New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 41A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-PARAMEDIC: TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 2 - EMT-PARAMEDIC TRAINING PROGRAMS
Section 8:41A-2.1 - General information and requirements

(a) Paramedic training shall consist of two components; didactic and clinical. The didactic component shall be conducted in accordance with these rules by those entities described as being eligible for conducting such training. The didactic component shall serve as the initial training component, while the clinical component shall serve as the secondary component. The clinical training component shall be conducted in accordance with these rules by those sites described as being eligible for conducting such training. No portion of clinical training shall commence until such time as the academic equivalent has been successfully completed.

(b) Each EMT-Paramedic training program shall safeguard the health and safety of its students, faculty and any patients associated with the training activities.

(c) Each EMT-Paramedic training program shall make academic counseling services available to each of its students, both didactic and clinical. Guidance procedures shall be established that include documentation of regular and timely discussions with qualified faculty and the field preceptors regarding the student's strengths, weaknesses and overall progress in the EMT-Paramedic training program.

(d) Accurate information regarding didactic and clinical training requirements, tuition, fees, institutional policies, programmatic policies, procedures and supportive services shall be available to all EMT-Paramedic training program applicants and students.

(e) The paramedic students' didactic and sponsoring clinical training programs shall maintain on file a descriptive synopsis of the current curriculum, both didactic and clinical, as well as current course objectives, course outlines, schedules of didactic and clinical courses, field experience schedules and instructional plans. These files shall be made available to applicants and students during normal business hours, and shall be made available to Department staff upon demand.

(f) The Department shall conduct such audits and inspections as necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Within 30 days of the conclusion of the didactic program, the didactic coordinator shall submit to OEMS the final grade reports of the students enrolled. All clinical training sites shall submit student rosters to the Department to monitor the programs for compliance with this chapter.

(g) The didactic coordinator or EMS Educator, as applicable, shall retain students records for at least three years from the end of training or termination of a student from the didactic or clinical portion of an EMT-Paramedic training program and shall make those records available to Department staff upon demand.