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 .0400 - MEDICAL OVERSIGHT › Section 13P .0410 - COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL OVERSIGHT FOR AIR MEDICAL PROGRAMS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Licensed EMS providers seeking to offer rotary-wing or fixed-wing air medical
				  program services within North Carolina shall receive approval from the OEMS
				  prior to beginning operation.
(b)
				  Licensed EMS providers seeking to offer multiple air medical programs under
				  separate medical oversight processes as set forth in Paragraph (c) of this Rule
				  shall make application for each program and receive approval from the OEMS as
				  set forth in Paragraph (a) of this Rule.
(c) Each Air Medical Program providing
				  services within North Carolina shall meet the following requirements for the
				  provision of medical oversight:
(1) a Medical
				  Director as set forth in Rules .0402 and .0404 of this Section;
(2) treatment protocols approved by the OEMS,
				  to be utilized by the provider as required by Rule .0406 of this
				  Section;
(3) a peer review
				  committee as required by Rule .0409 of this Section;
(4) notify all North Carolina EMS Systems
				  where services will be provided to enable each EMS System to include the
				  provider in their EMS System plan, as set forth in Rule .0201 of this
				  Subchapter;
(5) all aircrafts used
				  within North Carolina shall comply with Rule .0209 of this
				  Subchapter;
(6) populate and
				  maintain a roster in the North Carolina database for all air medical crew
				  members, Medical Directors, and staff identified by the program to serve as
				  primary and secondary administrative contacts;
(7) all medical crew members operating in
				  North Carolina shall maintain a North Carolina license or credential in
				  accordance with the rules and regulations of the respective state licensing or
				  credentialing body;
(8) active
				  membership in each Trauma RAC containing the majority of hospitals where the
				  program transports patients for admission;
(9) submit patient care data electronically,
				  within 24 hours, to the OEMS EMS care database as defined in the "North
				  Carolina College of Emergency Physicians: Standards for Medical Oversight and
				  Collection" for all interstate and intrastate transports as set forth in Rule
				  .0204 of this Subchapter;
(10)
				  provide information regarding procedures performed during transport within
				  North Carolina to OEMS for quality management review as required by the "North
				  Carolina College of Emergency Physicians: Standards for Medical Oversight and
				  Data Collection;"
(11) submit peer
				  review materials to the receiving hospital's peer review committee for each
				  patient transported for admission; and
(12) a method providing for the coordinated
				  dispatch of resources between air medical programs for scene safety, ensuring
				  that only the number of air medical resources needed respond to the incident
				  location are provided, and arranging for the receiving hospital to prepare for
				  the incoming patient.