§321-229  Emergency medical services
personnel, training programs.  (a)  The University of Hawaii shall provide
training courses in basic, intermediate, and advanced life support for
emergency medical services personnel.  The curricula and syllabi of these
courses shall be approved in advance by the department of health.  The
curricula and syllabi of courses for ambulance personnel shall be consistent
with the scope and level of the practice of emergency medical services
associated with emergency ambulance personnel certification defined by the Hawaii
medical examiners board under part II of chapter 453.



(b)  The University of Hawaii, or other
accredited community college, college, or university, or any professional
organization that is approved by the department of health to provide emergency
medical services training, shall consult with the department of health to
determine the number and type of emergency medical services courses necessary
to support the staffing requirements for emergency medical services.  The basic
life support and advanced life support training programs shall be relevant to
and consistent with the training course required for certification under
chapter 453.



(c)  The department shall develop standards for
emergency medical services course instructors and standards for emergency
medical services training facilities for all basic life support personnel,
advanced life support personnel, users of the automatic external defibrillator,
and emergency medical dispatch personnel that shall be at least equivalent to
or exceed the standards necessary to meet the requirements, pursuant to part II
of chapter 453, for the certification of basic life support personnel and
advanced life support personnel.



(d)  The department of health may conduct annual
inspections of the training facilities and evaluate the qualifications of
course instructors to ensure that the standards and qualifications are
consistent with the medical standards for basic life support personnel,
advanced life support personnel, users of the automatic external
defibrillators, and emergency medical dispatch personnel. [L 1978, c 148, pt of
§1; am L 1980, c 285, §3; am L 1981, c 93, §5; am L 1984, c 168, §5; am L 1996,
c 210, §2; am L 1999, c 212, §2; am L 2008, c 9, §3]



 



Cross References



 



  Regulation of emergency medical service personnel, see
§§453-31 to 33.