Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 265 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS › Section 333-265-0083 - Conduct or Practice Contrary to Recognized Standards of Ethics

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following list includes, but is not limited to, conduct or
				practice by an EMS provider that the Authority considers to be contrary to the
				recognized standards of ethics of the medical profession:
(1) Knowing or willful violation of patient
			 privacy or confidentiality by releasing information to persons not directly
			 involved in the care or treatment of the patient;
(2) Illegal drug use on or off
			 duty;
(3) Alcohol use within eight
			 hours of going on duty or while on duty or in an on-call status;
(4) Violation of direct verbal orders from a
			 physician who is responsible for the care of a patient;
(5) Violation of orders given by an online
			 medical resource physician, whether delivered by radio or telephone;
(6) Violation of standing orders without
			 cause and documentation;
(7) Use of
			 invasive medical procedures in violation of generally accepted standards of the
			 medical community;
(8) Any action
			 that constitutes a violation of any statute, municipal code, or administrative
			 rule that endangers the public, other public safety officials, other EMS
			 providers, patients, or the general public (including improper operation of an
			 emergency medical vehicle);
(9)
			 Instructing, causing or contributing to another individual violating a statute
			 or administrative rule, including an EMS provider acting in a supervisory
			 capacity;
(10) Participation in the
			 issuance of false continuing education documents or collaboration therein,
			 including issuing continuing education verification to one who did not
			 legitimately attend an educational event;
(11) Signing-in to an educational event for a
			 person not actually present;
(12)
			 Knowingly assisting or permitting another EMS provider to exceed their lawful
			 scope of practice;
(13) Unlawful
			 use of emergency vehicle lights and sirens;
(14) Providing false or misleading
			 information to the Authority, to the State EMS Committee, to the Subcommittee
			 on EMT Licensure and Discipline, to an EMS educational institution or
			 clinical/field internship agency;
(15) Responding to scenes in which the EMS
			 provider is not properly dispatched ("call-jumping"), whether in a private
			 auto, ambulance, or other vehicle, in violation of local protocols, procedures,
			 or ordinances, or interfering with the safe and effective operation of an EMS
			 system;
(16) Cheating on any
			 examination used to measure EMS related knowledge or skills;
(17) Assisting another person in obtaining an
			 unfair advantage on an EMS provider examination;
(18) Defrauding the Authority;
(19) Knowingly providing emergency medical
			 care aboard an unlicensed ambulance;
(20) Violation of the terms of a written
			 agreement with the Authority or an order issued by the Authority;
(21) Sexual misconduct that includes but is
			 not limited to:
(a) Sexual
			 harassment;
(b) Engaging or
			 attempting to engage in a sexual relationship, whether or not the sexual
			 relationship is consensual, with a patient, client, or key party; or
(c) Using an EMT-patient, EMT-client, or
			 EMT-key party relationship to exploit the patient, client or key party by
			 gaining sexual favors from the patient, client or key party.