Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 13 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING AGENCY › Section 172-13-003 - REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING AGENCY

Current through June 17, 2024
To receive approval, an applicant must meet all statutory
				  requirements, 172 NAC 9, and this chapter and submit a complete application and
				  documentation the applicant meets the following qualifications:
(A) Be an accredited community college,
				college, university, or a school of nursing in this state that awards an
				academic degree to its graduates;
(B) Paramedic training programs must be
				accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
				Program (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of
				Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (COAEMSP).
				Programs holding a current Letter of Review from the Commission on
				Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program will be deemed to meet this
				requirement;
(C) Have a qualified
				physician to serve as the training agency medical director;
(D) Have written agreements with hospital(s),
				health care clinics, or physician offices for clinical training of students for
				the level of training being conducted;
(E) Have written agreements with licensed
				emergency medical services for field experience for the level of training being
				conducted;
(F) Direct supervision
				of students must be performed by an individual who is a licensed emergency care
				provider, with an unencumbered license, and is the same or higher level of
				emergency care provider as the student's course of study, or a licensed health
				care practitioner, or under the direction of a registered nurse;
(G) Meet the standards for operating set in
				this chapter;
(H) Emergency Medical
				Service Instructors must meet the requirements set forth in 172
				NAC11;
(I) Provide adequate
				facilities, equipment, apparatus, supplies, and staffing;
(J) Publish a catalog which includes at least
				the following information:
(i) The full name
				and address of the school;
(ii)
				Names of owners and officers, including any governing boards;
(iii) A description of each authorized
				educational service offered, including courses or programs offered, tuition,
				fees, and length of courses;
(iv)
				Enrollment procedures and entrance requirements, including late enrollment, if
				permitted;
(v) A description of the
				training agencies placement assistance. If no assistance is offered, the school
				must state this fact;
(vi)
				Attendance policy including minimum attendance requirements;
(vii) A description of how the agency
				determines a student's progress. The description must include:
(1) How student progress is measured and
				evaluated, including an explanation of any system of grading used;
(2) The conditions under which the student
				may be readmitted if terminated for unsatisfactory progress;
(3) An explanation of any probation policy;
				and
(4) Information about the
				system used to make progress reports to students;
(viii) An explanation of the refund policy
				which also includes the training agencies method of determining the official
				date of termination; and
(ix) A
				description of its policy that addresses student harassment and training agency
				action if such harassment takes place;