Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1031 - COMPLAINTS, DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, ADJUDICATIONS AND APPEALS › Section 1031.3 - Discipline of EMS providers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Grounds for discipline.
The Department may discipline or
				  impose corrective measures on an EMS provider or an applicant for EMS provider
				  certification for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) Having a lack of physical or mental
				  ability to provide adequate EMS, with reasonable accommodations if the person
				  has a disability.
(2) Deceptively
				  or fraudulently procuring or representing certification or registration
				  credentials, or making misleading, deceptive or untrue representations to
				  secure or aid or abet another person to secure a certification, license,
				  registration or other authorization issued under this subpart.
(3) Engaging in willful or negligent
				  misconduct in providing EMS or engaging in practice beyond the scope of
				  certification authorization without legal authority to do so.
(4) Abusing or abandoning a
				  patient.
(5) Rendering EMS while
				  under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or the knowing abuse of legal
				  drugs.
(6) Operating an emergency
				  vehicle in a reckless manner or while under the influence of alcohol, illegal
				  drugs or the knowing abuse of legal drugs.
(7) Disclosing medical or other information
				  about a patient when prohibited by Federal or State law.
(8) Willfully preparing or filing a false
				  medical report or record or inducing another person to do so.
(9) Destroying a medical report or record
				  required to be maintained.
(10)
				  Refusing to render EMS because of a patient's race, sex, creed, national
				  origin, sexual preference, age, handicap or medical problem or refusing to
				  render emergency medical care because of a patient's financial inability to
				  pay.
(11) Failing to comply with
				  Department-approved EMS protocols.
(12) Failing to comply with reporting
				  requirements imposed by the act or this subpart.
(13) Practicing without the current
				  registration of a certification.
(14) Being convicted of a felony, a crime
				  related to the practice of the EMS provider or a crime involving moral
				  turpitude.
(15) Willfully
				  falsifying or failing to prepare an EMS PCR or complete details on an EMS
				  PCR.
(16) Misappropriating drugs or
				  EMS agency property.
(17) Having a
				  certification or other authorization to practice a profession or occupation
				  revoked, suspended or subjected to other disciplinary sanction.
(18) Violating, aiding or abetting another
				  person to violate a duty imposed by the act, this subpart or an order of the
				  Department previously entered in a disciplinary proceeding.
(19) Based upon a finding of misconduct by
				  the relevant Federal or State agency, having been excluded from a Federal or
				  State health care program or having had equity or capital stock or profits of
				  an entity equal to 5% or more of the value of the property or assets of the
				  entity when it was excluded from a Federal or State health care
				  program.
(20) Any other reason as
				  determined by the Department that poses a threat to the health and safety of
				  the public.