§ 1003.3. Medical command facility medical director.

 (a)  Roles and responsibilities. A medical command facility shall have a medical command facility medical director. A medical command facility medical director is responsible for the following:

   (1)  Medical command.

   (2)  Quality improvement.

   (3)  Liaison with regional EMS council medical director.

   (4)  Participation in prehospital training activities.

   (5)  Clinical and continuing education training of prehospital personnel.

   (6)  Recommendations to the regional EMS medical director regarding medical command physician applications from the medical command facility.

 (b)  Minimum qualifications. To qualify and continue to function as a medical command facility medical director, an individual shall have the following qualifications:

   (1)  Be currently serving as a medical command physician.

   (2)  Satisfy one of the following:

     (i)   Have completed 3 years in a residency program in emergency medicine.

     (ii)   Have served as a medical command physician in this Commonwealth prior to October 14, 2000.

     (iii)   Have secured board certification in surgery, internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics or anesthesiology. If the physician has board certification in one of these medical specialties, the physician shall also have successfully completed or taught the ACLS course within the preceding 2 years and have completed, at least once, the ATLS course, and either an APLS or PALS course, or other programs determined by the Department to meet or exceed the standards of theses programs.

   (3)  Experience in prehospital and emergency department care of the acutely ill or injured patient.

   (4)  Experience in providing medical command direction to prehospital personnel.

   (5)  Experience in the training of BLS and ALS prehospital personnel.

   (6)  Experience in the medical audit, review and critique of BLS and ALS prehospital personnel.

   The provisions of this §  1003.3 amended October 13, 2000, effective October 14, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 5363. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (256614) to (256615).

   This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §  1009.1 (relating to accreditation and operational criteria).