North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION › Subchapter P - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND TRAUMA RULES › Section .0200 - EMS SYSTEMS › Section 13P .0204 - EMS PROVIDER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Any
				  firm, corporation, agency, organization, or association that provides
				  non-transportation emergency medical services at the AEMT or Paramedic level
				  shall be licensed by the Department as an EMS Provider by meeting and
				  maintaining the criteria defined in Paragraph (b) of this Rule.
(b) Any firm, corporation, agency,
				  organization, or association that provides emergency medical transportation
				  services shall be licensed as an EMS Provider by meeting and maintaining the
				  following criteria:
(1) be affiliated as
				  defined in Rule.0102(3) of this Subchapter with each EMS System where there is
				  to be a physical base of operation or where the EMS Provider will provide
				  point-to-point patient transport within the system;
(2) present an application for a permit for
				  any ambulance and EMS non-transporting vehicle that will be in service as
				  required by
				  G.S.
				  131E-156, and meet the requirements of
				  Rules.0207 and.0213 of this Section;
(3) submit a written plan detailing how the
				  EMS Provider will furnish credentialed personnel pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  131E-158;
(4) where there are franchise ordinances
				  pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  153A-250 in effect that cover the proposed
				  service areas of each EMS system of operation, provide written documentation
				  reflecting a current franchise to operate, or of impending receipt of a
				  franchise, from each county. In counties where there is no franchise ordinance
				  in effect, present a signature from each EMS System representative authorizing
				  the EMS Provider to affiliate as required by Subparagraph (b)(1) of this
				  Rule;
(5) provide inspection,
				  repair, cleaning, and maintenance of all EMS responding ground vehicles and
				  maintain records for a period of time determined by the EMS System, and make
				  available for inspection by the OEMS verifying compliance with this
				  Subparagraph;
(6) collect and
				  within 24 hours electronically submit to the OEMS EMS Care data that uses the
				  EMS data set and data dictionary as specified in "North Carolina College of
				  Emergency Physicians: Standards for Medical Oversight and Data
				  Collection;"
(7) develop and
				  implement written operational protocols for the management of equipment,
				  supplies, and medications and maintain records for a period of time determined
				  by the EMS System, and make available for inspection by the OEMS verifying
				  compliance with this Subparagraph. These protocols shall include a methodology:
(A) to assure that each vehicle contains the
				  required equipment and supplies on each response;
(B) for cleaning and maintaining the
				  equipment and vehicles; and
(C) to
				  assure that supplies and medications are not used beyond the expiration date
				  and stored in a temperature controlled atmosphere according to manufacturer's
				  specifications.