Section DHS 110.49 - Service medical director An emergency medical service provider shall have a service medical director who meets all of the qualifications under sub. (1) and has all the responsibilities under sub. (2):
(1) QUALIFICATIONS. The service medical director shall meet all the following within 180 days from the date of his or her appointment: (a) Licensure as a physician.(b) Current certification in CPR for health care professionals and, if the medical director provides medical direction for an EMT-intermediate, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician or paramedic emergency medical services provider, current certification in ACLS and PALS unless the physician is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.(c) Education, training and experience in emergency medicine.(d) Familiarity with the design and operation of pre-hospital EMS systems.(e) Experience or training in the EMS quality improvement process.(f) Successful completion of the department's service medical director course or equivalent as determined by the department for any service medical director who is not board certified as specified in par. (b).(g) Any additional requirements prescribed by the department.(2) RESPONSIBILITIES. The service medical director shall do all of the following:(a) Prescribe patient care protocols under which the provider's professionals treat.(b) Develop, review and approve in writing all patient care protocols that will be used by EMS professionals delivering patient care under the operational plan.(c) Ensure that physicians providing on-line medical control do so in a manner consistent with the department approved patient care protocols.(d) Ensure that all aspects of the emergency medical services are under medical supervision and direction at all times.(e) Establish, participate in, and ensure the continuing implementation of a quality assurance program as part of a patient care improvement process.(f) Approve, limit, suspend, or revoke credentials as provided under s. DHS 110.53.(g) Maintain liaison with the medical community, including hospitals, emergency departments, urgent care clinics, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers.(h) Work with regional, state and local EMS authorities to ensure that standards, needs and requirements are met and resource utilization is optimized.(i) Maintain, through continuing education, current knowledge and skills appropriate for a service medical director.(j) Approve, direct, and assist in providing training activities that assure EMS professionals are competent to provide safe and efficient patient care, based on the department approved patient care protocols.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 110.49
CR 10-085: cr. Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11.Amended by, CR 20-028: am. (1) (b), (f), (2) (a), (b), (f), (j) Register September 2021 No. 789, eff. 10/1/2021