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 1023.1 - EMS agency medical director

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Roles and responsibilities.
An EMS agency medical director is
					 responsible for:
(1) Providing medical
					 guidance and advice to the EMS agency, including:
(i) Reviewing the Statewide EMS protocols and
					 Department-approved regional EMS protocols that are applicable to the EMS
					 agency and ensuring that its EMS providers and other relevant personnel are
					 familiar with the protocols applicable to the EMS agency.
(ii) Performing medical audits of EMS
					 provided by the EMS agency's EMS providers.
(iii) Participating in and reviewing quality
					 improvement and peer reviews of EMS provided by the EMS agency.
(iv) Reviewing regional mass casualty and
					 disaster plans and providing guidance to the EMS agency regarding its provision
					 of EMS under those plans.
(v)
					 Providing guidance to the EMS agency, when applicable, with respect to the
					 ordering, stocking and replacement of medications, and compliance with laws and
					 regulations impacting upon the EMS agency's acquisition, storage and use of
					 those medications.
(vi) Making an
					 initial assessment of each EMS provider at or above the AEMT level to determine
					 whether the EMS provider has the knowledge and skills to competently perform
					 the skills within the EMS provider's scope of practice, and a commitment to
					 adequately perform other functions relevant to the EMS provider providing EMS
					 at that level. This subparagraph does not apply if the EMS provider was working
					 for the EMS agency at the same level prior to the physician becoming the
					 medical director for the EMS agency and the EMS provider was credentialed at
					 that EMS agency within the last 12 calendar months as being able to perform at
					 the EMS provider's certification level.
(vii) Making an assessment, within 12
					 calendar months of the last assessment, of each EMS provider at or above the
					 AEMT level to determine whether the EMS provider has demonstrated competency in
					 the knowledge and skills to perform the skills within the EMS provider's scope
					 of practice, and a commitment to adequately perform other functions relevant to
					 the EMS provider providing EMS at that level.
(viii) Recommending to the EMS agency that an
					 EMS provider not be permitted to provide EMS at the EMS provider's
					 certification level if the EMS agency medical director determines that the EMS
					 provider has not demonstrated competency in the knowledge and skills to perform
					 the skills within the EMS provider's scope of practice, or a commitment to
					 adequately perform other functions relevant to the EMS provider providing EMS
					 at that level, and recommending restrictions on the EMS provider's practice for
					 the EMS agency, if appropriate, to ensure patient safety.
(ix) Providing medical direction for the EMS
					 agency dispatch center if the EMS agency operates an EMS agency dispatch
					 center.