Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Population Health and Community Services › EMS Organization Licensure Rules › Part 4 - NONTRANSPORT PREHOSPITAL LIFE SUPPORT OPERATIONS › Section R. 325.22142 - Nontransport prehospital life support operation; operating requirements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 142. In addition to requirements prescribed in the
					 code and these rules, a nontransport prehospital life support operation shall
					 do all of the following:
(a) Establish
				  and maintain a written procedure that explains the steps that will be followed
				  when a complaint is received by the operation. This procedure shall be
				  maintained by the operation and shall be available to the department upon
				  request.
(b) Maintain evidence of
				  participation in the county, local, or regional disaster plan and response.
				  Approved protocols may be used to satisfy this requirement. These documents
				  shall be maintained by the operation and shall be available to the department
				  upon request.
(c) Comply with
				  medical record keeping requirements in accordance with
				  R
				  325.22117.
(d) Maintain written policies and procedures
				  that address safety and accident reduction and comply with all applicable state
				  and federal health and safety laws as prescribed on the department-approved
				  agency inspection form. These procedures shall be maintained by the operation
				  and shall be available to the department upon request.
(e) Require that each individual staffing a
				  nontransport prehospital life support vehicle complies with the code and
				  applicable medical control authority protocols.
(f) Require that a nontransport prehospital
				  life support vehicle is not operated unless it is staffed in accordance with
				  section 20927(3) of the code.
(g)
				  Maintain evidence of an orientation process for emergency medical services
				  personnel to familiarize them with the agency's policies and procedures and are
				  trained in the use and application of all the equipment carried in the
				  nontransport prehospital life support vehicle. At a minimum, this shall include
				  an introduction to the duties to be performed as well as medical control
				  authority protocols.
(h) Maintain a
				  copy of all applicable protocols for each medical control authority under which
				  the agency operates.
(i)
				  Participate in data collection and quality improvement activities authorized
				  under medical control authority protocols.
(j) Ensure that vehicles licensed by the
				  operation meet all vehicle standards, and meet state equipment requirements
				  prescribed by the department and department-approved medical control authority
				  protocols.
(k) Require compliance
				  with medcom requirements.
(l) Not
				  knowingly respond to or advertise its services for prehospital emergency
				  patients from outside its service area as defined in these rules, except for
				  mutual aid requests.
(m) Require
				  that an individual operating a licensed life support vehicle during an
				  emergency response has completed a vehicle operation education and competency
				  assessment.