Indiana Administrative Code
Title 836 - INDIANA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMISSION
Article 4 - TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Rule 2 - Emergency Medical Services Training Institution
Section 2-3 - Educational staff qualifications and responsibilities
Universal Citation: 836 IN Admin Code 2-3
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-31-2-7; IC 16-31-3-14; IC 16-31-3-14.5; IC 16-31-3-20
Affected: IC 16-31-3
Sec. 3.
(a) Minimum personnel qualifications for the training institution's education staff shall be as follows:
(1) A medical
director.
(2) A program director
who shall:
(A) have appropriate education and
experience necessary to teach in the assigned areas at the discretion of the
medical director;
(B) be thoroughly
and appropriately knowledgeable about all subject matter;
(C) be able to demonstrate all skills
assigned to teach or evaluate;
(D)
be a certified primary instructor; and
(E) hold a clinical certification or license
at least equal to that of the curriculum of the course in which the individual
acts as the program director.
(3) The primary instructor shall be certified
by the commission.
(4)
Instructional staff members will be selected from various specialties and have
appropriate education and experience necessary to teach in the assigned areas
at the discretion of the training institution official. The individual must be:
(A) thoroughly and appropriately
knowledgeable about all subject matter; and
(B) able to demonstrate all skills that the
individual is assigned to teach or evaluate.
Instructional staff members involved in the skills testing of students shall be persons who hold a clinical certification or license at least equal to that of the curriculum of the course in which the individual acts as instructional staff.
(b) Education staff responsibilities are as follows:
(1) The medical director is
responsible for the following:
(A) Providing
competent medical direction in the conduct of the training program by providing
necessary liaison with physicians to obtain adequate instructor
services.
(B) Assuring accurate and
thorough presentation of the medical content of the course
curriculum.
(C) Attesting on forms
provided by the agency to the competency of the course graduates to perform the
medical skills required by the certification for which the student has been
trained.
(2) The program
director for any advanced life support course is responsible for the following:
(A) Developing teaching plans.
(B) Assuring that the course of instruction
meets established standards of the commission and training
institution.
(C) Providing liaisons
with physicians and other specialists to obtain adequate instructor services
for the course.
(D) Monitoring and
evaluating classroom activities, including clinical and practice
sessions.
(E) Assuring that the
required equipment and materials necessary for teaching the course being
offered are available at each class session.
(F) Coordinating and evaluating all:
(i) didactic;
(ii) clinical;
(iii) practical; and
(iv) field/internship;
activities associated with the course.
(G) Acting as the liaison between
the students and the program staff.
(H) Maintaining student class records
concerning:
(i) attendance;
(ii) performance; and
(iii) grades.
(I) Fulfilling other course requirements as
designated by the medical director and the training institution
official.
(3)
Instructional staff and primary instructors are responsible to teach and to
test students during selected lessons or class sessions as assigned by the
program director or medical director. The instructional staff is evaluated and
held accountable prescribed by the medical director and the training
institution official.
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