				  commission acting within the governmental structure of the state and possessing
				  legal power. To safeguard life and health of the citizens of Louisiana, the law
				  governing the practice of Nationally Certified and State Licensed Emergency
				  Medical Services professionals, Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
				  R.S.
				  40:1131 et seq., as re-enacted and amended,
				  delegates to this commission the responsibility to establish and publish
				  standards of out-of- hospital practice; to regulate the scope of practice of
				  Emergency Medical Services practitioners, to discipline and regulate the
				  practice of Emergency Medical Services professionals and to establish standards
				  for educational programs preparing individuals for out of hospital
				  practice.
B. General Definitions.
				  The following words and terms shall have general applicability to their usage
				  within the entirety of this Part.
Bureau
-unless otherwise specified, the
					 Bureau of Emergency medical Services within the Office of Public Health of the
					 Louisiana Department of Health.
Bureau Director
-the duly appointed
					 administrator who oversees the Bureau.
Certified Ambulance Operator
-an individual
					 who is certified by the Bureau of EMS as a certified ambulance operator.
					 Documentation and requirements outlined in statute must be submitted and
					 approved before certification is received.
Chair
-the chairperson of the Louisiana
					 Emergency Medical Services Certification Commission.
Commission
-the Louisiana Emergency Medical
					 Services Certification Commission as created under the Louisiana Department of
					 Health pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 40:1133.3.
Emergency Medical Services
-a system that
					 represents the combined efforts of various professionals and agencies to
					 provide out-of-hospital emergency care to the sick and injured.
EMS Medical Director
-a physician (MD or
					 DO) licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners who has
					 responsibility and authority to ensure the quality of care and provide guidance
					 for all out-of-hospital medical care provided by EMS ambulance services and EMS
					 Practitioners.
EMS Practitioner
-an individual who is a
					 licensed emergency medical responder, licensed emergency medical technician,
					 licensed advanced emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic.
EMS
- emergency medical services.
Public Safety Agency
-a functional division
					 of a public or private agency which provides firefighting, policy, medical, or
					 other emergency services.
Public Safety Telecommunicator
-an
					 individual answering 911 emergency medical condition calls on behalf of a
					 public safety agency who has authority, based on a protocol adopted by the
					 agency, to provide T-CPR instructions to a caller before arrival or medical
					 assistance by an individual with CPR training.
T-CPR
-telephone cardiopulmonary
					 resuscitation.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 40:1133.1 (A),
					 R.S.
					 40:1133.4(A)(8),
					 R.S.
					 40:1133.5.(9)(10) and
					 R.S.
					 40:2017.10.