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 110.34 - Responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
An emergency medical service provider shall do all of the
					 following and document these activities through their operational plan
					 submitted to the department:
(1) Comply
				  with the requirements of this chapter and ch. 256, Stats.
(2) Advertise and provide only those services
				  it is authorized to provide under this subchapter and ch. 256, Stats.
(3) Identify on-line medical direction that
				  will provide day-to-day medical consultation.
(4) Designate the primary service area in
				  which it will operate.
(5) Assure
				  response to 9-1-1 emergency response requests 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, in
				  its primary service area unless it is not licensed to do so. Emergency medical
				  responder services are exempt from this requirement but should assure every
				  effort is made to respond to 9-1-1 requests.
(6) Meet the staffing requirements identified
				  in s.
				  256.15(4),
				  Stats., and s.
				  DHS
				  110.50.
(7) If the emergency medical services
				  provider is an ambulance service provider, submit a written report to the
				  receiving healthcare facility upon delivering a patient and a complete patient
				  care report within 24 hours of patient delivery. A written report may be a
				  complete patient care report or other documentation approved by the department
				  and accepted by the receiving hospital. A non-transporting emergency medical
				  service provider or emergency medical responder service provider shall provide
				  a written or electronic report to the ambulance service provider at the time of
				  the patient care transfer.
(8) If
				  the emergency medical service provider is an ambulance service provider or
				  non-transporting emergency medical service provider, submit patient care report
				  data electronically to the department through Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data
				  System (WARDS) using direct web-based input to WARDS or uploading patient care
				  report data to WARDS within 7 days of the patient transport. If the emergency
				  medical service provider is an emergency medical responder service provider,
				  submit a patient care report to WARDS only if advanced skills are used in
				  caring for the patient.
Note:
An abbreviated emergency medical
					 responder report is available in WARDS to eliminate duplicate entry and
					 facilitate quick entry of this information. The WARDS system can be accessed
					 via the internet at
www.emswards.org/elite/Organizationwisconsin
.
(9) Comply with the data system guidelines
				  published by the department. The emergency medical service provider shall only
				  utilize third party software that is approved by and compliant with NEMSIS for
				  the current standard specified by the department when submitting/uploading a
				  patient care report to WARDS.
(9m)
				  If the emergency medical service provider crosses state boundaries during an
				  emergency response or patient transport, the emergency medical service provider
				  shall submit patient care report data to WARDS if any two of the following
				  apply:
(a) The emergency medical provider
				  responds from this state.
(b) The
				  patient is picked up from a location in this state.
(c) The patient is transported to a hospital
				  or health care facility within this state.