SECTION 310:641-7-20. Instructor requirements

(a)   State Certified Emergency Medical Service Instructor.

(1)   A registry of approved emergency medical services instructors shall be maintained by the Department. Each instructor candidate shall submit to the Department an application for initial instructor certification. The application shall be on forms provided by the Department and accompanied by current documentation of qualification. This application shall constitute authorization for any inspection or investigation by the Department.

(2)   Qualifications for instructor certification include:

(A)   A resume or letter documenting two (2) years of direct field experience in emergency medical services within the previous five (5) years which meets or exceeds the level of training being taught;

(B)   Current approval as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider Instructor (CPR) in accordance with American Heart Association (AHA) Instructor, American Red Cross Professional Rescuer Instructor, or National Safety Council CPR for the Health Care Provider Instructor standards. At the paramedic level, the instructor shall be a current American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider and a Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Pediatric Emergency Medicine (APLS), Pediatric Prehospital Care (PPC) or Pediatric Education for the Prehospital Professional (PEPP) provider. Copies of all required documentation will be forwarded to the Department with application;

(C)   Successful completion of a Department approved EMS Instructor Training Course or Fire Service Instructor I and/or II, with the EMS Instructor Training Bridge (ITC) Course or equivalent; and

(D)   Current state licensure.

(3)   To teach, a qualified instructor must have a letter from the director and medical director of a certified first response agency or ambulance service or the coordinator of an approved training institution, documenting affiliation.

(b)   Emergency Medical Service Lab Assistant.

(1)   A file of qualified Lab Assistants shall be maintained by each certified training program, licensed ambulance service or certified first response agency including documentation of qualification.

(2)   Qualifications for lab assistants include:

(A)   Affiliation with an approved training program, licensed ambulance service or certified first response agency;

(B)   Two (2) years of current experience in medical services which meets or exceeds the level of training being assisted or evaluated; and

(C)   Any certification required for the skill being assisted or evaluated.

(c)   Emergency Medical Service Instructor Educator.

(1)   Instructor Training Courses (ITC) and Instructor Refresher Courses (IRC) shall be taught by a state certified Instructor Educator.

(2)   An application for Instructor Educator shall be submitted on forms provided by the Department and accompanied by current documentation of qualification.

(3)   Qualifications for Instructor educator include:

(A)   Affiliation with an approved training program

(B)   Current Oklahoma licensure as a Basic EMT or higher.

(C)   Five (5) years experience as a EMS field provider.

(D)   Current approval as an Oklahoma EMS Instructor

(E)   Completion of the NHTSA/DOT EMS Instructor Training Course;

(F)   Successful completion of instruction of at least 3 major (initial) EMT courses at the Basic level or higher;

(G)   Attendance at all mandatory meetings with the Department and other Instructor Educators.

(4)   EMS instructor educators must maintain EMS instructor certification(s). A registry of approved emergency medical services instructor educators shall be maintained by the Department.

[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 3143, eff 7-18-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 1495, eff 5-1-92; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 392, eff 11-1-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2948, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 101, eff 10-30-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2501, eff 6-25-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2087, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2368, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2755, eff 7-12-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2386, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1991, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2443, eff 7-11-08]