Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services
Article 6 - Medical Directors
7 AAC 26.655 - Emergency medical dispatcher medical director

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 26.655

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) The medical director for emergency medical service dispatch services using emergency medical dispatchers (EMD's) shall

(1) approve an emergency medical dispatch priority reference system; the system must include caller interrogation questions, pre-arrival EMS instructions, and protocols matching the dispatcher's evaluation of severity of injury or illness and the number of victims with vehicle response modes and configurations;

(2) provide indirect supervision of medical triage decisions and treatment instructions provided by EMD's;

(3) periodically review on at least a monthly basis a sample of medical triage decisions and treatment instructions provided by EMD's to callers.

(b) The medical director of the emergency medical dispatcher services may be the medical director of an ambulance service dispatched by the same agency or business.

Authority:AS 18.08.080

AS 18.08.082

AS 18.08.084

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