Section 7 AAC 26.060 - Administration of examinations(a) The department is the official testing agency for each level of certification and will develop a security system for administering all examinations.(b) The department is the official testing agency for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, or other department-approved EMS examinations, and will control the release of all examinations approved for certification within Alaska.(c) The department or its designee will administer the examinations.(d) Examinations will have a cognitive section and a psychomotor practical section.(e) The psychomotor examination will be task oriented and will require the student to demonstrate physical skills required at each level of certification.(f) Examinations will be verified by a department-approved certifying officer or designee.(g) The department may modify its certification examination. Another entity may not modify any portion of a department-approved cognitive and psychomotor examination for certification.(h) The department will use certifying officers to monitor the practical part of an examination and administer the written part of an examination. A certifying officer may not be the primary instructor of the students being examined for certification, unless granted a waiver by the department upon the showing of a reasonable justification that the department determines does not threaten public health.(i) An individual requesting department approval as a certifying officer must be certified as an EMS instructor or EMS instructor coordinator, and an EMS provider level at or greater than the level that the individual is certifying in compliance with the department's Guide for Emergency Medical Services Certification & Licensure, Appendix A: Personnel, May 2019, (1) for approval as an EMT-II certifying officer, must be (A) certified as an (ii) EMT-Paramedic by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; or(B) authorized to practice in the state as a physician, physician assistant, or mobile intensive care paramedic under AS 08.64 or as a registered nurse under AS 08.68;(2) for approval as an EMT-II certifying officer, must satisfy the requirements of (1) of this subsection or be certified as an EMT-II;(3) for approval as an EMT-I certifying officer, must satisfy the requirements of (1) of this subsection or be certified as an EMT-I or EMT-II;(4) must provide evidence of having assisted a department-approved certifying officer in the administration of an examination at the level of certifying officer for which the individual seeks to be approved; and(5) must provide evidence of having satisfactorily performed, under the direct supervision of a department-approved certifying officer, the duties of a certifying officer in at least two department-approved EMT examinations.Eff. 12/31/81, Register 80; am 10/14/84, Register 92; am 10/23/92, Register 124; am 7/4/99, Register 151; am 8/16/2002, Register 163; am 8/21/2019, Register 231, July 2019Authority:AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
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