Section 171.225 - Documentation Required for Use of Automatic/Semi-automatic DefIbrillationFirst responder agencies shall maintain a memorandum of agreement with a hospital or a consortium of hospitals, to provide medical control for their first responders. The agreement shall identify a medical director to assume responsibility for all aspects of medical control of the program. Medial control shall include:
(A) The review of all uses of automatic/semi-automatic defibrillators by first responders;(B) The maintenance of a system wide database of cardiac arrest patient care reports filed by first responders with participating services, and the submission of summary reports to the Department upon request; and(C) The establishment of policies:(1) to ensure that first responders complete the manufacturer's training in use of the automatic/semi-automatic defibrillator;(2) for proper preventive maintenance schedules of automatic/semi-automatic defibrillator equipment; and(3) to ensure that patient care reports are submitted to the medical director and hospitals to which patients are transported.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1497, eff. 6/9/2023.