Title 7 . Health and Social Services

Chapter 26 . Embalming and Other Post-Mortem Services

Section 60. Administration of examinations

7 AAC 26.060. Administration of examinations

(a) The department is the official testing agency for each level of certification and will develop a security system for administering all examinations.

(b) The department is the official testing agency for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, or other department-approved EMS examinations, and will control the release of all examinations approved for certification within Alaska.

(c) The department or its designee will administer the examinations.

(d) Examinations will have a written section and a practical section.

(e) The practical examination will be task oriented and will require the student to demonstrate physical skills required at each level of certification.

(f) Examinations will be verified by a department-approved certifying officer.

(g) The department may modify the EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-III examination. No other entity may modify any portion of a department-approved written or practical examination for certification.

(h) Except as provided in (j) of this section, the department will use certifying officers to monitor the practical part of an examination and administer the written part of an examination. A certifying officer may not be the primary instructor of the students being examined for certification, unless granted a waiver by the department upon the showing of a reasonable justification that the department determines does not threaten public health.

(i) An individual requesting department approval as a certifying officer must be certified as an EMT-I instructor, EMT-II instructor, or EMT-III instructor and

(1) for approval as an EMT-II certifying officer, must be

(A) certified as an

(i) EMT-III; or

(ii) EMT-Paramedic by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; or

(B) authorized to practice in the state as a physician, physician assistant, or mobile intensive care paramedic under AS 08.64 or as a registered nurse under AS 08.68;

(2) for approval as an EMT-II certifying officer, must satisfy the requirements of (1) of this subsection or be certified as an EMT-II;

(3) for approval as an EMT-I certifying officer, must satisfy the requirements of (1) of this subsection or be certified as an EMT-I or EMT-II;

(4) must provide evidence of having assisted a department-approved certifying officer in the administration of an examination at the level of certifying officer for which the individual seeks to be approved; and

(5) must provide evidence of having satisfactorily performed, under the direct supervision of a department-approved certifying officer, the duties of a certifying officer in at least two department-approved EMT examinations.

(j) If allowed in the department's Guide for EMS Instructors and Certifying Officers in Alaska, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.050(b) (7), an individual other than a certifying officer may administer the written part of the EMT-I examination. Upon request, and upon the showing of a reasonable justification that the department determines does not threaten public health, the department will authorize an individual to read the EMT-I examination to a person.

History: Eff. 12/31/81, Register 80; am 10/14/84, Register 92; am 10/23/92, Register 124; am 7/4/99, Register 151; am 8/16/2002, Register 163

Authority: AS 18.08.080

AS 18.08.082

AS 18.08.084

Editor's note: The department's Guide for EMS Instructors and Certifying Officers in Alaska, referred to in 7 AAC 26.060 and adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.050 is available for a fee from the Section of Community Health and Emergency Medical Services, Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services, P.O. Box 110616, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0616, and may be viewed at the office. The publication is also posted by the department on the Internet at http://www.chems.alaska.gov.