Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-1-.21

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 420-2-1-.21 - Patient Care Reporting

(1) The EMSP providing patient care is responsible for the completion and submission of an electronic Patient Care Report(e-PCR) to the emergency medical provider service within 24 hours.

(2) Each emergency medical provider service shall ensure that an accurate and complete e-PCR is completed and submitted to the OEMS within the required time frames, and use software approved by the OEMS' Director.

(3) Each provider service shall provide a copy of the patient care report to the receiving facility as soon as reasonably possible. In no instance should the delivery of the report exceed 24 hours.

(4) Records and data collected or otherwise captured by the Board, its agents, or designees shall be deemed to be confidential medical records and shall be released only in the following circumstances:

(a) Upon a patient's presentation of a duly signed release.

(b) Records and data may be used by Department staff and staff of other designated agencies in the performance of regulatory duties and in the investigation of disciplinary matters provided that individual patient records used in the course of public hearings shall be handled in a manner reasonably calculated to protect the privacy of individual patients.

(c) Records and data may be used by Department staff and staff of other designated agencies in the performance of authorized quality assurance and improvement activities.

(d) Existing records, data, and reports may be released in any format in which they appear in the Department's database in response to a valid subpoena or order from a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Data may be compiled into reports by an emergency medical provider service from the respective emergency medical provider service's collected records.

(f) Aggregate patient care report data may be released to the public in a format reasonably calculated to not disclose the identity of individual patients or proprietary information such as the volume of non-emergency calls undertaken by an individual provider service or insurance and other reimbursement related-information related to an individual provider service.

(g) Records and data shall be disclosed as required by federal and state law.

(h) Any individual or entity designated by the OEMS as having authority to collect or handle data that withholds or releases data or information collected in a manner not pursuant to these rules shall be subject to disciplinary action.

(5) Any individual or entity that is not compliant with the disclosure aspects of this rule is subject to loss of licensure or prosecution under these rules.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-1-.21

New Rule: Filed September 20, 1996; effective October 24, 1996. Amended: Filed March 20, 2001; effective April 24, 2001. Repealed and New Rule: December 17, 2007; effective January 21, 2008.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2017, eff. 4/30/2017.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 05, February 28, 2019, eff. 4/7/2019.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVIII, Issue No. 07, April 30, 2020, eff. 6/14/2020.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 05, February 28, 2022, eff. 4/14/2022.

Rule 420-2-1-.13 was renumbered 420-2-1-.21 as per certification Filed February 20, 2019; effective April 7, 2019.

Authors: William Crawford, M.D., Jamie Gray

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-18-1, et seq.