Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 163 - BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MAINE EMS) › Chapter 9 - INSTRUCTOR COORDINATOR LICENSES › Section 163-9-4 - License Renewal and Expiration

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An
				application will not be accepted as complete unless it includes all materials
				required to be evaluated for licensure.
2. At the time of renewal, each licensee must
				certify, on an application provided by Maine EMS, the number of continuing
				education hours completed for license renewal. No additional information or
				continuing education documentation is required to be submitted at the time of
				renewal. However, the licensee shall retain documentation of continuing
				education hours included in the current renewal period. For purposes of this
				paragraph, "current renewal period" means the 24-month period prior to the
				application date. In calculating continuing education hours completed prior to
				the month of application, the last day of each month shall be considered the
				completion date for all continuing education completed within a given
				month.
3. Applicants for license
				renewal will be selected by Maine EMS on a random basis for audit of continuing
				education compliance. In addition, an individual licensee may be selected for
				an audit as part of an investigation or if there is reasonable cause to believe
				the licensee has provided a false certification concerning the completion of
				continuing education requirements. An audit will review the last two continuing
				education hour certifications submitted by the licensee, including the current
				renewal period.
4. Licensees
				selected for audit will be notified to submit documentation of the continuing
				education hours that were certified by the licensee at the time of renewal.
				Licensees will have ten (10) days from the date of notification to submit all
				requested documentation. Continuing education hours that cannot be documented
				in accordance with the documentation requirements determined by the Board or
				that do not satisfy the requirements for continuing education contained in
				these Rules will be disallowed.
5.
				Applicants for license renewal must present proof of satisfactory completion of
				continuing education in accordance with these Rules. Failure to comply with the
				continuing education rules may, at Maine EMS's discretion, result - in
				accordance with 32 M.R.S. Chapter 2B and the Maine EMS Rules - in disciplinary
				action to deny license renewal or may result in a decision to enter into a
				consent agreement and probation setting forth terms and conditions to correct
				the licensee's failure to complete continuing education or may result in any
				other disciplinary action available to the Board. Terms and conditions of a
				consent agreement may include requiring completion of increased hours of
				continuing education, civil penalties, suspension and other terms as the Board,
				the licensee and the Department of the Attorney General determine appropriate.
6. A person may apply for a
				renewal license for up to ninety (90) days after the date of expiration. The
				ninety-day period does not postpone the expiration date of the
				license.
7. Licensees whose
				licenses have expired cannot act in an Instructor Coordinator capacity in any
				class leading to licensure until a renewed license has been issued.
8. An application submitted more than ninety
				(90) days after the license expiration date shall be considered an application
				for a new license and subject to all requirements governing new
				applications.