The medical director(s) of the program is a physician who
is responsible and accountable for supervising and evaluating the quality of
medical care provided by the medical personnel. The medical director ensures,
by working with the clinical supervisor and by being familiar with the scope of
practice of the transport team members and the regulations in which the
transport team practices, competency and currency of all medical personnel
working with the service.
1.
Qualifications: Each air ambulance service shall designate or employ an offline
medical director. The off-line medical director shall meet the following
qualifications:
a. The off-line medical
director shall be a physician (MD or DO) currently licensed and in
practice.
b. The physician shall be
licensed to practice medicine in the state(s) where the service is
domiciled.
c. Services having
multiple bases of operation shall have an off-line medical director for each
base. If the off-line medical director for the service's primary location is
licensed in the state where the base(s) is/are located, they may function as
the off-line medical director for that base in place of a separate
individual.
d. Must be a
Mississippi licensed physician, M.D. or D.O., and show evidence of board
certification in emergency medicine or board eligibility in emergency medicine.
Air Ambulances which operate from or based in Mississippi, must have a Offline
Medical Director whose primary practice is in Mississippi or at a Mississippi
trauma center. (Air Ambulance provided from and based out-of-state must have a
Offline Medical Director that is board certified in emergency medicine or board
eligible in emergency medicine.) The medical director is ultimately responsible
for all aspects of a service's operation which effect patient care. The medical
director is responsible for assuring that appropriately trained medical
personnel and equipment are provided for each patient transported and that
individual aircraft can provide appropriate care environments for patients. The
Air Ambulance Service Medical Director must be approved by the State EMS
Medical Director.
e. The off-line
medical director shall have knowledge and experience consistent with the
transport of patient's by air.
f.
Beginning January 2013, all Mississippi Off-Line Medical Directors shall take
Medical Director's course as prescribed by the Mississippi State Department of
Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and the Medical Direction,
Training and Quality Assurance Committee.
Miss. Code Ann.
§
41-59-5
