Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Applicants for credentialing as a Level
II EMS Instructor shall:
(1) be currently
credentialed by the OEMS as an EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic;
(2) be currently credentialed by the OEMS as
a Level I Instructor at the EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic level;
(3) have completed post-secondary level
education equal to or exceeding a Bachelor's 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;
(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) a minimum
two concurrent years teaching experience as a Level I EMS Instructor at or
above the level of application, or as a Level II EMS Instructor at a lesser
credential level applying for a higher level in an approved EMS educational
program, or teaching experience determined by OEMS staff in their professional
judgment to be equivalent to an EMS Level I education program;
(6) complete the "EMS Education
Administration Course" conducted by a North Carolina Community College or the
National Association of EMS Educators Level II Instructor Course that is valid
for the duration of the active Level II Instructor credential; 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 II 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 II EMS
Instructor is 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.
