Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 170.000 - Emergency Medical Services System
Section 170.957 - Grounds for Suspension, Revocation or Refusal to Renew Accreditation

(1) Documented record of failure of accredited training institution's students to achieve acceptable performance outcome measures, in accordance with 105 CMR 170.950 and administrative requirements of the Department;

(2) Failure to meet the duties and responsibilities for accredited training institutions under 105 CMR 170.950;

(3) With respect to accreditation at the paramedic level, failure to maintain current CAAHEP accreditation in good standing;

(4) Failure to allow the Department or its agents to observe or evaluate programs, or to provide the Department upon its request, timely and appropriate documentation or information about the accredited training institution's EMS training program, as requested including, but not limited to, training program records, personnel, facilities, classes, clinical practice sessions and field internships;

(5) Violation of a correction order;

(6) Failure to submit an acceptable plan of correction as required under 105 CMR 170.710;

(7) Failure to comply with a plan of correction;

(8) Failure to pay a deficiency levied in accordance with 105 CMR 170.730;

(9) Engaging in, or aiding, abetting, causing or permitting any act prohibited by M.G.L. c. 111C, 105 CMR 170.000 and administrative requirements of the Department;

(10) Any actions that endanger the public health and safety;

(11) Commission of gross misconduct including, but not limited to, committing an act of violence, a violation of professional boundaries with a patient, student, or candidate, or a drug-related offense;

(12) Conviction of a criminal offense including, but not limited to, a drug-related offense, any crime that endangers the public health and safety, or any crime related to the provision of training subject to Department approval; or

(13) Any attempt to maintain accreditation by fraud, misrepresentation or by omitting material facts or submitting false information to the Department, either orally or in writing.