Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE
Chapter 11 - LICENSURE OF EMERGENCY CARE PROVIDERS
Section 172-11-013 - EMERGENCY CARE PROVIDER UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Universal Citation: 172 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 11 ยง 013

Current through September 17, 2024

Unprofessional conduct includes but is not limited to the acts set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-179 and the following:

(A) Providing or attempting to provide a service for which such provider is not trained or authorized by the physician medical director;

(B) Failure of a provider to be accountable, responsible and answerable for decisions and action or inaction of self or others, and for the resultant patient outcomes related to decisions and actions or inactions;

(C) Failure for a provider to exhibit a state or quality of being competent or capable as a result of having the required knowledge, skills, and ability;

(D) Committing any act which endangers patient safety or welfare;

(E) Encouraging or promoting emergency medical care by untrained or unqualified persons;

(F) Failure to comply with emergency vehicle operating requirements pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,114;

(G) Failure to comply or follow the physician medical director's directives;

(H) Committing any of the following acts or behavior that do not safeguard the welfare of patients and maintain professional relationships with patients:

(i) Failure to be aware of the intimacy and responsibilities inherent in the care of a patient and failure to avoid actions that seek to meet their personal needs at the expense of clients. Providers must avoid exploiting the trust of a patient and make every effort to avoid conditions that could impair professional judgment or increase the risk of exploitation of another person for one's own advantage;

(ii) Failure to decline to carry out emergency medical care services that have been requested when the services are known to be contraindicated or unjustified;

(iii) Failure to decline to carry out procedures that have been requested when the services are known to be outside of the emergency care provider's scope of practice;

(iv) Verbally or physically abusing patients;

(v) Falsification, unauthorized destruction, or failure to document patient care records;

(vi) Attempting to provide diagnostic or treatment information to patient(s) that are beyond the emergency care provider's level of training and expertise; or

(vii) Assigning to other personnel those patient related services when the clinical skills and expertise of an emergency care provider is required or is beyond the individual's scope of practice;

(I) Engaging in sexual harassment of patients or coworkers. Sexual harassment includes making unwelcome sexual advances, requesting sexual favors, and engaging in other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature as a condition of:

(i) The provision or denial of emergency medical care to a patient;

(ii) The provision or denial of employment;

(iii) The provision or denial of promotions to a co-worker; or

(iv) For the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for the patient or unreasonably interfering with a patient's ability to recover or for the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment or unreasonably interfering with the co-worker's ability to perform their work;

(J) Failure to follow employer or emergency medical service policies or procedures implemented in the practice to safeguard patient care;

(K) Failure to provide professional assistance to patients without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, age, familial status, and ancestry;

(L) Failure to safeguard the patient's dignity and right to privacy; or

(M) Failure of a licensee or applicant, who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation, to furnish the Board or its investigator with requested information or requested documents.

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