Section R. 325.22210 - Medical control authority; life support agencies and personnel; compliance with protocolsRule 210.
(1) A medical control authority shall establish written protocols for the process, actions, and sanctions a medical control authority may use in holding a life support agency or personnel accountable. These protocols must include disciplinary action against a life support agency or emergency medical services personnel to ensure compliance with all protocols or to protect the public health, safety, or welfare.(2) A medical control authority may exercise disciplinary action against a life support agency and its emergency medical services personnel that may result in the life support agency, or its personnel not being allowed to provide emergency medical services. The basis for these actions must be for noncompliance with policies, procedures, or protocols established by the medical control authority. The disciplinary action may include the suspension, limitation, or removal of a life support agency or its personnel to provide emergency medical services within the medical control authority area.(3) If disciplinary action against an agency or individual results in the suspension, limitation, or removal of medical control, the medical control authority shall advise the department, in writing, of the action within 1 business day.(4) If a suspension or removal of medical control to a life support agency or individual occurs by the medical control authority, the life support agency or individual may not operate or practice in that medical control authority region until medical control is restored by the medical control authority.(5) If a suspension or removal of medical control to a life support agency or individual occurs by the medical control authority, the life support agency or individual shall not operate or practice in that medical control authority area until medical control is restored by the medical control authority.(6) In cases of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance on the part of the medical control authority, the department shall take action to preserve medical control in a medical control authority region.Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.22210
2004 AACS; 2023 MR 10, Eff. 5/26/2023