La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § XI-3901

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-3901 - Standards for Emergency Medical Technician Training

A. The Emergency Medical Technician programs, Basic, Intermediate, and Paramedic must meet or exceed the current minimum course requirements of the United States Department of Transportation National Standard Curricula and the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals.

B. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals adopts the program guidelines of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians as the minimum standards for the EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and the EMT-Paramedic training programs.

C. Certification for Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic is contingent upon successful completion of the established criteria of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians at the respective level. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals will serve as the certifying agent for the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners shall serve as the certifying agent for the Intermediate and Paramedic.

D. The Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic training program must incorporate medical involvement and supervision.

E. The Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic training program must have as its lead instructor/coordinator an individual who has been certified by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals to teach the particular course level involved. This requirement can be waived in the case of the first course taught by an instructor/coordinator.

F. The Emergency Medical Technician training program must be sponsored by either the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals, or accredited academic institution (college or university), a vocational-technical training institution certified by the Accrediting Commission of the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools approved by the Proprietory School Commission, and approved and/or operated by the Board of Education, or a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.

G. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals has established the student selection criteria as follows:

1. Ambulance

2. Provisional Ambulance

3. Law Enforcement

4. Part Time/Volunteer Personnel

5. Fire Safety

6. Health Care

7. Industrial Safety

8. U. S. Military Applicants

9. U. S. Government

10. All Other Applicants

H. There must be a signed agreement of sponsorship between the authorized agents of the sponsoring institution i.e., hospital and those agencies administering the EMB-Basic, Intermediate, and Paramedic programs.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § XI-3901

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Hospitals, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1231.