Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services
Article 6 - Medical Directors
7 AAC 26.640 - Medical director responsibilities: certified persons

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 26.640

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A medical director's approval of standing orders for a state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher, for the activities described in 7 AAC 26.040, must be in writing. Additional medications or procedures not listed in 7 AAC 26.040 may be approved by direct voice contact with an on-line physician, or by written standing orders from the medical director in accordance with 7 AAC 26.670.

(b) The medical director for a state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher shall

(1) provide direct or indirect supervision of the medical care provided by each state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, paramedic, or emergency medical dispatcher;

(2) establish and annually review treatment protocols;

(3) approve medical standing orders that delineate the advanced life-support techniques that may be performed by each state-certified or licensed EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and the circumstances under which the techniques may be performed;

(4) provide quarterly critiques of patient care provided by the EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, or paramedic and quarterly on-site supervisory visits; the department may grant a written waiver of this requirement based on difficult geographic, transportation, or climatic factors; and

(5) regularly review the competency of each sponsored EMS provider.

Authority:AS 18.08.080

AS 18.08.082

AS 18.08.084

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