Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 1023.4 - Regional EMS medical director(a)Roles and responsibilities. A regional EMS medical director shall carry out the following duties:(1) Maintain liaison with the Commonwealth EMS Medical Director.(2) Assist the regional EMS council, after consultation with the regional medical advisory committee, to establish and revise, subject to Department approval, regional EMS protocols.(3) Assist the regional EMS council to develop, subject to Department approval, criteria to recommend to PSAPs for emergency medical dispatch, including criteria for prearrival instructions, level of care to be dispatched to respond to various clinical conditions, types of EMS resources to be sent and mode of EMS resource response.(4) Serve as a member of the regional EMS council's quality improvement committee and as that committee's liaison to the regional EMS council's medical advisory committee.(5) Serve on the State EMS Quality Improvement Committee.(6) Serve as chairperson of the regional EMS council's medical advisory committee.(7) Assist, as appropriate, the regional EMS council in its investigations, analysis of investigation information and recommendations to make to the Department on actions the Department should pursue, if any, against certifications, licenses, accreditations and other authorizations issued by the Department under the act.(8) Review regional plans, procedures and processes for compliance with State standards of EMS.(b)Minimum qualifications. A regional EMS medical director shall have the following qualifications: (2) Experience in prehospital and emergency department care of the acutely ill or injured patient.(3) Experience as a medical command physician and as an EMS agency medical director or as an ALS service medical director under the Emergency Medical Services Act (35 P. S. §§ 6921-6938) (repealed by the act of August 18, 2009 (P. L. 308, No. 37)).(4) Completed a residency program in emergency medicine accredited by a residency program accrediting body recognized by the State Board of Medicine or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine or have served as a medical command physician in this Commonwealth prior to October 14, 2000.(5) Experience in the training of EMS providers above and below the AEMT level.(6) Experience in the medical audit, review and critique of EMS providers above and below the AEMT level.(c)Disclosure. A regional EMS medical director shall disclose to a regional EMS council and the Department all financial or other interest in entities regulated by the Department under the act and in other matters which present a potential conflict of interest. This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 1021.104 (relating to responsibilities of regional EMS councils); and 28 Pa. Code § 1023.5 (relating to Commonwealth EMS Medical Director).