Section 130.1504 - Standards for the Affiliate Hospital Medical Director and Physicians who Provide On-line Medical DirectionEach hospital that operates a medical control service shall ensure that each physician that provides on-line medical direction meets the following standards.
(A) Current credentialing to practice as a physician in a Massachusetts hospital emergency department. Such credentialing shall, at a minimum, include demonstration of the following:(1) Education for proper provision of on-line medical direction, as evidenced by: (a) Successful completion of an Emergency Medicine residency program; or(b) Previous training and experience in medical direction.(2) Proficiency in the clinical application of the current Statewide Treatment Protocols.(B) Proficiency in EMS radio communications.(C) In addition to the standards described in 105 CMR 130.1504(A) and (B), the affiliate hospital medical director shall be board-certified in emergency medicine.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1343, eff. 4/7/2017.