Section 7 AAC 26.640 - Medical director responsibilities: certified persons(a) A medical director's approval of standing orders for a state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher, for the activities described in 7 AAC 26.040, must be in writing. Additional medications or procedures not listed in 7 AAC 26.040 may be approved by direct voice contact with an on-line physician, or by written standing orders from the medical director in accordance with 7 AAC 26.670.(b) The medical director for a state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher shall (1) provide direct or indirect supervision of the medical care provided by each state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher;(2) establish and annually review treatment protocols;(3) approve medical standing orders that delineate the advanced life-support techniques that may be performed by each state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and the circumstances under which the techniques may be performed;(4) provide quarterly critiques of patient care provided by the EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and quarterly on-site supervisory visits; the department may grant a written waiver of this requirement based on difficult geographic, transportation, or climatic factors; and(5) regularly review the competency of each sponsored EMS provider. Eff. 10/23/92, Register 124; am 5/22/96, Register 138; am 7/4/99, Register 151; am 12/26/2014, Register 212, January 2015; am 8/21/2019, Register 231, July 2019 ; am 1/1/2022,Register 241, April 2022Authority:AS 18.08.080
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