Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Each training program shall have a program medical director who is a physician
currently licensed in the State of California, has experience in emergency
medicine and has education or experience in methods of instruction. Duties of
the program medical director shall include, but not be limited to the
following:
(1) Review and approve educational
content of the program curriculum, including training objectives for the
clinical and field instruction, to certify its ongoing appropriateness and
medical accuracy.
(2) Review and
approve the quality of medical instruction, supervision, and evaluation of the
students in all areas of the program.
(3) Approval of hospital clinical and field
internship experience provisions.
(4) Approval of principal
instructor(s).
(b) Each
training program shall have a program director who is either a California
licensed physician, a registered nurse who has a baccalaureate degree, or a
paramedic who has a baccalaureate degree, or an individual who holds a
baccalaureate degree in a related health field or in education. The program
director shall be qualified by education and experience in methods, materials,
and evaluation of instruction, and shall have a minimum of one (1) year
experience in an administrative or management level position, and have a
minimum of three (3) years academic or clinical experience in prehospital care
education. Duties of the program director shall include, but not be limited to
the following:
(1) Administration,
organization and supervision of the educational program.
(2) In coordination with the program medical
director, approve the principal instructor(s), teaching assistants, field and
hospital clinical preceptors, clinical and internship assignments, and
coordinate the development of curriculum, including instructional objectives,
and approve all methods of evaluation.
(3) Ensure training program compliance with
this chapter and other related laws.
(4) Sign all course completion
records.
(5) Ensure the
preceptor(s) are trained according to the curriculum in subsection
(h)(4).
(c) Each training
program shall have a principal instructor(s), who is responsible for areas
including, but not limited to, curriculum development, course coordination, and
instruction and shall meet the following criteria:
(1) Be a physician, registered nurse,
physician assistant, or paramedic, currently certified or licensed in the State
of California.
(2) Be knowledgeable
in the course content of the January 2009 United States Department of
Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Emergency Medical Services Education
Standards DOT HS 811 077 E, herein incorporated by reference; and
(3) Have six (6) years of experience in an
allied health field and an associate degree or two (2) years of experience in
an allied health field and a baccalaureate degree.
(4) Be qualified by education and experience
with at least forty (40) hours of documented teaching methodology instruction
in areas related to methods, materials, and evaluation of
instruction.
(d) A
Principal Instructor may also be the program medical director or program
director.
(e) Each CCP training
program shall have a principal instructor(s) who is either licensed in
California as a physician with knowledge in the subject matter, a registered
nurse knowledgeable in the subject matter, or a paramedic with current CCP
certification or a flight paramedic (FP) certification from the International
Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC) Board for Critical Care Transport
Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC).
(f) Each training program may have a teaching
assistant(s) who has training and experience to assist with teaching the
course. The teaching assistant(s) shall be supervised by a principal
instructor, the program director and/or the program medical director.
(g) Each training program may have a clinical
coordinator(s) who is either a Physician, Registered Nurse, Physician
Assistant, or a Paramedic currently licensed in California, and who shall have
two (2) years of academic or clinical experience in emergency medicine or
prehospital care. Duties of the program clinical coordinator shall include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(1) The
coordination and scheduling of students with qualified clinical preceptors in
approved clinical settings as described in Section
100152.
(2) Ensuring adequate clinical resources
exist for student exposure to the minimum number and type of patient contacts
established by the program as required for continued CAAHEP
accreditation.
(3) The tracking of
student internship evaluation and terminal competency
documents.
(h) Each
paramedic training program shall have a field preceptor(s) who meets the
following criteria:
(1) Be a certified or
licensed paramedic; and
(2) Be
working in the field as a certified or licensed paramedic for the last two (2)
years; and
(3) Be under the
supervision of a principal instructor, the program director and/or the program
medical director; and
(4) Have
completed a field preceptor training program approved by the LEMSA in
accordance with CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of
Educational Programs in the Emergency Medical Services Professions (2015) which
is hereby incorporated by reference. Training shall include a curriculum that
will result in preceptor competency in the evaluation of paramedic students
during the internship phase of the training program and the completion of the
following:
(A) Conduct a daily field
evaluation of students.
(B) Conduct
cumulative and final field evaluations of all students.
(C) Rate students for evaluation using
written field criteria.
(D)
Identify ALS contacts and requirements for graduation.
(E) Identify the importance of documenting
student performance.
(F) Review the
field preceptor requirements contained in this Chapter.
(G) Assess student behaviors using cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective domains.
(H) Create a positive and supportive learning
environment.
(I) Measure students
against the standards of entry level paramedics.
(J) Identify appropriate student
progress.
(K) Counsel the student
who is not progressing.
(L)
Identify training program support services available to the student and the
preceptor.
(M) Provide guidance and
procedures to address student injuries or exposure to illness, communicable
disease or hazardous material.
(i) Each training program shall have a
hospital clinical preceptor(s) who shall meet the following criteria:
(1) Be a physician, registered nurse or
physician assistant currently licensed in the State of California.
(2) Have worked in emergency medical care
services or areas of medical specialization for the last two (2)
years.
(3) Be under the supervision
of a principal instructor, the program director, and/or the program medical
director.
(4) Receive training in
the evaluation of paramedic students in clinical settings. Instructional tools
may include, but need not be limited to, educational brochures, orientation,
training programs, or training videos. Training shall include the following
components of instruction:
(A) Evaluate a
student's ability to safely administer medications and perform
assessments.
(B) Document a
student's performance.
(C) Review
clinical preceptor requirements contained in this Chapter.
(D) Assess student behaviors using cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective domains.
(E) Create a positive and supportive learning
environment.
(F) Identify
appropriate student progress.
(G)
Counsel the student who is not progressing.
(H) Provide guidance and procedures for
addressing student injuries or exposure to illness, communicable disease or
hazardous material.
(i) Instructors of
tactical casualty care (TCC) topics shall be qualified by education and
experience in TCC methods, materials, and evaluation of
instruction.
1.
Renumbering and amendment of former section 100150 to section
100154, and renumbering and
amendment of section
100146 to section 100150 filed
7-10-89; operative 8-9-89 (Register 89, No. 29). For prior history, see
Register 84, No. 20.
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-4-91;
operative 1-1-92 (Register 92, No. 10).
3. Renumbering of former
section 100150 to section
100151 and renumbering of former
section 100149 to section 100150,
including amendment of section, filed 3-15-99; operative 4-14-99 (Register 99,
No. 12).
4. Amendment filed 9-10-2004; operative 10-10-2004
(Register 2004, No. 37).
5. Renumbering of former section 100150 to
section 100151 and renumbering and
amendment of former section
100149 to section 100150 filed
2-11-2013; operative 4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 7).
6. Amendment
of section and NOTE filed 1-24-2020; operative 4-1-2020 (Register 2020, No.
4).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
1797.107
and
1797.172,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
1797.116,
1797.172
and
1797.208,
Health and Safety Code.
The amended version of this section by
Register
2024, No. 38, effective
1/1/2025 is not yet
available.
