2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311A EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 311A.160 First responders -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by employers -- Utilization of first responders in medical care facilities.
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311A.160 First responders -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by
employers -- Utilization of first responders in medical care facilities.
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A first responder may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any
procedure:
(a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of
Transportation training course for first responders; and
(b) Any additional procedure authorized by the board by administrative
regulation.
When there is a change in the United States Department of Transportation
curriculum for first responders or the board approves an additional skill or
procedure by administrative regulation, no person who was not trained under that
curriculum shall perform any activity or procedure authorized by the new
curriculum or administrative regulation unless the person has been trained
according to the new curriculum or administrative regulation and demonstrates
competency in the new knowledge or skill. Competency in a new skill shall be
demonstrated through a return demonstration to a competent evaluator. If the board
adopts the new procedure or skill, the board shall promulgate an administrative
regulation specifying the new procedure, training requirements, examination
requirements, and a time period during which the first responder shall successfully
complete the new material or lose his or her certification as a first responder.
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nothing in this section shall
prevent an employer from exercising reasonable fiscal control over the costs of
providing emergency medical services to its citizens nor to prevent the employer
from exercising any reasonable control over first responders providing emergency
medical care on behalf of a licensed entity or other provider.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit utilization of any certified first
responder for the purpose of such individual working with primary responsibility
and duties limited to hospitals, physician's offices, clinics, or other definitive care
facilities, except as a first responder trainee or as a full-time instructor of first
responders.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 29, effective July 15, 2002.
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