Section 836 IAC 4-7-3 - Application for certificationAuthority: IC 16-31-2-7
Affected: IC 16-31-3-8; IC 16-31-3-20
Sec. 3.
(a) Application for certification as an emergency medical technician-basic advanced shall be made on forms provided by the agency and shall submit the forms to the agency.(b) All applicants for original certification shall provide evidence of compliance with the requirements for certification.(c) Certification as an emergency medical technician-basic advanced shall be valid for two (2) years.(d) Emergency medical technicians-basic advanced are authorized to perform manual or automated defibrillation, rhythm interpretation, and intravenous line placement. These procedures may only be performed when affiliated with a certified emergency medical technician-basic advanced provider organization and while operating under written protocols or the direct supervision of a physician of the supervising hospital or an individual authorized in writing by the medical staff to act in the behalf of a physician of the approved supervising hospital. Emergency medical technicians-basic advanced are prohibited from performing any advanced life support procedure other than manual or automated defibrillation, rhythm interpretation, and intravenous line placement as prescribed in the Indiana emergency medical technician-basic advanced course, with or without physician direction, for which certification by the commission has not been granted.(e) Individuals who have failed to comply with the continuing education requirements shall not exercise any of the rights and privileges of an emergency medical technician-basic advanced or administer advanced life support to any emergency patient.(f) An individual wanting to reacquire a certification shall complete an emergency medical technician-basic advanced recertification training course and successfully complete the state written and practical skills examinations as set forth and approved by the commission. If the individual fails the certification examinations, the person shall retake an entire emergency medical technician-basic advanced training course.(g) Emergency medical technicians-basic advanced failing to satisfy the requirements of subsection (f) shall satisfy the requirements for certification renewal by fulfilling the requirements for original certification as outlined in this article.Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; 836 IAC 4-7-3; filed Jun 30, 2000, 4:18 p.m.: 23 IR 2756; filed Jun 11, 2004, 1:30 p.m.: 27 IR 3572; readopted filed Jul 29, 2010, 8:07 a.m.: 20100825-IR-836100267RFAReadopted filed 10/31/2016, 1:48 p.m.: 20161130-IR-836160328RFAReadopted filed 11/28/2022, 2:51 p.m.: 20221228-IR-836220299RFA