New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 41 - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND AIR MEDICAL SERVICES
Subchapter 10 - SPECIFIC SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Section 8:41-10.4 - Medical director
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Each specialty care transport service shall have a medical director who shall be responsible for all medical matters that affect that service, its personnel and its vehicles.
(b) The qualifications necessary to serve as the medical director of a specialty care transport service shall be as follows:
(c) Physicians who are board certified in emergency medicine or critical care need not possess certification in ACLS, PALS or APLS.
(d) The medical director shall oversee the general medical direction provided to the ALS crewmembers by medical command physicians. The medical director shall be responsible for overseeing the quality control activities of the specialty care transport service as required by this chapter, as well as overseeing both medical control and medical command activities.
(e) The medical director shall be responsible for determining the competency of all crewmembers that are performing under the specialty care transport service's authority.
(f) A representative of the specialty care transport service shall notify the Department, in writing, of any change of medical director within 14 calendar days after the change, verifying that the designated person meets the requirements for a medical director as defined in this subchapter.
(g) The medical director may be employed by the provider either directly or contracted from an agency.
(h) The medical director shall oversee the development and implementation of patient care transfer protocols to be utilized by nursing personnel.