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Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter D - QUALITY IMPORVEMENT AND PEER REVIEW › Section 1021.64 - Cooperation

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Each individual and entity licensed, certified,
						recognized, accredited or otherwise authorized by the Department to participate
						in the Statewide EMS system shall cooperate in the Statewide and regional EMS
						quality improvement programs and peer reviews conducted under the act and this
						subchapter and shall provide information, data, reports and access to records,
						including audio records, as reasonably requested by quality improvement and
						peer review committees to conduct reviews.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													1027.3 (relating to licensure and
						  general operating standards).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter E - TRAUMA CENTERS › Section 1021.81 - Purpose

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The purpose of this subchapter is to integrate trauma
						centers into the Statewide EMS system by providing access to trauma centers and
						for the effective and appropriate utilization of resources.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter E - TRAUMA CENTERS › Section 1021.82 - Requirements

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To ensure that trauma centers are integrated into the
						Statewide EMS system, trauma centers shall:
(1) Maintain a dedicated telephone number to
					 allow for access by referring hospitals to make arrangements for the most
					 appropriate and expeditious mode of transportation to the trauma center, as
					 well as allow for direct consultation between the two facilities prior to
					 transfer and during the course of treatment of the patient.
(2) Develop and implement outreach education
					 programs to be offered to referring hospitals and emergency services dealing
					 with management of major and multiple systems trauma patients and the
					 capabilities of the trauma center.
(3) Develop and institute a system to ensure
					 the provision of patient outcome and treatment information to the transferring
					 facility and the EMS agency involved in transporting the patient to the
					 transferring facility, if the patient was transferred to the trauma center, or
					 to the EMS agency involved in transporting the patient to the trauma center if
					 the patient was not transferred to the trauma center by another facility, on
					 each patient transported to the trauma center by ambulance.
(4) Maintain a medical command facility to
					 allow for communication between a transporting ground ambulance or air
					 ambulance and the trauma center to ensure that patient information and
					 condition updates are available to the trauma center and that medical
					 consultation is available to the transporting ambulance crew. The capabilities
					 shall be in accordance with regional and Statewide EMS telecommunications
					 plans.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter E - TRAUMA CENTERS › Section 1021.83 - Complaints

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The Department will investigate complaints related to the
						delivery of services by trauma centers and forward the results of the
						investigation to the Trauma Foundation with a recommendation for
						action.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter F - REGIONAL EMS COUNCILS › Section 1021.101 - Designation of regional EMS councils

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(a) The Department will designate a regional
					 EMS council that satisfies the structural and representation requirements in
					 §
											1021.102 (relating to structure of
					 regional EMS councils) for each geographic area of this Commonwealth that the
					 Department designates as a regional EMS geographic area for regional EMS system
					 purposes.
(b) The designation of
					 the geographical area will be based on the capability to:
(1) Provide definitive care services to the
					 majority of general, emergent and critical patients.
(2) Establish community-wide and regional
					 care programs.
(3) Interact and
					 liaison with hospitals, other health care facilities and important public
					 health and public safety entities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter F - REGIONAL EMS COUNCILS › Section 1021.102 - Structure of regional EMS councils

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(a) Regional EMS councils shall be organized
					 by one of the following:
(1) A unit of
					 general local government with an advisory council.
(2) A representative public entity
					 administering a compact or other area wide arrangement or consortium.
(3) A public or private nonprofit
					 entity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter F - REGIONAL EMS COUNCILS › Section 1021.103 - Governing body

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(a) If the regional
					 EMS council is a public or private nonprofit organization, its governing body
					 shall satisfy the representation requirements in §
											1021.102 (relating to structure of
					 regional EMS councils).
(b) If the
					 governing body consists of a board, it shall adopt written policies which
					 include:
(1) A method of selection for board
					 membership.
(2) Qualifications for
					 board membership.
(3) Criteria for
					 continued board membership.
(4)
					 Frequency of meetings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter G - ADVISORY BOARD › Section 1021.121 - Duties and purpose

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(a) The Advisory
					 Board shall advise the Department on EMS issues that relate to the following:
(1) Manpower and training.
(2) Communications.
(3) EMS agencies.
(4) The content of EMS PCRs.
(5) The content of rules and
					 regulations.
(6) Standards and
					 policies promulgated by the Department.
(7) The permitted scope of continuing
					 education courses.
(8) Other
					 subjects as required by the act or deemed appropriate by the Department or the
					 Advisory Board.
(9) The content of
					 the Statewide EMS System Plan and proposed revisions to it.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter G - ADVISORY BOARD › Section 1021.122 - Meetings and members

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(a) Meetings of
					 the Advisory Board shall be held in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. Chapter 7
					 (relating to Sunshine Act) or a successor act.
(b) A voting member of the Advisory Board
					 shall serve a 3-year term. A voting member may not serve more than two
					 consecutive terms.
(c) A simple
					 majority of the voting members of the Advisory Board constitutes a quorum for
					 the transaction of business.
(d) A
					 member of the Advisory Board shall serve without compensation, except for
					 reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by members while performing
					 official duties.
(e) A staff member
					 of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council may not serve as a voting
					 member of the Advisory Board.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter G - ADVISORY BOARD › Section 1021.123 - Disasters

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In the event of a potential or actual disaster, mass
						casualty situation or other substantial threat to public health, the Advisory
						Board shall, upon request, assist Federal, State and local agencies in the
						provision of onsite mitigation, technical assistance, situation assessment,
						coordination of functions or post-incident evaluations. Recruitment of
						volunteer expertise available to the Advisory Board will be requested and
						utilized as conditions and circumstances necessitate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter H - EMS RESEARCH › Section 1021.141 - Research

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(a) Prior to
					 engaging in a clinical investigation or study that relates to the provision of
					 EMS, the principal investigator shall file with the Department a report of the
					 planned investigation or study on a form prescribed by the Department. The
					 principal investigator shall also file with the Department a report at the
					 conclusion of the investigation or study and status reports as requested by the
					 Department.
(b) A person who wants
					 to secure from the Department or a regional EMS council and use, for research
					 purposes, information collected by the Department or a regional EMS council
					 through EMS PCRs, or information collected by the Department or a regional EMS
					 council regarding patients who utilize emergency departments without being
					 admitted to a hospital or who are admitted to a hospital through emergency
					 departments, trauma centers or directly to special care units, shall submit the
					 proposed research project to the Department. If the Department concludes that
					 the proposed use of the information would serve the public interest, it may
					 refer the proposal to the medical advisory committee of the Advisory Board or
					 to one or more of the medical advisory committees of the regional EMS councils
					 for review and recommendation.
(c)
					 If access to and use of the information requested under subsection (b) is
					 approved by the Department, the Department will release or direct the release
					 of the information for the research project under conditions specified by the
					 Department.
(d) A research proposal
					 submitted under subsection (b) must include and address the following in a
					 format specified by the Department:
(1) A
					 specific statement of the hypothesis to be investigated and the clinical
					 significance of the hypothesis.
(2)
					 A specific description of the methodology to be used in the research.
(3) An estimated duration of the
					 research.
(4) An explanation of how
					 patient confidentiality will be protected.
(5) A letter from the principal investigator
					 in which that person identifies himself as the principal investigator and
					 assumes responsibility for compliance with the conditions imposed by the
					 Department.
(6) A plan for
					 providing the Department with progress reports, annually at a minimum, and a
					 final report on the research.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter A - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY EMS PERSONNEL › Section 1023.2 - Medical command physician

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
A medical command physician
					 functions under the direction of a medical command facility medical director
					 and the auspices of a medical command facility. A medical command physician is
					 responsible for:
(1) Providing medical
					 command to EMS providers whenever they seek direction.
(2) Issuing medical command consistent with
					 Statewide protocols and protocols that are in effect either in the region in
					 which EMS originates or the region from which the EMS providers who are
					 providing EMS begin receiving medical command direction. For good cause, a
					 medical command physician may give medical command that is inconsistent with
					 these protocols.
(3) Documenting
					 patient information received from EMS providers and medical command given to
					 EMS providers, including when the medical command physician is providing
					 medical command at the scene.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter A - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY EMS PERSONNEL › Section 1023.3 - Medical command facility medical director

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(a)
Roles and
					 responsibilities.
A medical command facility medical director is
					 responsible for the following for the medical command facility:
(1) Medical command.
(2) Quality improvement.
(3) Liaison with regional EMS medical
					 director.
(4) Participation in
					 prehospital training activities.
(5) Clinical and continuing education
					 training of EMS providers.
(6)
					 Verifying to the Department that an applicant for medical command physician
					 certification has an arrangement to serve as a medical command physician for
					 the medical command facility under the direction of the medical command
					 facility medical director and meets all medical command physician certification
					 requirements.
(7) Monitoring the
					 operation of the medical command facility and the performance of its medical
					 command physicians to ensure that they are satisfying all statutory and
					 regulatory requirements.
(8)
					 Reviewing a departure from the Statewide EMS protocols of one of the facility's
					 medical command physicians when requested by the Department and apprising the
					 Department whether the medical command facility medical director believes there
					 is good cause for the departure.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter A - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY EMS PERSONNEL › Section 1023.4 - Regional EMS medical director

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
A regional EMS medical director
					 shall carry out the following duties:
(1)
					 Maintain liaison with the Commonwealth EMS Medical Director.
(2) Assist the regional EMS council, after
					 consultation with the regional medical advisory committee, to establish and
					 revise, subject to Department approval, regional EMS protocols.
(3) Assist the regional EMS council to
					 develop, subject to Department approval, criteria to recommend to PSAPs for
					 emergency medical dispatch, including criteria for prearrival instructions,
					 level of care to be dispatched to respond to various clinical conditions, types
					 of EMS resources to be sent and mode of EMS resource response.
(4) Serve as a member of the regional EMS
					 council's quality improvement committee and as that committee's liaison to the
					 regional EMS council's medical advisory committee.
(5) Serve on the State EMS Quality
					 Improvement Committee.
(6) Serve as
					 chairperson of the regional EMS council's medical advisory committee.
(7) Assist, as appropriate, the regional EMS
					 council in its investigations, analysis of investigation information and
					 recommendations to make to the Department on actions the Department should
					 pursue, if any, against certifications, licenses, accreditations and other
					 authorizations issued by the Department under the act.
(8) Review regional plans, procedures and
					 processes for compliance with State standards of EMS.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter A - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY EMS PERSONNEL › Section 1023.5 - Commonwealth EMS Medical Director

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
The Commonwealth EMS Medical
					 Director is responsible for:
(1) Providing
					 medical advice and recommendations to the Department regarding the EMS
					 system.
(2) Assisting in the
					 development and implementation of a Statewide EMS quality improvement
					 program.
(3) Evaluating and making
					 recommendations on regional EMS quality improvement programs and on programs to
					 improve patient and provider safety and provider wellness.
(4) Assisting the Department in revising or
					 modifying the scope of practice of EMS providers.
(5) Providing advice and guidance to the
					 Department on investigations and the pursuit of disciplinary actions against
					 EMS providers and other persons and entities regulated by the Department under
					 the act.
(6) Reviewing, evaluating
					 and making recommendations for the Statewide EMS protocols.
(7) Reviewing, evaluating and making
					 recommendations regarding regional EMS protocols that supplement Statewide EMS
					 protocols.
(8) Providing direction
					 and guidance to the regional EMS medical directors for training and quality
					 improvement monitoring and assistance.
(9) Meeting with representatives and
					 committees of regional EMS councils and the Advisory Board as necessary and as
					 directed by the Department to provide guidance and direction.
(10) Reviewing, evaluating and making
					 recommendations to the Department on requests, for research purposes, for data
					 made confidential by the act.
(11)
					 Assisting the Department in the development of regulations under the
					 act.
(12) Providing other services
					 relating to the Department's administration of the act as assigned by the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.22 - EMS vehicle operator

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
An EMSVO operates ground EMS
					 vehicles for an EMS agency, as authorized by an EMS agency.
(b)
Certification.
The
					 Department will certify as an EMSVO an individual who meets the following
					 qualifications:
(1) Completes an application
					 for EMSVO certification on a form or through an electronic process, as
					 prescribed by the Department.
(2)
					 Is 18 years of age or older.
(3)
					 Has a current driver's license.
(4)
					 Is not addicted to alcohol or drugs.
(5) Is free from physical or mental defect or
					 disease that may impair the person's ability to drive a ground EMS
					 vehicle.
(6) Has successfully
					 completed an emergency vehicle operator's course of instruction approved by the
					 Department.
(7) Has not:
(i) Been convicted within the last 4 years
					 prior to the date of application of driving under the influence of alcohol or
					 drugs.
(ii) Within the last 2 years
					 prior to the date of application been convicted of reckless driving or had a
					 driver's license suspended due to use of drugs or alcohol or a moving traffic
					 violation.
(8) Has
					 successfully completed an EVOC following a disqualification from certification
					 under paragraph (7), regardless of whether the person successfully completed
					 the course previously.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.23 - Ambulance attendant and first responder

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An individual who is an ambulance attendant or who is
						certified as a first responder on April 10, 2014, will be deemed to be an EMR
						with a current registration and shall thereafter be subject to §
											1023.24 (relating to emergency
						medical responder). The Department will issue an EMR certification to an
						individual who is certified as a first responder on April 10, 2014. The
						Department will issue an EMR certification to an individual who is qualified as
						an ambulance attendant on April 10, 2014, if that individual submits an
						application for EMR certification on a form or through an electronic process,
						as prescribed by the Department, which documents that the individual was
						qualified as an ambulance attendant under rescinded §
											1003.21(b). An
						individual who qualifies for EMR certification by virtue of having been an
						ambulance attendant may serve as an EMR until April 11, 2016, without having
						obtained an EMR certification. The initial registration of an EMR certification
						of a person who qualified for that certification by having been a first
						responder will expire when that person's first responder certification would
						have expired. The initial registration of an EMR certification of a person who
						qualified for that certification by having been an ambulance attendant will
						expire when that person's qualifications as an ambulance attendant would have
						expired.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.24 - Emergency medical responder

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
An EMR performs for an EMS agency
					 BLS skills involving basic interventions with minimum EMS equipment as follows:
(1) As a member of a QRS to stabilize and
					 improve a patient's condition until a higher level EMS provider arrives at the
					 scene. The EMR may then assist the higher level EMS provider if requested to do
					 so.
(2) As a member of the crew of
					 an ambulance or squad vehicle.
(3)
					 As a member of a special operations EMS service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.25 - Emergency medical technician

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
An EMT performs basic EMS skills
					 involving basic interventions and equipment found on an EMS vehicle or within
					 an EMT's scope of practice as follows:
(1) For
					 an EMS agency as a member of the crew of an ambulance or squad
					 vehicle.
(2) For an EMS agency as a
					 member of a QRS to stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an
					 out-of-hospital setting until an ambulance arrives. The EMT may then assist the
					 ambulance crew.
(3) As a member of
					 a special operations EMS service.
(4) As a first aid or safety officer, or in a
					 similar capacity, for or independent of an EMS agency. When serving in this
					 capacity independent of an EMS agency, the EMT does not function under the
					 direction of an EMS agency medical director or a medical command physician. The
					 EMT shall perform skills as prescribed by applicable Statewide and regional EMS
					 protocols and may not perform any skill for which the EMT is required to secure
					 medical command direction under those protocols.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.26 - Advanced emergency medical technician

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(a)
Roles and
					 responsibilities.
An AEMT performs basic and advanced EMS skills which
					 include interventions and administration of medications and vaccines with basic
					 and advanced equipment found on an EMS vehicle or within an AEMT's scope of
					 practice, as follows:
(1) For an EMS agency
					 as a member of the crew of an ambulance or squad vehicle.
(2) For an EMS agency as a member of a QRS to
					 stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an out-of-hospital setting until
					 an ambulance arrives. The AEMT may then assist the ambulance crew.
(3) As a member of a special operations EMS
					 service.
(4) As a first aid or
					 safety officer, or in a similar capacity, for or independent of an EMS agency.
					 When serving in this capacity independent of an EMS agency, an AEMT does not
					 function under the direction of an EMS agency medical director or a medical
					 command physician. The AEMT shall perform skills as prescribed by applicable
					 Statewide and regional EMS protocols and may not perform the following:
(i) Skills other than those permitted at the
					 EMT level of care.
(ii) A skill for
					 which the EMT is required to secure medical command direction under those
					 protocols.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.27 - Paramedic

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(a)
Roles
					 and responsibilities.
A paramedic performs basic and advanced EMS
					 skills which include interventions and administration of medications and
					 vaccines with basic and advanced equipment found on an EMS vehicle found or
					 within a paramedic's scope of practice, as follows:
(1) For an EMS agency as a member of the crew
					 of an ambulance or squad vehicle.
(2) For an EMS agency as a member of a QRS to
					 stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an out-of-hospital emergency
					 until an ambulance arrives at the scene. The paramedic may then assist the
					 ambulance crew.
(3) As a member of
					 a special operations EMS service.
(4) As a first aid or safety officer, or in a
					 similar capacity, for or independent of an EMS agency. When serving in this
					 capacity independent of an EMS agency, a paramedic does not function under the
					 direction of an EMS agency medical director or a medical command physician. The
					 paramedic shall perform skills as prescribed by applicable Statewide and
					 regional EMS protocols, and may not perform the following:
(i) Skills other than those permitted at the
					 EMT level of care.
(ii) A skill for
					 which the EMT is required to secure medical command direction under those
					 protocols.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.28 - Prehospital registered nurse

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
A PHRN performs for an EMS agency
					 basic and advanced EMS skills and additional skills within the scope of
					 practice of a registered nurse under The Professional Nursing Law
					 (63
					 P. S. §§
												211-225.5) as follows:
(1) As a member of the crew of an ambulance
					 or squad vehicle.
(2) As a member
					 of a QRS to stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an out-of-hospital
					 emergency until an ambulance arrives at the scene. The PHRN may then assist the
					 ambulance crew.
(3) As a member of
					 a special operations EMS service.
(4) As a first aid or safety officer, or in a
					 similar capacity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.29 - Prehospital physician extender

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
A PHPE performs for an EMS agency
					 basic and advanced EMS skills, and additional skills within the scope of
					 practice of a physician assistant under the Medical Practice Act of 1985
					 (63
					 P. S. §§
												422.1-422.51a) or the
					 Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
												271.1-271.18), or a successor act, as
					 follows:
(1) As a member of the crew of an
					 ambulance or squad vehicle.
(2) As
					 a member of a QRS to stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an
					 out-of-hospital emergency until an ambulance arrives at the scene. The PHPE may
					 then assist the ambulance crew.
(3)
					 As a member of a special operations EMS service.
(4) As a first aid or safety officer, or in a
					 similar capacity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.30 - Prehospital EMS physician

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(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
A PHP performs for an EMS agency
					 basic and advanced EMS skills within the scope of practice of a physician under
					 the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S. §§
												422.1-422.51a) or the Osteopathic Medical
					 Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
												271.1-271.18) as follows:
(1) As a member of the crew of an ambulance
					 or squad vehicle.
(2) As a member
					 of a QRS to stabilize and improve a patient's condition in an out-of-hospital
					 setting.
(3) As a member of a
					 special operations EMS service.
(4)
					 As a first aid or safety officer, or in a similar capacity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.31 - Continuing education requirements

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(a)
EMSVOs.
Beginning with
					 the first full registration period an EMSVO begins following October 12, 2013,
					 an EMSVO whose certification is currently registered shall, prior to the
					 expiration of the registration period, successfully complete three continuing
					 education credits if the registration is on a 3-year renewal cycle and two
					 continuing education credits if the registration is on a 2-year renewal cycle
					 in subjects regarding the scope of practice of an EMSVO regarding effective
					 driving of a ground EMS vehicle, as specified in a notice the Department
					 publishes in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
. The continuing
					 education requirements imposed by this subsection for registration of an EMSVO
					 certification are in addition to those imposed upon an EMS provider for
					 registration of an EMS provider certification.
(b)
EMRs.
Beginning with the
					 first full registration period an EMR begins following October 12, 2013, an EMR
					 whose certification is currently registered and who elects to qualify for
					 triennial registration of the certification by fulfilling continuing education
					 requirements shall, prior to the expiration of the 3-year registration period,
					 successfully complete the following:
(1)
					 Sixteen credits in instruction in subjects related to the scope of practice of
					 an EMR as set forth in §
												1023.24(a) and
					 (d) (relating to emergency medical responder)
					 and which have been approved by the Department for continuing education credit.
					 At least 12 of the credits shall be in clinical patient care and other core
					 continuing education courses as specified in a notice the Department publishes
					 in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
. During an initial registration
					 period that goes into effect on October 12, 2013, an EMR who has transitioned
					 from a first responder certification to an EMR certification shall satisfy the
					 continuing education requirements that had been imposed upon a first responder
					 under rescinded §
												1003.29(a) to
					 renew a first responder certification.
(2) A CPR course completed or taught
					 biennially.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.33 - Endorsement of course or examination

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(a) When acting upon an application for EMS
					 provider certification, the Department may endorse as satisfying the education
					 or examination requirement for the certification a National course or
					 examination taken by the applicant, or a course or examination taken by the
					 applicant in another state to meet that state's course or examination
					 requirement for the same or equivalent certification, if the Department
					 determines that the course or examination meets or exceeds the standards for
					 the course or examination requirement for the EMS provider certification issued
					 by the Department.
(b) When acting
					 upon an application for registration of an EMS provider certification, the
					 Department may endorse as satisfying the continuing education or examination
					 requirement for registration of the certification a National course or
					 examination taken by the applicant, or a course or examination taken by the
					 applicant in another state to meet that state's course or examination
					 requirement for renewal or registration of the same or equivalent
					 certification, if the Department determines that the course or examination
					 meets or exceeds the standards for the course or examination requirement for
					 registration of the EMS provider certification issued by the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter B - EMS PROVIDERS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS › Section 1023.34 - Reciprocity

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(a) If the
					 Department, upon review of the criteria for certification or equivalent
					 authorization of a type of EMS provider in another state determines that the
					 criteria is substantially equivalent to the criteria for a type of EMS provider
					 certification it issues, the Department may enter into a reciprocity agreement
					 with its counterpart agency in the other state to certify the same type of
					 provider in this Commonwealth based solely upon the other state's certification
					 of the EMS provider, provided:
(1) The
					 agreement provides that the counterpart authority in the other state will
					 accord the equivalent EMS provider certified by the Department the same
					 treatment in the other state.
(2)
					 The agreement does not deprive the Department of its authority to deny a
					 certification based upon disciplinary considerations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter C - OTHER PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEWIDE EMS SYSTEM › Section 1023.51 - Certified EMS instructors

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(a)
Certification.
The Department will certify as an EMS
					 instructor an individual who meets the following qualifications:
(1) Has completed an application for EMS
					 instructor certification on a form or through an electronic process, as
					 prescribed by the Department.
(2)
					 Is 18 years of age or older.
(3)
					 Has successfully completed an EMS instructor's course approved by the
					 Department or possesses a bachelor's degree in education, a teacher's
					 certification in education, a doctorate or master's degree.
(4) Has provided at least 20 hours of
					 instruction time in an EMS provider educational course monitored by a certified
					 EMS instructor designated by the EMS educational institute's administrative
					 director.
(5) Possesses current
					 certification as an EMT or higher level EMS provider.
(6) Possesses current certification in CPR or
					 current certification as a CPR instructor.
(7) Possesses at least 1 year of experience
					 in providing EMS as an EMT or higher level EMS provider.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1023 - PERSONNEL › Subchapter C - OTHER PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEWIDE EMS SYSTEM › Section 1023.52 - Rescue personnel

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(a)
Vehicle rescue technician.
(1)
Roles and
					 responsibilities.
A vehicle rescue technician is an individual
					 certified by the Department as possessing the training and skills to perform
					 rescue skills in accordance with the vehicle rescue course approved by the
					 Department in consultation with the State Fire Commissioner. The program
					 provides the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve the
					 rescue of persons involved in automobile accidents.
(2)
Minimum qualifications.
To secure certification as a vehicle rescue technician, an applicant shall make
					 application for vehicle rescue practices technician certification on a form or
					 through an electronic process, as prescribed by the Department, and shall have
					 successfully completed a training program for vehicle rescue approved by the
					 Department and a written vehicle rescue practices test developed by the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1025 - EDUCATION › Subchapter A - EMS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES › Section 1025.1 - Accreditation and operational requirements of EMS educational institutes

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(a)
Eligible entity.
An EMS educational institute shall be a
					 secondary or postsecondary institution, hospital, regional EMS council, an
					 educational institute in a branch of the armed forces or another entity which
					 meets the criteria in this chapter.
(b)
Educational programs.
(1) An EMS educational institute that is
					 accredited by the Department to offer BLS educational courses (BLS educational
					 institute) shall evidence the ability to conduct one or more of the following
					 EMS provider educational courses:
(i)
					 Emergency medical responder course.
(ii) Emergency medical technician
					 course.
(iii) Advanced emergency
					 medical technician course.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1025 - EDUCATION › Subchapter A - EMS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES › Section 1025.2 - Accreditation process

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An EMS educational institute shall meet the following
						requirements to be accredited by the Department:
(1) The applicant shall submit an application
					 for accreditation on forms or through an electronic process, as prescribed by
					 the Department, to the regional EMS council having responsibility in the EMS
					 region where the EMS educational institute intends to conduct its primary
					 operations. An applicant for reaccreditation shall submit the application at
					 least 180 days, but not more than 1 year, prior to expiration of the current
					 accreditation.
(2) The regional EMS
					 council shall review the application for completeness and accuracy.
(3) The regional EMS council has 30 days in
					 which to review the application, conduct an onsite assessment of the institute
					 and determine whether the applicant has satisfied the requirements in §
											1025.1 (relating to accreditation
					 and operational requirements of EMS educational institutes).
(4) The regional EMS council shall forward to
					 the Department the application for accreditation either with an endorsement or
					 an explanation as to why the application has not been endorsed, citing
					 regulatory standards it believes have not been satisfied.
(5) Within 150 days of receipt, the
					 Department will review the application and make one of the following
					 determinations:
(i)
Full
					 accreditation.
The EMS educational institute meets the criteria in
					 §
												1025.1, as applicable, and will be
					 accredited to operate for 3 years.
(ii)
Conditional
					 accreditation.
The EMS educational institute does not meet criteria in
					 § 1025.1, as applicable, but the deficiencies identified are deemed
					 correctable by the Department. The EMS educational institute will be allowed to
					 proceed or continue to provide accredited EMS education with close observation
					 by the Department. Deficiencies which prevent full accreditation shall be
					 enumerated and corrected within a time period specified by the Department.
					 Conditional accreditation may not exceed 1 year and may not be
					 renewed.
(iii)
Nonaccreditation.
The institute does not meet criteria in
					 §
												1025.1 and the deficiencies
					 identified are deemed to be serious enough to preclude any type of
					 accreditation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1025 - EDUCATION › Subchapter A - EMS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES › Section 1025.3 - Advertising

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(a) An entity may
					 advertise an educational course in a manner that states or suggests that the
					 successful completion of the course satisfies the EMS provider educational
					 course requirement for an EMS provider certification issued by the Department
					 only after the entity has been accredited by the Department as an EMS
					 educational institute and the course has been approved by the Department for
					 that purpose under §
											1025.2 (relating to accreditation
					 process).
(b) When an EMS provider
					 educational course has been approved under § 1025.2, the EMS education
					 institute shall announce the following in its brochures or registration
					 materials: This course has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of
					 Health as meeting the educational course requirement that an applicant for
					 certification as a/an (the type of EMS provider or EMS vehicle operator to
					 which the course applies) needs to satisfy to be certified by the Pennsylvania
					 Department of Health as a/an (the type of EMS provider or EMS vehicle operator
					 to which the course applies).
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													1031.12 (relating to discipline of
						  EMS educational institutes).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1025 - EDUCATION › Subchapter B - EMS CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES › Section 1025.21 - Accreditation of sponsors of continuing education

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(a) Entities and institutions may apply for
					 accreditation as a continuing education sponsor by submitting to the Department
					 an application on a form or through an electronic process, as prescribed by the
					 Department. The applicant shall supply the information requested in the
					 application. The Department will grant accreditation to an applicant for
					 accreditation as a continuing education sponsor if the applicant satisfies the
					 Department that the courses the applicant offers meet the following minimum
					 standards:
(1) The courses must be of
					 intellectual and practical content.
(2) The courses must contribute directly to
					 the professional competence, skills and education of EMS providers or
					 EMSVOs.
(3) The course instructors
					 shall possess the necessary practical and academic skills to conduct the course
					 effectively.
(4) Course materials
					 shall be well written, carefully prepared, readable and distributed to
					 attendees at or before the time the course is offered whenever
					 practical.
(5) The courses shall be
					 presented by a qualified responsible instructor in a suitable setting devoted
					 to the educational purpose of the course.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1025 - EDUCATION › Subchapter B - EMS CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES › Section 1025.23 - Advertising

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(a) A continuing
					 education sponsor may advertise a course as a continuing education course in a
					 manner that states or suggests that the course meets the requirements in this
					 chapter only if the course has been approved by the Department to be offered by
					 that continuing education sponsor.
(b) When a course has been approved for
					 continuing education credit, the continuing education sponsor shall announce
					 the following in its brochures or registration materials: This course has been
					 approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health for (the approved number of
					 hours) of continuing education credit for (the type of EMS provider(s) or EMS
					 vehicle operator to which the course applies).
(c) If a continuing education sponsor
					 advertises that it has applied to the Department to secure continuing education
					 credit for a course, prior to presenting the course it shall disclose to all
					 enrollees whether the course has been approved or disapproved for
					 credit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1027 - EMS AGENCIES › Subchapter A - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 1027.1 - General provisions

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(a)
License required.
A person, or other entity, as an owner,
					 agent or otherwise, may not operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise
					 engage in or profess to be engaged in operating an EMS agency in this
					 Commonwealth unless that person holds a license as an EMS agency and a current
					 registration of that license issued by the Department or is exempt from these
					 requirements. By way of example, an entity is operating an EMS agency if it
					 operates any of the following:
(1) An
					 ambulance service.
(i) BLS ambulance
					 service.
(ii) Intermediate ALS
					 ambulance service.
(iii) ALS
					 ambulance service, including a critical care transport ambulance
					 service.
(iv) Air ambulance
					 service.
(v) BLS water ambulance
					 service.
(vi) Intermediate ALS
					 water ambulance service.
(vii) ALS
					 water ambulance service.