Section 7 AAC 26.172 - Paramedic training courses(a) An individual or organization may apply for approval of paramedic training courses within the state. An individual or organization applying for approval of a paramedic training course shall(1) apply to the department for course approval at least 120 days before the first day of the class; a request for course approval must be made on a form provided by the department, and must include prospective class and laboratory schedules and requirements for clinical and field internship rotations;(2) have a course coordinator certified in accordance with 7 AAC 26.174 who agrees to fulfill the responsibilities set out in 7 AAC 26.176;(3) agree to use a curriculum approved by the department that meets or exceeds apphcable objectives set out in the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards, 2021, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.050(1)(A), and that includes (A) a plan for and presentation of didactic instruction in accordance with accrediting body standards;(B) a plan for and provision of clinical instruction in accordance with accrediting body standards; and(C) a plan for a field internship in accordance with accrediting body standards;(4) provide evidence that sufficient medical and educational equipment, in rehable working condition, and other appropriate instructional materials will be available to meet the training needs of the paramedic training course;(5) have a written agreement with a physician who meets the qualifications for a paramedic course medical director and agrees to fulfill the responsibilities set out in 7 AAC 26.662(b);(6) have written agreements with institutions and agencies that are to provide clinical experience to paramedic students; under an agreement, an institution or agency must agree to (A) provide access to patients, in sufficient numbers and distributed by age and sex, who present common problems encountered in the delivery of advanced life support emergency patient care;(B) assign students to sufficient clinical settings, including the operating room, recovery room, obstetrics, pediatrics, intensive care unit, psychiatric, respiratory therapy, coronary care unit, and the emergency department, in order to provide students with access to patients, in sufficient numbers and distributed by age and sex, who present common problems in the delivery of advanced life support pre-hospital emergency patient care; and(C) ensure that the students are supervised by course instructors or clinical hospital personnel, such as physician assistants, nurses, and physicians;(7) have written agreements with one or more advanced life support emergency medical services agencies that have a sufficient call volume to provide students with access to patients, distributed by age and sex, who present common problems in the delivery of advanced life support pre-hospital emergency patient care; under an agreement, an agency must (A) provide evidence that adequate personnel resources exist within the EMS system so that the assigned student is never used as a substitute for EMS system personnel or as a required team member;(B) ensure that the student is under the direct supervision of a physician or paramedic, licensed or certified in the state where the internship takes place, who has been designated the responsibility of supervision by the course medical director;(C) ensure that the student is assigned to a unit that has the capability of voice communications with on-line medical direction and that carries equipment and medications necessary for advanced life support;(D) ensure that each student's performance is evaluated by the student's preceptor at the end of each shift and that the evaluation findings are documented on a form approved by the department and provided to the student at the end of each shift and to the paramedic course coordinator at least once per week; and(E) keep records concerning the types and numbers of emergency medical care procedures performed and whether each emergency medical procedure was performed competently;(8) agree to limit enrollment to an individual who is currently (A) certified by the department as an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, or AEMT; or(B) certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) as an EMT or AEMT;(9) agree to ensure that students are clearly identified, whenever they are in clinical instruction and field settings, by name plate, uniform, or other apparent means to distinguish them from licensed paramedics, other health professionals, workers, and students;(10) agree to provide a plan to verify the student's achievement of objectives stated in the didactic instruction, clinical instruction, and field internship portions of the paramedic curriculum;(11) agree to provide graduates of the training course with evidence of successful course completion signed by the course medical director and the paramedic course coordinator;(12) provide an attendance policy that delineates the number of hours of didactic instruction that can be missed by a student and that ensures that appropriate remediation occurs after any excused absences; and(13) agree to maintain during the course, and make accessible to the department within two working days after receipt of a written request from the department, the records listed in 7 AAC 26.176(a)(9).(b) The department will approve a paramedic training course that meets the requirements of (a) of this section.(c) If the department approves a paramedic training course under (b) of this section, the didactic instruction, clinical instruction, and field internship components of the course must be completed within 24 months following the first day of the course, unless the department, in its discretion, waives this requirement.(d) An individual who is, or was, enrolled in a department-approved paramedic training course has the right to view the documentation listed in 7 AAC 26.176(a)(9).(e) In this section, "accrediting body standards" means the qualitative and quantitative measures used in assessing a health science education program's comphance with established national norms as set out by a national accrediting body, including the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.(Eff. 3/11/98, Register 145; am 8/16/2002, Register 163; am 8/21/2019, Register 231; am 1/1/2022, Register 241, April 2022Authority:AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS 18.08.084