in-20240925-IR-836240212FRA: DIGEST ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION

Final Rule LSA Document #24-212 DIGEST Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this title unless the context clearly denotes otherwise: Sec. 1. (a) Applicants for original certification as an emergency medical technician shall meet the following requirements: (b) The applicant shall apply for certification on forms provided by the agency postmarked within one (1) year of the date that the course was concluded as shown on the course report. (c) The minimum requirement for basic emergency medical technicians training shall be as follows: (d) No course shall be approved as equivalent to subsection (c) unless the course meets the training standards in effect on the date an equivalency determination is requested. (e) Emergency medical technicians shall comply with the following: Sec. 1. (a) An applicant for Indiana advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced training shall: (b) Individuals who have successfully completed an Indiana basic emergency medical technician course, or are accepted for basic reciprocity and have taken the Indiana basic written and practical certification examinations, may hold a provisional spot in the advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced course. Sec. 2. (a) An applicant for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced shall meet the following requirements: (b) The An applicant shall apply for certification on forms provided by the agency postmarked within one (1) year of two (2) years after the date that the course was concluded, as shown on the course report and examination results not older than two (2) years. (c) The An applicant shall submit verification of all affiliated provider organizations and supervising hospitals. (d) Certification exemptions identified under 836 IAC 1-1-4 shall apply to the certification of advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced certification. (e) Advanced emergency medical technicians basic advanced are prohibited from having in their possession, or maintained maintaining on board emergency response vehicles, any equipment or supplies that have not been approved by the advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced provider organization medical director. (f) Advanced emergency medical technicians basic advanced shall comply with the following: Sec. 3. (a) Application for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced shall be is made on forms provided by the agency, and the applicant 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 advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced shall be is 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) (d) Individuals who have failed to comply with the continuing education requirements shall not exercise any of the rights and privileges of an advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced or administer advanced life support to any an emergency patient. (f) (e) An individual wanting to reacquire a certification be recertified shall: complete an emergency medical technician-basic advanced recertification training course and (g) (f) Advanced emergency medical technicians basic advanced failing to satisfy the requirements of subsection (f) (e) shall satisfy the requirements for certification renewal by fulfilling the requirements for original certification as outlined in this article. Sec. 4. (a) To obtain advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced certification based upon reciprocity, an individual shall meet the following requirements: (b) An application for certification shall must be postmarked or delivered to the agency office within six (6) months after the a request for reciprocity. (c) Any A nonresident of Indiana who possesses a certificate or license as an advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced, or intermediate that is valid in another state or a valid registration with the National Registry upon affiliation and is affiliated with an Indiana certified advanced emergency medical technician basic advanced provider organization may apply to the agency for temporary certification as an advanced emergency medical technician. basic advanced Upon receipt of After the agency receives a valid application and verification of valid status, by the agency, the agency may issue temporary certification that shall be valid for: Sec. 5. (a) To renew a certification, a certified advanced emergency medical technician shall keep a written report of continuing education on a form approved by the agency, or in another format approved by the agency, for every two (2) years meeting or exceeding the minimum requirement in subsection (b). (b) An applicant shall report the following: (c) An applicant for recertification shall complete the online recertification verification, in the individual's online portal account, including the following: (d) A National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians provider may use a current provider card as prima facie evidence of compliance with the national and individual components of the national continued competency program certification requirements for the certification or licensure level at which the provider is certified or licensed. However, the following requirements must be met for recertification: (e) If a properly completed renewal application is submitted within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after a certification expires, together with the documentation needed to show that the applicant has completed the required continuing education within the two (2) years before the certification expired and a fifty dollar ($50) reapplication fee, the certification is reinstated on the date the commission staff determines the application, documentation, and reapplication fee have been properly submitted. The expiration date shall be two (2) years after the previously expired certification expires. (f) The advanced emergency medical technician certification includes emergency medical technician certification, and the emergency medical technician certificate is considered renewed with an online portal renewal of the advanced emergency medical technician certification. However, the portal system may take up to thirty (30) days to update for the lower level certification after renewal submission. Sec. 6. (a) An advanced emergency medical technician requesting inactive advanced emergency medical technician status shall be: (b) If an advanced emergency medical technician wants to maintain an active emergency medical technician certification, the advanced emergency medical technician shall meet the requirements set forth in this rule. (c) Advanced emergency medical technicians on inactive status shall collect the following continuing education hours during the inactive period, and those hours must be reported to the commission before the certificate expires: (d) Advanced emergency medical technicians with an inactive status wishing to return to active status shall meet the following requirements: (e) An advanced emergency medical technician is automatically placed in inactive status once the individual is notified by either the affiliate provider organization or supervising hospital that they are no longer affiliated, and no other advanced emergency medical technician affiliates exist for the individual that provide for both a provider and supervising hospital affiliation. The following requirements apply to an emergency medical technician automatically placed in inactive status under this subsection: Sec. 3. (a) An applicant for certification as a paramedic shall meet the following requirements: (b) The applicant shall do the following: (c) Certification exemptions identified under 836 IAC 1-1-4 apply to the certification of paramedics. (d) Paramedics are prohibited from having in their possession, or maintained on board emergency response vehicles, any advanced life support equipment or supplies that have not been approved in writing by the paramedic provider organization medical director. (e) Paramedics shall: