Section 836 IAC 4-7-5 - Advanced emergency medical technician recertification and continuing education requirementsAuthority: IC 16-31-2-7
Affected: IC 16-31-3
Sec. 5.
(a) To renew a certification, a certified advanced emergency medical technician shall keep a written report of continuing education on a form approved by the agency, or in another format approved by the agency, for every two (2) years meeting or exceeding the minimum requirement in subsection (b).(b) An applicant shall report the following: (1) At least fifty (50) hours of continuing education consisting of the following:(A) At least twenty-five (25) hours of advanced emergency medical technician national continued competency education curriculum continuing education in the following national component categories:(i) Airway, respiration, ventilation: 2.5 hours.(ii) Cardiovascular: 7 hours.(B) At least twelve and one-half (12.5) state component hours of advanced emergency medical technician national continued competency education curriculum continuing education, with ten (10) hours being advanced life support audit and review sessions. The commission may direct additional state component training. The affiliated provider organization, or without a designated provider, the supervising hospital, shall approve any additional hours to meet the state component.(C) At least twelve and one-half (12.5) hours of individual or local, or both, continuing education that covers material from the emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician curricula and is approved by the provider organization, or without a designated provider, the supervising hospital.(2) Written evidence of certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the health care provider level that is valid on the date of the emergency medical services recertification.(3) Skill competency without a specified hour requirement. The individual must comply with the skills competencies process as approved by the affiliated provider organization medical director. The medical director's signature verifying the advanced emergency medical technician skills competencies for the individual is required at recertification.(c) An applicant for recertification shall complete the online recertification verification, in the individual's online portal account, including the following: (1) The recertification requirements in this section must be met before the online verification, including using agency approved forms to record continuing education, obtaining required signatures, and submitting within the current certification expiration period, but not more than ninety (90) days before the expiration.(2) The recertification personnel are subject to random audits and, if selected with notification by the online portal for an audit, the applicant must supply written verifications with signatures to the agency within seventy-two (72) hours or the recertification is considered untimely filed and the initial certification expired. The applicant is also subject to a sanction or sanctions for failure to comply within the seventy-two (72) hour period.(d) A National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians provider may use a current provider card as prima facie evidence of compliance with the national and individual components of the national continued competency program certification requirements for the certification or licensure level at which the provider is certified or licensed. However, the following requirements must be met for recertification:(1) The required affiliation signatures for the individual must be obtained on the agency approved recertification forms.(2) The state component hours, including audit and review, must be listed on the agency approved recertification form.(3) The required cardiopulmonary certification or certifications for the individual level must be kept and attached to the agency approved recertification form.(4) The proof of skills competency section of the agency approved recertification form must be completed with verifying signatures.(e) If a properly completed renewal application is submitted within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after a certification expires, together with the documentation needed to show that the applicant has completed the required continuing education within the two (2) years before the certification expired and a fifty dollar ($50) reapplication fee, the certification is reinstated on the date the commission staff determines the application, documentation, and reapplication fee have been properly submitted. The expiration date shall be two (2) years after the previously expired certification expires.(f) The advanced emergency medical technician certification includes emergency medical technician certification, and the emergency medical technician certificate is considered renewed with an online portal renewal of the advanced emergency medical technician certification. However, the portal system may take up to thirty (30) days to update for the lower level certification after renewal submission.Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; 836 IAC 4-7-5; filed 8/30/2024, 11:24 a.m.: 20240925-IR-836240212FRA