Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A certified training agency that seeks to offer an EMT-Basic training program shall submit an official "Application to Conduct an EMT-Basic Program" to OEMS for approval prior to offering or conducting an EMT-Basic training program. Applications shall be delivered to OEMS no later than 90 calendar days prior to the scheduled start of the program.
1. Incomplete and/or late applications shall be returned to the applicant and shall not be processed.
2. Applications for programs that do not demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be returned to the applicant with a written explanation as to why the program is insufficient.
(b) Each application shall include:
1. The names and credentials of the instructional staff. Qualified instructional staff as utilized in this section means:
i. Physicians;
ii. Registered nurses;
iii. Physician assistants;
iv. EMT-Paramedics;
v. Respiratory care practitioners;
vi. EMT-Instructors; and
vii. Persons with specialized training applicable to the topic;
2. The location, date and time of each program session;
3. The program outline, objectives and curriculum; as defined in N.J.A.C. 8:40A-5.9;
4. Copies of any handouts or texts to be utilized during the program;
5. Documentation that practical skills sessions shall have adequate EMT-Instructor coverage, in accordance with 8:40A-5.6(a)5;
6. A copy or description of the proposed final examination and any pre-final examination module examinations, as applicable, if certification is to be based on applicants' scores on modular examinations instead of or in addition to applicants' scores on final examinations. The examination may be written, practical or both, depending on the nature of the program; and
7. Documentation that the program shall follow the objectives of the program curriculum.
(c) Only those EMT-Basic training programs offered by certified training agencies shall qualify for the purpose of reimbursement from the EMT Training Fund.
(d) Consistent with 8:40A-10.3(c), a training agency whose application to conduct an EMT-Basic training program has been denied shall be entitled to a hearing at the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law to contest the denial.
