Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Applicants for credentialing as a Level I
EMS Instructor shall:
(1) be currently
credentialed by the OEMS as an EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic;
(2) have completed post-secondary level
education equal to or exceeding a minimum of an Associate Degree from an
institution accredited by an approved agency listed on the U.S. Department of
Education website, www.ed.gov:
(A) The
Department shall accept degrees from programs accredited by the Accreditation
Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and the Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs.
(B) Additional degrees may be accepted based
on the professional judgment of OEMS staff following a comparison of
standards;
(3) have
three years experience at the scope of practice for the level of
application;
(4) within one year
prior to application, complete an in-person evaluation that demonstrates the
applicant's ability to provide didactic and clinical instruction based on the
cognitive, psychomotor, and affective educational objectives in Rule.0501 of
this Section consistent with their level of application and approved by the
OEMS:
(A) for a credential to teach at the
EMT level, this evaluation shall be conducted under the direction of a Level II
EMS Instructor credentialed at or above the level of application; and
(B) for a credential to teach at the AEMT or
Paramedic level, this evaluation shall be conducted under the direction of the
educational medical advisor, or a Level II EMS Instructor credentialed at or
above the level of application and designated by the educational medical
advisor;
(5) have 100
hours of teaching experience at or above the level of application in an
approved EMS educational program or a program determined by OEMS staff in their
professional judgment equivalent to an EMS education program;
(6) complete an educational program as
described in Rule.0501 of this Section; and
(7) within one year prior to application,
attend an OEMS Instructor workshop sponsored by the OEMS. A listing of
scheduled OEMS Instructor workshops is available from the OEMS at
https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/ems.
(b) An individual
seeking credentialing for Level I EMS Instructor may qualify for initial
credentialing under the legal recognition option defined in
G.S.
131E-159(c).
(c) The credential of a Level I EMS
Instructor shall be valid for four years, or less pursuant to
G.S.
131E-159(c), unless any of
the following occurs:
(1) the OEMS imposes an
administrative action against the instructor credential; or
(2) the instructor fails to maintain a
current EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic credential at the highest level that the
instructor is approved to teach.
(d) Pursuant to the provisions of
G.S.
131E-159(h), the Department
shall not issue an EMS credential for any person listed on the Department of
Public Safety, Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry, or who was
convicted of an offense that would have required registration if committed at a
time when registration would have been required by law.
Authority
G.S.
131E-159;
143-508(d)(3);
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002;
Eff. February 1,
2004;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2009;
Readopted Eff.
January 1, 2017;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2022; September 1,
2019.
