N.J. Admin. Code § 8:41-9.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:41-9.4 - Medical director

(a) Each mobile intensive care program shall have a medical director who shall be responsible for all medical matters that affect that program, its personnel and its vehicles.

(b) The qualifications necessary to serve as the medical director of a mobile intensive care program shall be as follows:

1. Physician status;

2. Possession of CPR and ACLS certifications;

3. Possession of PALS or APLS certification;

4. Successful completion of the Advanced Trauma Life Support course to the standards of the American College of Surgeons; and

5. Experience in the provision of emergency care.

(c) Physicians who are board certified in emergency medicine need not have completed the course in Advanced Trauma Life Support or possess ACLS, PALS or APLS certification.

(d) Any physician who was serving in the capacity of mobile intensive care program medical director on June 21, 1993 shall continue in that capacity, regardless of compliance with (b)2, 3, 4 and 5 above.

(e) The medical director shall oversee the general medical direction provided to the ALS crewmembers by medical command physicians. The medical director shall be responsible for overseeing the quality control activities of the mobile intensive care program as required by this chapter, as well as overseeing both medical control and medical command activities.

(f) The medical director shall be responsible for determining the competency of all crewmembers that are performing under the mobile intensive care program's authority.

1. The medical director shall maintain reports attesting to each crewmember's competency in the crewmember's personnel file. These reports shall be made available to Department staff upon demand.

(g) The medical director shall be responsible for developing criteria for ALS crewmembers to contact the medical command physician for specific medical conditions (for example, chest pain) prior to the release of a patient to BLS personnel for transport to a receiving health care facility.

(h) A representative of the mobile intensive care program shall notify the Department, in writing, of any change of medical director within 14 calendar days after the change, verifying that the designated person meets the requirements for a medical director as defined in this subchapter.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:41-9.4