All providers certified at or above the AEMT level are required to have ALS skills verifications completed by the EMS agency's medical director. The skills verification must be completed initially and every 12 months. The EMS agency is responsible for maintaining the verification records for seven years.
The EMS Act of 2009 and the Rules and Regulations require every EMS agency to have an EMS agency medical director. Here you will find sample medical director agreements.
The patient transfer of care form is required by the EMS Act and Rules and Regulations. The Department requires the primary care provider to provide a report with the receiving facility at the time of the patient's transfer of care. The report must be given verbally and in a written format. This form provides the minimum data elements required to be provided at the time of the patient's transfer of care.
There are multiple pieces of legislation impacting EMS. Here EMS agencies, providers, and partners can find the Rules and Regulations, which support the legislation of the PA EMS Act 37 of 2009.
This document provides a template of sample agreement between the EMS agency and their EMS agency medical director for medical direction as required for licensure as an EMS agency in Pennsylvania.