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311A.180 Medical control documents -- Review -- Approval -- Appeal -Schedule for submission and review.
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Each emergency medical services medical director for an ambulance service,
or other emergency medical services provider, shall submit his or her protocols,
standing orders, and similar medical control documents to the board for
approval prior to placing the document in use.
The medical advisor for the board shall review each document submitted to
ascertain if it is in accordance with accepted standards of medical care and in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter and administrative regulations
promulgated thereunder. If the protocol, standing order, or other medical
control document clearly violates the accepted standards of medical care, this
chapter, or an administrative regulation, the medical advisor shall notify the
emergency medical services medical director of the exact violation and
recommend a correction thereof.
Following review of protocol, standing order, and medical control documents
and giving the emergency medical services medical director who submitted the
documents an opportunity to review the medical advisor's comments, the
medical advisor shall submit the documents together with his or her comments
to the board for approval or disapproval.
The board shall approve, disapprove, or approve with modifications protocol,
standing order, and medical control documents submitted by the emergency
medical services medical director at its next regular or special meeting
following the submission of the documents.
If a protocol, standing order, or other medical control document is disapproved
by the board, the emergency medical services medical director who submitted
it may appeal the decision to the Franklin Circuit Court. If the decision of the
board is appealed to the Franklin Circuit Court, the board shall bear the burden
of proving that the protocol, standing order, or other medical control document
violates the accepted standards of medical care, or an administrative
regulation.
The board shall, by administrative regulation, specify a schedule for
submission and prompt review and decision making with regard to protocols,
standing orders, and medical control documents submitted to the board.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 33, effective July 15, 2002.
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