Section 33-11-04-14 - Medical direction1. Each air ambulance service shall have a signed agreement on file with the department with a North Dakota licensed physician who shall serve as official medical director and whose duties include establishing written medical protocols, recommending optional equipment, oversight of a quality assurance program, and maintaining current training requirements for personnel.2. Each air ambulance service must have written treatment protocols for adult and pediatric medical conditions approved by the medical director and available for reference when providing patient care.3. Air ambulance services must have a written process for accessing adult and pediatric online medical control that includes contacting a medical practitioner at a hospital that has continual in-house emergency room coverage or having the ability to directly contact the on-call emergency room medical practitioner while the practitioner is not at the hospital.N.D. Admin Code 33-11-04-14
Effective August 1, 2003; amended effective January 1, 2006; January 1, 2008; July 1, 2010.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2023-391, January 2024, effective 1/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 23-27-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-27-04