147A.4 - RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
147A.4 RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
1. a. The department shall adopt rules required or authorized
by this subchapter pertaining to the operation of ambulance, rescue,
and first response services which have received authorization under
section 147A.5 to utilize the services of certified emergency medical
care providers. These rules shall include but need not be limited to
requirements concerning physician supervision, necessary equipment
and staffing, and reporting by ambulance, rescue, and first response
services which have received the authorization pursuant to section
147A.5.
b. The director, pursuant to rule, may grant exceptions and
variances from the requirements of rules adopted under this
subchapter for any ambulance, rescue, or first response service.
Exceptions or variations shall be reasonably related to undue
hardships which existing services experience in complying with this
subchapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
However, no exception or variance may be granted unless the service
adopted a plan approved by the department prior to July 1, 1996, to
achieve compliance during a period not to exceed seven years with
this subchapter and rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
Services requesting exceptions and variances shall be subject to
other applicable rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
2. The department shall adopt rules required or authorized by
this subchapter pertaining to the examination and certification of
emergency medical care providers. These rules shall include, but
need not be limited to, requirements concerning prerequisites,
training, and experience for emergency medical care providers and
procedures for determining when individuals have met these
requirements. The department shall adopt rules to recognize the
previous EMS training and experience of first responders and
emergency medical technicians to provide for an equitable transition
to the EMT-basic certification. The department may require
additional training and examinations as necessary and appropriate to
ensure that individuals seeking certification have met the EMT-basic
knowledge and skill requirements.
3. The department shall establish the fee for the examination of
the emergency medical care providers to cover the administrative
costs of the examination program. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 147A.4; 82 Acts, ch 1005, § 1, 2] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1287, § 4; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1143; 89 Acts, ch 89,
§7; 93 Acts, ch 58, § 3; 95 Acts, ch 41, §12, 28; 99 Acts, ch 141,
§22; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §198
Referred to in § 147A.6