2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 311A.165 Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in medical care facilities.
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311A.165 Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -Reasonable control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical
technicians in medical care facilities.
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An emergency medical technician 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 emergency medical technicians; 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 emergency medical technicians or the board approves an
additional skill or procedure by administrative regulation, no person who was
not trained under that curriculum or administrative regulation shall perform any
activity or procedure in 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 emergency medical technician shall successfully
complete the new material or lose his or her certification as an emergency
medical technician.
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 prevent the employer
from exercising any reasonable control over emergency medical technicians
providing emergency medical care upon behalf of the licensed entity or other
provider.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit utilization of a certified
emergency medical technician 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 an emergency medical technician
trainee or a full-time instructor of emergency medical technicians.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 30, effective July 15, 2002.
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