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 1025.22 - Responsibilities of continuing education sponsors

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Course approval.
A
					 continuing education sponsor shall submit, to the regional EMS council that
					 exercises responsibility for the EMS region in which the continuing education
					 sponsor intends to conduct a new continuing education course, an application
					 for approval of that continuing education course. The continuing education
					 sponsor shall submit that application at least 30 days prior to the date the
					 continuing education sponsor expects to conduct the course.
(b)
Registration of course.
A continuing education sponsor may not offer, for continuing education credit,
					 a course for which it or another continuing education sponsor has received
					 approval to offer as a continuing education course without registering with the
					 Department the location of the class through which it intends to offer that
					 course for continuing education credit at least 30 days before the class is
					 held.
(c)
Record of
					 attendance.
A continuing education sponsor shall maintain a record of
					 attendance for a course presented in a classroom setting by maintaining a
					 check-in/check-out process approved by the Department and assign at least one
					 person to ensure that the individuals attending the course check in when
					 entering and check out when leaving. If an individual enters a course after the
					 starting time, or leaves a course before the finishing time, the assigned
					 person shall ensure that the time of arrival or departure is recorded for the
					 individual.
(d)
Reporting
					 attendance.
A continuing education sponsor shall report to the
					 Department, in the manner and format prescribed by the Department, attendance
					 at each continuing education course presented in a classroom setting within 10
					 days after the course has been presented.
(e)
Course evaluation.
A
					 continuing education sponsor shall develop and implement methods to evaluate
					 its course offerings to determine their effectiveness. The methods of
					 evaluation shall include providing a course evaluation form to each person who
					 attends a course. The continuing education sponsor shall provide a copy of the
					 completed course evaluation forms to the regional EMS council within 10 days
					 after the course has been presented.
(f)
Record retention.
The
					 continuing education sponsor shall retain the completed course evaluation forms
					 for each course it presents and the check-in/check-out record for each course
					 it presents in a classroom setting. These records shall be retained for a
					 minimum of 4 years from the completion of the course.
(g)
Providing access to
					 records.
A continuing education sponsor and an applicant for
					 accreditation as a continuing education sponsor shall promptly make available
					 for inspection and provide the Department or a regional EMS council with
					 complete and accurate records relating to its compliance with the requirements
					 in this subchapter as requested by the Department or a regional EMS
					 council.
(h)
Course not
					 presented in a classroom setting.
A continuing education sponsor shall
					 be exempt from the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) for a course which
					 is not presented in a classroom setting, if the course is approved by the
					 Department for credit when presented in that manner. When presenting the course
					 to the Department for approval for credit, the continuing education sponsor
					 shall present a procedure for monitoring, confirming and reporting EMS provider
					 or EMSVO participation in a manner that achieves the purposes of subsections
					 (a) and (b).
(i)
Monitoring
					 responsibilities.
A continuing education sponsor shall ensure that a
					 course was presented in a manner that met all of the educational objectives for
					 the course and determine whether each EMS provider or EMSVO who enrolled in the
					 course met the requirements in this chapter and the continuing education
					 sponsor to receive credit for completing the course.
(j)
Course completion.
A
					 continuing education sponsor shall report to the Department, in a manner and
					 format prescribed by the Department, completion of a course by an EMS provider
					 or EMSVO and identify to the Department an EMS provider or EMSVO who seeks
					 credit for a course but who did not meet the requirements of the continuing
					 education sponsor or this chapter to receive continuing education credit. The
					 continuing education sponsor shall also provide an EMS provider or EMSVO who
					 completes a course with a document certifying completion of the
					 course.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													1025.21 (relating to accreditation
						  of sponsors of continuing
						  education).