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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 3 - Request for Approval of Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.3.3

Current through June 25, 2024
Programs seeking accreditation must first seek a Letter
						of Review (LOR) issued by COAEMSP. A copy of the Letter of Review Self Study
						Report (LSSR) must be submitted to the BEMS prior to submitting to
						COAEMSP.
1. Upon receipt of the LOR,
					 the Program must submit an official copy to the BEMS along with the start date
					 of the next LOR class and the on time end date of that class.
2. BEMS must be notified within ten (10) days
					 of any suspension, revocation or voluntary withdrawal of program LOR.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 3 - Request for Approval of Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.3.4

Current through June 25, 2024
The following requirements are to be met and approved by
						the BEMS before the approval will be issued to begin the programs instructional
						component:
1. Accredited programs or
					 Letter of Review (LOR) programs adding or identifying a Lead Instructor/Program
					 Director must fill the position with an individual meeting all qualifications
					 prescribed under the current CAAHEP
Standards and Guidelines
.
Any personnel changes must be reported to the BEMS within fifteen (15)
					 calendar days.
2. Accredited
					 programs or Letter of Review (LoR) programs adding or identifying a Medical
					 Director must fill the position with an individual meeting all qualifications
					 prescribed under the current CAAHEP
Standards and Guidelines
.
Any personnel changes must be reported to the BEMS within fifteen (15)
					 calendar days.
3.
					 Accredited programs or Letter of Review (LoR) programs adding or identifying
					 Instructional Faculty must fill the position with an individual meeting all
					 qualifications prescribed under the current CAAHEP
Standards and
					 Guidelines
.
Any personnel changes must be reported to the BEMS
					 within fifteen (15) calendar days.
4. Clinical Resources as prescribed under the
					 current CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines. This must be verified by a copy of a
					 contractual agreement from each site to the BEMS #24685
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 3 - Request for Approval of Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.3.5

Current through June 25, 2024
Before a consecutive class will be authorized to
						commence, the program shall adhere to all required CoAEMSP processes. Further,
						to maintain training authority, the programs must submit to BEMS:
1. Reports of training activities as
					 specified by BEMS; copies of any and all written communications to and from the
					 school and the Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for the EMS
					 Professions (CoAEMSP) and/or CAAHEP, will be submitted within (10) ten working
					 days from submitting or receiving.
2. Program updates and revisions as specified
					 by BEMS. All reports and updates must be submitted to the BEMS no later than
					 June 30 of each year.
3. Proof of
					 minimum acceptable pass rates determined by the BEMS and Medical Direction,
					 Training and Quality Assurance Committee. Approved Instructors not meeting this
					 requirement may be placed on probationary status by the BEMS.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 4 - Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.4.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The complete Paramedic educational programs must be
						designed to provide the knowledge that will allow the student to arrive at
						decisions based on accepted medical knowledge and that will permit professional
						growth.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 4 - Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.4.2

Current through June 25, 2024
The program shall consist of, at minimum, four
						components: didactic, laboratory, clinical and field under a medical command
						authority. The time required to complete each component may vary, in part being
						dependent on the ability of students to demonstrate their mastery of the
						educational objectives by written, verbal, and practical examination.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 4 - Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.4.3

Current through June 25, 2024
The program shall maintain on file, for each component of
						the curriculum, a reasonable comprehensive list of the terminal objectives to
						be achieved by the student. These objectives must delineate mastery in all
						competencies identified, including curriculum documentation, measurement
						techniques used, and the records maintained on each student's work.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 4 - Paramedic Training Programs › Rule 15-12-31-8.4.4

Current through June 25, 2024
The student must be informed about the methods and data
						used in determining grades and about the mechanism for appeal. Conditions
						governing dismissal from the program should be clearly defined in writing and
						distributed to the student at the beginning of the training program.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 6 - Paramedic classes, class approved › Rule 15-12-31-8.6.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Approved Paramedic instructors shall complete the class
						approval form and submit to the BEMS, at minimum, thirty (30) calendar days
						prior to the first day of class. This may be waived with prior consultation
						with the BEMS office. The BEMS will approve requests as appropriate and return
						accepted form to the official Paramedic instructor. Classes shall not begin
						until receipt of approval from the BEMS. Incomplete or late paperwork will be
						returned without action.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 7 - Paramedic classes, initial roster › Rule 15-12-31-8.7.1

Current through June 25, 2024
BEMS Initial roster form shall be completed by the
						approved Paramedic instructor immediately following the second week of the
						class. Initial roster forms can be obtained from the BEMS or be completed on
						the BEMS website. A BEMS final roster form for full or refresher Paramedic
						class will not be accepted without an initial roster on file with the
						BEMS.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 8 - Paramedic classes, final roster › Rule 15-12-31-8.8.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Final rosters shall be completed by the approved
						Paramedic instructor immediately following the end of a full Paramedic class.
						The final roster form can be obtained from the BEMS or be completed on the BEMS
						web site. Students successfully completing the class will not be allowed to
						test National Registry until a final roster is on file with the BEMS.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 9 - Paramedic Training Programs, minimum admittance criteria › Rule 15-12-31-8.9.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Must be a Mississippi certified EMT, at
						minimum.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 9 - Paramedic Training Programs, minimum admittance criteria › Rule 15-12-31-8.9.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Completion of eight (8) semester hours of human anatomy
						and physiology (A&P 1 and II with labs) from an accredited post-secondary
						school. Minimum average of C or higher must be obtained. Human anatomy and
						physiology may be taken as prerequisite or co-requisite
						courses.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 10 - Paramedic Refresher Training › Rule 15-12-31-8.10.1 - No Content

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 10 - Paramedic Refresher Training › Rule 15-12-31-8.10.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Written permission from BEMS must be obtained prior to
						the start of a Paramedic refresher course. Instructors shall complete the class
						approval form and submit to BEMS, at minimum, thirty (30) calendar days prior
						to the first day of class. This made be waived with prior consultation with the
						BEMS office.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 10 - Paramedic Refresher Training › Rule 15-12-31-8.10.3

Current through June 25, 2024
All Refresher training classes shall conform to the
						National Continued Competency Program (NCCP) standards. The local component of
						the NCCP constitutes of the total recertification requirements. Specific topic
						requirements decided by the BEMS and/or Medical Direction, Training and Quality
						Assurance Committee shall be included. Examples included state protocols, areas
						of specialization, or tasks that require additional focus based on
						QA/QI.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 11 - Prerequisites to certification and recertification as a Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.11.1 - Age of at least 18 years

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 11 - Prerequisites to certification and recertification as a Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.11.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Apply to BEMS using forms provided (e.g. application for
						state certification).
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 11 - Prerequisites to certification and recertification as a Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.11.3

Current through June 25, 2024
Applications must be accompanied by a fee fixed by the
						Board, which shall be payable to the Board.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 11 - Prerequisites to certification and recertification as a Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.11.4

Current through June 25, 2024
For paper applications, also include copy of current
						National Registry card equivalent to the level of re-certification requested
						and an original Statewide or Jurisdictional Medical Control Agreement (JMCA).
						(Statewide or Jurisdictional Medical Control Agreements are valid only for the
						certification period in which they are submitted.)
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 11 - Prerequisites to certification and recertification as a Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.11.5

Current through June 25, 2024
All Paramedics failing to re-certify with BEMS on or
						before the expiration date of his/her certification period will be considered
						officially expired.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 14 - Paramedic, Grounds for Suspension or Revocation › Rule 15-12-31-8.14.2

Current through June 25, 2024
If the Bureau finds that public health, safety, and
						welfare requires emergency action and a finding to that effect is incorporated
						in its order, summary suspension of a certification may me ordered pending
						proceedings for revocation or other action.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 16 - Other skills › Rule 15-12-31-8.16.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Other skills and medications not listed in these
						regulations may not be performed by any ALS provider through ALS trained
						employees until each skill and/or medication has been approved by BEMS in
						writing.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 16 - Other skills › Rule 15-12-31-8.16.2

Current through June 25, 2024
EMTs of all levels, may attend and transport by
						ambulance, patients who have pre-existing procedures or devices that are beyond
						the EMT's scope of practice if:
1.
					 there is no need, or reasonably perceived need, for the device or procedure
					 during transport; or
2. an
					 individual (including the patient himself) that has received training and
					 management of the procedure or device accompanies the patient to the
					 destination.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 16 - Other skills › Rule 15-12-31-8.16.3

Current through June 25, 2024
Note: Should doubt exist in regards to the
						transport of any device or procedure, medical control should be contacted for
						medical direction.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 18 - Performance Standards for Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.18.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The Paramedic who functions within the State of
						Mississippi, must be able to demonstrate the skills as listed in the National
						EMS Education Standards - Paramedic Instruction Guidelines to the satisfaction
						of the EMS medical director and the BEMS, Mississippi State Department of
						Health, to meet criterion established for advanced life support
						personnel.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 18 - Performance Standards for Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.18.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Skills within the Scope of Practice for a Mississippi
						Paramedic include the following:
1.
					 All skills listed in Performance Standards for EMT
2. Airway - esophageal; Airway -
					 supraglottic
3. BiPAP/CPAP
					 initiation and monitoring
4. Chest
					 Decompression
5. Chest Tube
					 Monitoring and management
6.
					 Cricothyrotomy - needle; Cricothyrotomy - percutaneous
7. End Tidal CO2
					 monitoring/capnography
8. Gastric
					 Decompression - NG Tube; Gastric Decompression - OG Tube
9. Intubation - nasotracheal; Intubation -
					 orotracheal
10. Obstruction -
					 direct laryngoscopy
11. PEEP -
					 therapeutic;
12. Suctioning -
					 tracheobronchial
13. Cardiac
					 Monitoring - multi-lead (interpretive); Cardiac Monitoring - single lead
					 (interpretive);
13. Cardioversion -
					 electrical
14. Carotid
					 massage;
15. Internal; cardiac
					 pacing - monitoring only
16.
					 Transcutaneous Pacing - manual;
17.
					 Medication Administration Routes: Aerosolized/nebulized (beta agonist); Buccal;
					 Endotracheal tube; Inhaled- self-administered (nitrous oxide); Intramuscular
					 (epinephrine or glucagons); intranasal (naloxone); intravenous push (naloxone,
					 dextrose 50%); intravenous piggyback; Nasogastric; Rectal; Subcutaneous
					 (epinephrine);
18. Access
					 indwelling catheters and implanted central IV ports;
19. Central Line - monitoring;
20. Intraosseous - initiation;
21. Intravenous access;
22. Intravenous initiation -
					 peripheral;
23. Intravenous -
					 maintenance of non-medicated IV fluids; Intravenous - maintenance of medicated
					 IV fluids;
24. Blood Glucose
					 monitoring;
25. Eye irrigation -
					 Morgan Lens;
26. Thrombolytic
					 therapy - initiation; Thrombolytic therapy - monitoring;
27. Venous blood sampling;
28. Blood chemistry analysis.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 18 - Performance Standards for Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.18.3 - Optional skills

Current through June 25, 2024
Performances of these skills are optional however, they
						must be taught in all training programs.
1. Administration of transfusions of blood
					 and its components.
2. Percutaneous
					 transtracheal catheter ventilation
3. Umbilical Vein Cannulation
4. Drug Assisted Intubation, using MDTQA
					 approved medications for this procedure, in strict adherence with the following
					 measures:
a. A specific verbal order from
					 online medical direction must be obtained to institute DAI;
b. Initiate and continue, before, during and
					 after each DAI, continuous monitoring and recording of heart rate and rhythm,
					 oxygen saturation, and end-tidal carbon dioxide using a capnography or
					 capnometric device (to exclude colormetric only devices);
c. Appropriate resources for drug storage and
					 delivery must be present and used;
d. DAI protocols must contain continuing
					 quality assurance, quality control and performance review measures, and when
					 indicated, supplemental training;
e. DAI protocols must include requirements
					 for initial training and continuing education in:
i. Proper patient selection for
					 DAI;
ii. Demonstrating initial and
					 continuing competency in the DAI procedure;
iii. Confirming initial and verifying ongoing
					 tube placement, including training in the utilization of appropriate
					 instrumentation;
iv. Airway
					 management of patients who cannot be intubated;
v. The use of backup rescue airway methods in
					 the event of failed DAI;.
vi. Every
					 instance of the initiation or attempted initiation of an airway by DAI shall be
					 reported to BEMS by the local EMS on forms or in a format approved by BEMS.
					 Every instance of the institution or attempted institution of an airway by DAI
					 shall be reviewed by the State Medical Director, who shall submit a quarterly
					 report to MDTQA and the EMS Advisory Council.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 18 - Performance Standards for Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.18.4

Current through June 25, 2024
EMT and Paramedics, may attend and transport by
						ambulance, patients who have pre-existing procedures or devices that are beyond
						the EMT's scope of practice if:
1.
					 there is no need, or reasonably perceived need, for the device or procedure
					 during transport; or
2. an
					 individual (including the patient himself) that has received training and
					 management of the procedure or device accompanies the patient to the
					 destination.
3.
Note:
					 Should doubt exist in regards to the transport of any device or procedure,
					 medical control should be contacted for medical direction.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.1

Current through June 25, 2024
ALS personnel are restricted to functioning within the
						geographic boundaries of their licensed ALS service employer. They primarily
						provide out-of-hospital emergency care to acutely ill or injured patients while
						on duty for a licensed ALS provider under medical command authority approved by
						the BEMS. This does not apply to extended transports which may require EMS
						personnel to function outside of said boundaries.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Paramedics may routinely or periodically participate in
						patient care in the emergency department of a licensed hospital. Their presence
						may be in the form of:
1. graduates
					 participating in a clinical rotation for skill retention.
2. field units stationed out of the emergency
					 department under direct physician supervision (i.e., hospital based ALS
					 services). BEMS Certified Paramedics will be able to function in the emergency
					 service area of the hospital. They would also be permitted to function in
					 life-threatening emergency situations in other areas of the hospital if
					 directed to do so by the medical command authority.
3. providing assistance to the emergency
					 department staff after delivering a patient.
Paramedics
must, when functioning in the
						hospital, only do so under the direct supervision of a physician. This is
						necessary because the scope of practice of an
Paramedics
does not coincide with that of any
						other licensed personnel. Paramedics of a hospital owned and based ambulance
						service may function in the Emergency Department under the direct supervision
						of a Mississippi licensed physician, physically located in Mississippi, via
						telemedicine. Paramedics may not function in other areas of hospitals which do
						not have on-site 24 hour physician availability.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.3

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.4

Current through June 25, 2024
Paramedics P may perform only those skills authorized by
						the BEMS regulations relating to their certification.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.5

Current through June 25, 2024
Because the Paramedic's primary responsibility is to
						respond to emergency situations outside the hospital, they cannot be utilized
						to replace any members of the hospital emergency service area staff, but may be
						utilized to support and assist the staff in the care of patients in accordance
						with their performance standards. Since their scope of practice is limited to a
						number of specific procedures, which can only be performed under the direction
						of a physician, all emergency patients clearly require nursing intervention in
						order to insure that all the patients' needs are met.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.6

Current through June 25, 2024
It is appropriate to transport patients whose urgent
						needs or reasonably perceived needs for care exceed the scope of practice for
						the ambulance attendant, if the following conditions are present:
1. The patient has existing advanced
					 therapeutics or treatment modalities for a preexisting condition and
2. The patient is located in a non-hospital
					 setting, and
3. The patient's
					 condition is considered to be so urgent that the benefits of prompt transport
					 by available personnel to an appropriate hospital outweigh the increased risk
					 to the patient from affecting a delay waiting for qualified medical personnel
					 to arrive.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.7

Current through June 25, 2024
The person possessing the highest level of
						certification/license must attend the patient unless otherwise authorized by
						medical control.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 8 - Paramedic › Subchapter 19 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-8.19.8

Current through June 25, 2024
EMTs of all levels, may attend and transport by
						ambulance, patients who have pre-existing procedures or devices that are beyond
						the EMT's scope of practice if:
1.
					 there is no need, or reasonably perceived need, for the device or procedure
					 during transport; or
2. an
					 individual (including the patient himself) that has received training and
					 management of the procedure or device accompanies the patient to the
					 destination.
3.
Note:
					 Should doubt exist in regards to the transport of any device or procedure,
					 medical control should be contacted for medical direction.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												41-59-5;
						Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-60-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 1 - Eligibility › Rule 15-12-31-9.1.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Applicants are restricted to counties, municipalities and
						emergency medical service districts formed and recognized pursuant to §
											41-59-53
						through §
											41-59-59.
						Political subdivisions are not eligible to receive Emergency Medical Services
						Operating Funds (EMSOF).
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 1 - Eligibility › Rule 15-12-31-9.1.2

Current through June 25, 2024
To be eligible for EMSOF, in part, governmental units
						must have expended from local funds directly to the ambulance service, at
						minimum, an amount equal to or greater than $0.15 per capita, with population
						computed from the most current federal census, in the year the EMSOF was
						collected. For governmental units that own and operate governmental ambulance
						service, to be eligible, in part, the governmental unit must show equal to or
						greater than $0.15 per capita, with population computed from the most current
						federal census, in the year the EMSOF fund was collected.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Applications for EMSOF will be forwarded to applicants
						receiving EMSOF funds for the prior year. Other counties, municipalities and
						legal EMS districts wishing to receive applications shall submit, in writing, a
						request for application on or before October 1 of the year in which they plan
						to request EMSOF. Original applications, as provided by BEMS, for EMSOF must be
						received at the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services office by 5:00 PM on the
						second Friday of November each year. Applications received after this date will
						not be processed.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.2

Current through June 25, 2024
Applications for EMSOF must have satisfactory proof of
						the maintenance of the funding effort by the governmental unit in the form of a
						line item local fund expense for ambulance in the fiscal year in which EMSOF
						funds were collected. Satisfactory proof must also be provided in the form of a
						line item budget of local funds for ambulance in the fiscal year that EMSOF is
						being requested.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.3

Current through June 25, 2024
It is important that applicants create their EMSOF
						applications with input from their licensed ambulance service provider and/or
						county EMS regulatory programs. Evidence of this collaboration will be a
						memorandum or letter of support for the application from the licensed ambulance
						service provider(s) and/or county EMS regulatory programs and must be attached
						to the EMSOF application. Applications received by BEMS without these
						memorandum or letters of support will be returned without
						action.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.4

Current through June 25, 2024
Applications must be signed by:
1. Counties: Chancery Clerk, County
					 Administrator or President Board of Supervisors
2. Municipalities: Mayor
3. EMS Districts: District Administer or
					 President of the Board.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.5

Current through June 25, 2024
Applicants are required to attend an "EMSOF grantee
						meeting" to be held in their public health region before grant
						approval.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 2 - Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.2.6

Current through June 25, 2024
All EMSOF funds must be deposited into the governmental
						units' treasury. Items purchased with EMSOF funds must be purchased in the name
						of the governmental unit. The Governmental unit must follow its existing rules
						for the purchasing, inventory, and disposal of these items. A sticker which
						states "This equipment purchased by the citizens of the State of Mississippi"
						shall identify equipment purchased with EMSOF funds.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.1

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF must be used for improvements in the Bureau of
						Emergency Medical Services regulated Emergency Medical Services and may not be
						used for operating expenses. All EMSOF funds must be expended or escrowed by
						the end of the local fiscal year in which the EMSOF funds were disbursed to the
						governmental unit. "Escrow" is defined as depositing the funds in an
						interest-bearing account in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. §
											27-105-1,
						et seq. and applicable state fiscal and financial control regulations, said
						funds to be used only in accordance with the provisions of the EMSOF grant. No
						funds granted hereunder may be escrowed for more than three (3) years. All
						expenditures of funds from an EMSOF grant must be done in accordance with
						Mississippi purchasing and property accounting laws, rules, and regulations. A
						detailed justification for all EMSOF expenditures or funds escrowed
,
indicating their compliance with purchasing laws and regulations, as
						well as how they will improve local emergency medical services, must be
						provided.
1. EMSOF must be expended to
					 the direct benefit of a Mississippi Licensed Ambulance Service (as described in
					 Chapter 59 of the Mississippi Code Ann.). These funds may not be used in
					 support of "EMS Support Services" including, but not limited to, the
					 following
2. local or county fire
					 service rescue operations, and
3.
					 local or county first responders other than training, medical supplies, or
					 medical equipment to be used for direct patient care.
4. Additionally, EMSOF may not be used for
					 hospital equipment or supplies. If a licensed ambulance service is
					 hospital-based, EMSOF funds can only be used for items that are to the direct
					 benefit of the hospital-based licensed ambulance service. The director of the
					 hospital-based licensed ambulance service must indicate by memorandum or letter
					 of support that the request will provide direct benefit to the hospital-based
					 licensed ambulance service.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.2 - Personnel Expenses

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF may be used to pay payroll and benefit differential
						pay for governmental units for the first year that a governmental unit applies
						to the BEMS to improve its' level of ambulance service licensure. No other
						personnel expenses are allowed under EMSOF.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.3 - Regionalization

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF may be used to pay dues to an EMS district formed
						and recognized pursuant to §
											41-59-53
						through §
											41-59-59,
						for regional medical control, training, or improvements in Bureau of Emergency
						Medical Services. Based on support of the licensed ambulance service, EMSOF may
						also be used for governmental support of trauma care systems.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.4 - Training

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF
					 may be used for initial training or continuing education of EMS Drivers,
					 EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic. EMSOF may not be used for the
					 initial training of first responders. These funds may be used for
					 re-certification of Medical First Responders (as regulated by the Bureau of
					 EMS).
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.5 - Commodities

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF may be used for the purchase of commodities that
						improve local Emergency Medical Services. EMSOF may not be used to purchase any
						commodities that will be billed to a patient. Applicant must show that the
						requested commodity is a direct benefit to the licensed ambulance service. This
						must be acknowledged by the county recognized lead licensed ambulance service
						director by letter or memorandum of support.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.6 - Equipment

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF may be used to purchase equipment or capital outlay
						items that improve local Emergency Medical Services. Equipment purchased with
						EMSOF by a governmental unit must appear on the governmental units equipment
						inventory and be accounted for in accordance with State of Mississippi property
						inventory laws, rules and regulations. This is not intended to limit the
						temporary use of equipment in adjacent counties or jurisdictions within
						Mississippi or during patient transport either inside or outside the state.
						Applicant must show that the requested equipment is a direct benefit to the
						licensed ambulance service. This must be acknowledged by the county recognized
						lead licensed ambulance service director by letter or memorandum of
						support.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 3 - Eligible Uses of EMSOF Funds › Rule 15-12-31-9.3.7 - Escrow

Current through June 25, 2024
EMSOF may be escrowed (up to a maximum of three years)
						for local improvements in Emergency Medical Services regulated by the Bureau of
						Emergency Medical Services. (Example: Purchasing a new ambulance or radio
						system that cost more than grant amount.) Grant awards may be escrowed up to
						three years from the disbursement. All escrow amounts and interest must be
						fully expended by the end of the fourth grant year. (Example: ABC County
						received $10,000 in EMSOF for FY2008, $10,000 for FY2009 and $10,000 for FY2010
						and wishes to replace a high mileage ambulance that will cost $40,400. ABC
						County received $10,000 in EMSOF for FY 2011 and must fully expend the $40,000
						plus interest accrued on escrowed amounts prior to the end of the governmental
						fiscal year for FY2011.) Escrow funds not fully expended by the end of the
						fourth grant year must be returned to the State. All interest posted must be
						reported and expended consistent with these regulations.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 4 - Reports › Rule 15-12-31-9.4.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Prior to EMSOF proceeds being distributed to any
						governmental unit, proof, or proper expenditure of EMSOF in the previous year,
						if applicable, must be submitted to include the signature of the signing
						authority of the governmental unit indicating all expenditures were made
						properly.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 4 - Reports › Rule 15-12-31-9.4.2

Current through June 25, 2024
The director of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
						or his designee will perform random program reviews of governmental units to
						assure that EMSOF law, rules, regulations, and policies are
						followed.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 9 - Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) › Subchapter 5 - Appeal Process › Rule 15-12-31-9.5.1

Current through June 25, 2024
Any county, municipality or organized medical service
						districts whose application for EMSOF has been rejected shall have the right to
						appeal such decision, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Bureau of
						Emergency Medical Services' written decision, to a hearing officer who will
						make a final recommendation to the State Health Officer.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 10 - Critical Care Paramedic › Subchapter 1 - Training Authority for Critical Care Paramedic › Rule 15-12-31-10.1.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The Critical Care Paramedic Course shall be offered
						through an approved advanced Life Support Training Program approved through the
						Bureau of EMS (BEMS). These programs are set up through the Mississippi
						Community College System and are accredited through Committee on Accreditation
						of Education Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP). The guidelines and
						minimum standards are set forth in order to establish a minimum level of
						training for the Emergency Medical Technician at the advanced level desiring to
						receive Critical Care Paramedic status. The University of Mississippi Medical
						Center is authorized by the BEMS to conduct Critical Care Paramedic training
						programs statewide. All Critical Care Paramedic training programs must have the
						BEMS approval.
Miss. Code
						Ann.§
												41-59-5