(1) An emergency medical care provider who
holds an active certification issued by the department may:
a. Render via on-line medical direction
emergency and nonemergency medical care in those areas for which the emergency
medical care provider is certified, as part of an authorized service program:
(1) At the scene of an emergency;
(2) During transportation to a
hospital;
(3) While in the hospital
emergency department;
(4) Until
patient care is directly assumed by a physician or by authorized hospital
personnel; and
(5) During transfer
from one entity where health care is normally provided to another
b. Function in any hospital or any
other entity in which health care is ordinarily provided only when under the
direct supervision of a physician when:
(1)
Enrolled as a student in and approved by a training program;
(2) Fulfilling continuing education
requirements;
(3) Employed by or
assigned to a hospital or other entity in which health care is ordinarily
provided only when under the direct supervision of a physician as a member of
an authorized service program, or in an individual capacity, by rendering
lifesaving services in the facility in which employed or assigned pursuant to
the emergency medical care provider's certification and under direct
supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse. An
emergency medical care provider shall not routinely function without the direct
supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse. However,
when the physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse cannot directly
assume emergency care of the patient, the emergency medical care personnel may
perform, without direct supervision, emergency medical care procedures for
which certified, if the life of the patient is in immediate danger and such
care is required to preserve the patient's life;
(4) Employed by or assigned to a hospital or
other entity in which health care is ordinarily provided only when under the
direct supervision of a physician, as a member of an authorized service
program, or in an individual capacity, to perform nonlifesaving procedures for
which certified and designated in a written job description. Such procedures
may be performed after the patient is observed by and when the emergency
medical care provider is under the supervision of the physician, physician
assistant, or registered nurse, including when the registered nurse is not
acting in the capacity of a physician designee, and where the procedure may be
immediately abandoned without risk to the patient.
