Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.01.07 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) - PERSONNEL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section 16.01.07.077 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR EMS PERSONNEL

01. Method of Treatment. EMS personnel must practice medically acceptable methods of treatment and must not endeavor to extend their practice beyond their competence and the authority vested in them by the medical director. EMS personnel must not perform any medical procedure or provide medication that deviated from or exceeds the scope of practice for the corresponding level of licensure established under IDAPA 16.02.02, "Idaho Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Physician Commission."

02. Knowledge and Proficiency. EMS personnel must maintain standards of knowledge and proficiency as required by this chapter of rules and IDAPA 16.02.02, "Idaho Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Physician Commission."

03. Respect for the Patient. EMS personnel must provide all services with respect for the dignity of the patient, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems.

04. Confidentiality. EMS personnel must hold in strict confidence all privileged information concerning the patient except as disclosure or use of this information is permitted or required by law or Department rule.

05. Conflict of Interest. EMS personnel must not accept gratuities for preferential consideration of the patient and must guard against conflicts of interest.

06. Professionalism. EMS personnel must uphold the dignity and honor of the profession and abide by its ethical principles and must be familiar with existing laws governing the practice of emergency medical services and comply with those laws. EMS personnel must never perform duties of the profession while under the influence of alcohol, illegal substances, or legal drugs or medication causing impairment of function.

07. Cooperation and Participation. EMS personnel must cooperate with other health care professionals and participate in activities to promote community and national efforts to meet the health needs of the public.

08. Ethical Responsibility. EMS personnel must refuse to participate in unethical procedures, and assume the responsibility to expose incompetence or unethical conduct of others to the appropriate authority in a proper and professional manner. Misrepresentation in an application or documentation for licensure by means of concealment of a material fact is a violation of ethical responsibility.

09. Integrity. EMS personnel must act with honesty and integrity and assure that reports, applications and documentation for which they are responsible are free of fraudulent and false information.