S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-7.700.703

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-7.700.703 - Content

A. The EMS Agency shall ensure each ePCR reflects services, treatment, and care provided directly to the Patient including information required to properly identify the Patient, a narrative description of the call from time of first Patient contact to final destination, all EMS Personnel and non-EMS responders on the call, and other information as determined by the Department.

B. The EMS Agency shall ensure all ePCRs are coherently written, authenticated by the author, and time stamped.

C. The EMS Agency shall ensure EMS Personnel complete ePCRs involving refusals that include the following: details of any assessment performed; information regarding the Patient's capacity to refuse; information regarding an informed refusal by the Patient; information regarding EMS Personnel's efforts to convince the Patient to accept care; and any efforts by the EMS Personnel to protect the Patient after the refusal if the Patient becomes incapacitated.

D. The EMS Agency shall ensure all data submissions from the ePCR software maintain a minimum quality score as determined by the Department. The EMS Agency shall have ninety (90) calendar days from the Department's notification to successfully correct data quality.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-7.700.703

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016; State Register Volume 46, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/27/2022.