7 AAC 26.430. Qualifications for certification

(a) A person applying for certification as an ETT instructor must

(1) be 18 years of age or older;

(2) provide evidence of at least one of the following valid credentials:

(A) an ETT card;

(B) an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-III certification from the department;

(C) a First Responder, EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians;

(D) authorization 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;

(3) provide evidence of at least one year of experience as an ETT, First Responder, EMT, or EMT-Paramedic, as applicable;

(4) provide evidence of a valid CPR credential;

(5) provide evidence of successful completion of

(A) a department-approved ETT instructor training program; or

(B) an instructor training program that the department determines meets or exceeds the objectives of the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's EMS Instructor Training Program: National Standard Curriculum, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.030(d) (3)(B);

(6) complete the written examination for ETT instructor with a score of at least 90 percent within two attempts made within the year before the date of application; and

(7) submit, on a form provided by the department, verification by a department-approved EMT instructor or ETT instructor that the person has, within the year before the date of application, successfully demonstrated competence in airway management, emergency patient assessment, bleeding control and shock management, splinting, and spinal immobilization.

(b) An applicant for certification may not have a history that includes one or more of the grounds for denial of certification set out

(1) in 7 AAC 26.950(a) ; or

(2) in 7 AAC 26.950(b) and (c) unless the department's consideration of one or more of the factors in 7 AAC 26.950(f) (1) - (5) results in a finding that issuance of the certificate is appropriate.

History: Eff. 1/30/87, Register 101; am 6/23/2001, Register 158; am 8/16/2002, Register 163

Authority: AS 18.08.080

AS 18.08.082

AS 18.08.084

Editor's note: The United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's EMS Instructor Training Program: National Standard Curriculum, referred to in 7 AAC 26.430 and adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.030(d) (3)(B), 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 that office. The document may also be obtained from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, EMS Division, 400 Seventh Street, SW (NTS14), Washington, D.C. 20590 or at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ injury/ems.

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