Kan. Admin. Regs. § 109-17-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 109-17-1 - Sponsoring organization; general requirements; program manager

(a) Each sponsoring organization, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6112 and amendments thereto, shall perform the following:

(1) Designate a person as the program manager to serve as an agent of the sponsoring organization;

(2) notify the board of any change in the program manager within seven days of the change;

(3) designate a physician to serve as the medical director of the sponsoring organization;

(4) maintain training program records for at least three years from the last date of class;

(5) develop and maintain a quality management plan;

(6) ensure that EMS training equipment and supplies, including simulation models and empty pharmaceutical packages or containers for pharmaceutical training that are necessary to facilitate the teaching of all psychomotor skills being provided, meet the following requirements:

(A) Are available for use with the class;

(B) are functional, clean, serviceable, and in sufficient quantity to ensure that no more than six students are practicing together on one piece of equipment at any one time; and

(C) are functional, clean, and provided in sufficient quantity for each student to utilize without sharing if the equipment or supplies are for the purpose of protecting the student from exposure to bloodborne or airborne pathogens;

(7) select qualified instructors as determined by training and knowledge of subject matter as follows:

(A) Each didactic instructor and each instructor for medical skills shall possess certification, registration, or licensure in the subject matter or medical skills being taught;

(B) each instructor for nonmedical skills shall have technical training in and shall possess knowledge and expertise in the skill being taught;

(C) each instructor of clinical training being conducted in a clinical health care facility shall be a licensed physician or a licensed professional nurse; and

(D) each instructor of field internship training being conducted with a prehospital emergency medical service shall be an emergency medical services provider certified at or above the level of training being conducted; and

(8) maintain records of all individuals used as instructors or lab assistants to provide training for at least three years from the last date of class. These records shall include the following:

(A) The individual's name and qualifications;

(B) the subject matter that the individual taught, assisted in teaching, or evaluated;

(C) the dates on which the individual instructed, assisted, or evaluated; and

(D) the students' evaluation of the individual.

(b) Each program manager shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Be responsible for the EMS education provided by the sponsoring organization;

(2) be available to the board regarding regulatory and emergency matters;

(3) be responsible for maintaining a current list of the sponsoring organization's qualified instructors;

(4) submit written notification of each addition or removal of a qualified instructor to the board within seven days of the addition or removal;

(5) submit written notification and the content of each change in the quality management plan to the board no later than seven days after the effective date of the change;

(6) submit written notification and the content of each change in the long-term provider continuing education program management plan to the board no later than seven days after the effective date of the change;

(7) submit written notification of any known resignation, termination, incapacity, or death of a medical director once known and the plans for securing a new medical director to the board; and

(8) submit written notification of each change in the medical director to the board within seven days of the change.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 109-17-1

Authorized by K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 65-6110; implementing K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 65-6111; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 50; effective 12/31/2021.