Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 163 - BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MAINE EMS) › Chapter 5-A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER LICENSURE › Section 163-5-A-5 - 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 continuing
				education hour certifications used for the past two license renewals 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. 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 2-B and
				the Maine EMS Rules - in disciplinary action to deny license renewal, 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 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 renew
				a 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.
				Emergency Medical Dispatchers whose licenses have lapsed as of the expiration
				date cannot provide emergency medical dispatch services until a renewed license
				has been issued.
7. An application
				submitted more than 90 days after the license expiration date shall be
				considered an application for a new license and subject to all requirements
				governing new applications.