Ohio Admin. Code 4766-2-13 - Staffing compliance

[Comment: For dates and availability of material incorporated by reference in this chapter of the Administrative Code, see rule 4766-2-18 of the Administrative Code.]

(A) Staffing compliance for a an MTO licensed as basic life support, intermediate life support, or advanced life support service shall be as follows:

(1) A licensed MTO that responds to a call for medical assistance or patient transport shall ensure that in responding to the call, a minimum of one permitted ambulance and at least two certified emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, or paramedics, or combination thereof, are dispatched and respond to the call.

(2) A licensed MTO that responds to a call for medical assistance or patient transport shall ensure that any patient transport is done by a permitted ambulance staffed with at least two certified emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, or paramedics, or combination thereof, on board.

(3) When an ambulance is so staffed as contained herein, the ambulance may be operated by a person who is not certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic, but said operator shall receive certification in an emergency vehicle operator course that meets requirements of the national highway traffic safety administration's "1995 Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (Ambulance): National Standard Curriculum" prior to operating an ambulance.

(4) An MTO licensed at the basic life support non-emergency only level or a service licensed at the basic life support emergency and non-emergency level, intermediate life support level, or advanced life support level that utilizes ambulances that are permitted at the basic life support non-emergency only level shall be staffed with at least one certified emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic, and a qualified driver.

(B) Any non-EMS certified personnel who drive the ambulance or non-transport vehicle shall have completed an emergency vehicle operator course that meets requirements of the national highway traffic safety administration's "1995 Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (Ambulance): National Standard Curriculum."

(C) Each MTO must supply, on request by the board or its designee, documentation that the MTO has provided all non-EMS certified personnel who drive the ambulance permitted at the basic life support non-emergency only level with training. The training to be provided includes, at minimum:

(1) Driving the ambulance;

(2) Transferring patients to and from an ambulance stretcher;

(3) Loading and unloading the stretcher to and from the ambulance with a patient;

(4) Familiarity with the equipment and supplies in the back of the ambulance;

(5) Training on use of a stairchair or other devise to transport patients up and down stairs; and

(6) Training in bloodborne pathogens regulations as set forth by 29 C.F.R. 1910.1030.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 4766-2-13

Effective: 5/1/2022
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/29/2021 and 11/01/2026
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4766.03
Rule Amplifies: 4766.04
Prior Effective Dates: 07/02/2009, 04/16/2012, 06/15/2017