Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 139 - Emergency Medical Services-training Programs-students-complaints and Investigations › Rule 641-139.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Advanced emergency medical technician"
or
"AEMT"
means an individual who has successfully completed a
				course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
				Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Instructional Guidelines (January 2009),
				has passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the AEMT, and is
				currently certified by the department as an AEMT.
"Bureau"
or
"BETS"
means the
				bureau of emergency and trauma services, the bureau designated by the
				department as the lead agency for coordinating and implementing the provision
				of emergency medical services in this state.
"CAAHEP"
means the Commission on Accreditation
				of Allied Health Education Programs.
"CAPCE"
means the Commission on Accreditation
				for Prehospital Continuing Education. CAPCE is an accrediting body charged with
				the review and accreditation of EMS continuing education.
"CEH"
means continuing education hour, which
				is based upon a minimum of 50 minutes of training per hour.
"Certification"
or
"certificate"
means a document issued by the department
				authorizing a person to practice as an emergency medical care provider in
				Iowa.
"Certified"
means being officially recognized
				as meeting department-approved training and testing standards and being issued
				a certificate by the department in accordance with Iowa Code chapters 272C and
				147A.
"Cognitive examination"
or
"written
				examination"
means the portion of the NREMT certification examination
				process evaluating the candidate's level of EMS knowledge.
"Core continuing education"
means education
				obtained during a certification period to renew certification. Core continuing
				education shall have an assigned sponsor number from CAPCE, an authorized EMS
				training program, the board of nursing, the board of medicine or the
				department.
"Course completion date"
means the date of the
				final classroom session of an emergency medical care provider course.
"Course coordinator"
means an individual who
				has been assigned by the training program to coordinate the activities of an
				emergency medical care provider course.
"Critical care paramedic"
or
"CCP"
means a currently certified paramedic who has
				successfully completed a critical care course of instruction approved by the
				department and has received endorsement from the department as a critical care
				paramedic.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Director"
means the director of the Iowa
				department of public health.
"Emergency medical care"
means any medical
				procedure authorized by Iowa Code chapter 147A and 641-Chapter 131.
"Emergency medical care provider"
means an
				individual who has been trained to provide emergency and nonemergency medical
				care at the EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedic, or other certification level recognized
				by the department before 2011 and has been issued a certificate by the
				department, or a person practicing in accordance with Iowa Code chapter
				147D.
"Emergency medical care student"
or
"student"
means any individual registered with the department
				and enrolled in an EMS training program with an active EMS student
				registration.
"Emergency medical responder"
or
"EMR"
means an individual who has successfully completed a
				course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
				Emergency Medical Responder Instructional Guidelines (January 2009), has passed
				the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the EMR, and is currently
				certified by the department as an EMR.
"Emergency medical services"
or
"EMS"
means an integrated medical care delivery system to
				provide emergency and nonemergency medical care.
"Emergency medical technician"
or
"EMT"
means an individual who has successfully completed a
				course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation's
				Emergency Medical Technician Instructional Guidelines (January 2009), has
				passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the EMT, and is currently
				certified by the department as an EMT.
"EMS evaluator"
or
"EMS-E"
means an individual who has successfully completed an EMS evaluator curriculum
				approved by the department and is currently endorsed by the department as an
				EMS-E.
"EMS instructor"
or
"EMS-I"
means an individual who has successfully completed an EMS instructor curriculum
				approved by the department and is currently endorsed by the department as an
				EMS-I.
"EMS training program"
or
"training
				program"
means an Iowa college approved by the Higher Learning
				Commission, an Iowa hospital, or a service program that has received
				authorization from the department to conduct emergency medical care
				training.
"Endorsement"
or
"endorsed"
means an approval granted by the department authorizing an individual to serve
				as an EMS-I, EMS-E or CCP.
"Higher Learning Commission"
means the
				independent corporation which accredits degree-granting postsecondary
				institutions in the north central region of the United States.
"NREMT"
means the National Registry of
				Emergency Medical Technicians. The NREMT provides a valid, uniform process to
				assess the knowledge and skills required for competent entrance-level practice
				by EMS professionals.
"Out-of-state student"
means any individual
				participating in clinical or field experience as a student in an approved
				out-of-state training program.
"Out-of-state training program"
means an EMS
				training program located outside the state of Iowa that is approved by the
				authorizing agency of the program's home state to conduct initial EMS training
				for EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedic or other level certified by the
				department.
"Outreach course coordinator"
means an
				individual assigned by the training program to coordinate the activities of an
				emergency medical care provider course held outside the training program
				facilities.
"Paramedic"
or
"PM"
means an
				individual who has successfully completed a course of study based on the United
				States Department of Transportation's Paramedic Instructional Guidelines
				(January 2009), has passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the
				paramedic, and is currently certified by the department as a paramedic.
"Physician"
means an individual licensed under
				Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant"
or
"PA"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Preceptor"
means an individual assigned by
				the training program, clinical facility or service program to supervise EMS
				students while the students are completing their classroom, clinical or field
				experience. A preceptor shall be an emergency medical care provider certified
				at the level at which the preceptor is providing supervision or at a higher
				level or be licensed as a physician, physician assistant or registered
				nurse.
"Primary instructor"
means an individual who
				is responsible for teaching the majority of an emergency medical care provider
				course.
"Psychomotor examination"
or
"practical examination"
means the portion of the
				department-approved or NREMT certification examination process that evaluates
				the skill and procedure capabilities of the candidate.
"Registered nurse"
or
"RN"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Service program"
or
"service"
means any transport service or nontransport service,
				inclusive of associated satellites and service program affiliates, that has
				received full or conditional authorization from the department.
"Training program director"
means a health
				care professional (full-time educator or practitioner of emergency or critical
				care) assigned by the training program to direct the operation of the training
				program.
"Training program medical director"
means a
				physician licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148 who is responsible for providing
				medical oversight to an EMS training program.