Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 110 - Emergency Medical Services Licensing, Certification, And Training Requirements › Subchapter IV - Emergency Medical Service Provider Licensing and Operation › Section DHS 110.52 - EMS professional credentialing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In order to
				  provide emergency medical care, an emergency medical responder or emergency
				  medical services practitioner must first be credentialed with an emergency
				  medical service provider with which the emergency medical responder or
				  emergency medical services practitioner will provide emergency medical
				  care.
(2) An individual is
				  credentialed when the medical director of an emergency medical services
				  provider authorizes the individual to perform specified emergency medical care
				  while in the service of the provider. Authorization is made through a local
				  credentialing agreement form which is submitted by the individual in the manner
				  specified by the department.
(3) The
				  service medical director shall authorize any skills, equipment, or medications
				  that the individual may use in the service of the provider. The service medical
				  director may only authorize EMS professionals to perform skills, use equipment
				  and administer medications that are within the scope of practice of the
				  individual's certificate or license and within the scope of practice of the
				  emergency medical service provider's license.
(4) A certified emergency medical responder
				  or licensed emergency medical services practitioner may be credentialed by more
				  than one emergency medical service provider.
(5) An individual's credential remains in
				  effect until the individual's service with the emergency medical services
				  provider ceases, the service medical director limits, suspends, or revokes the
				  credential, or the department suspends or revokes the individual's
				  license.
(6) The service medical
				  director may limit or suspend an individual's credential if the individual has
				  engaged in conduct that is dangerous or is detrimental to the health or safety
				  of a patient or members of the general public, while acting under the authority
				  of his or her certificate or license, or if the service medical director
				  determines that individual needs remedial training to properly treat patients.
				  If an individual's credential is limited or suspended for remedial training,
				  the service medical director and service director shall develop a course of
				  remedial training for the individual with a timeline for completion and return
				  to full service.
(7) The service
				  medical director may revoke an individual's credential if the individual has
				  engaged in conduct that is dangerous or is detrimental to the health or safety
				  of a patient or members of the general public. Prior to the revocation, the
				  service medical director shall consult with the department's emergency medical
				  services staff and the state emergency medical services medical
				  director.
(8) The limitation,
				  suspension, or revocation of an individual's credential does not by itself
				  affect the individual's certificate or license.
Local credentialing agreement forms may be obtained
						electronically through the department's E-Licensing system available at
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ems
. For
						further information or to request an assessment exam contact the Emergency
						Medical Services Section, 1 W. Wilson St., P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI
						53701-2659.