Section 12.40.350. Renewal of license.

	(a)  An applicant for renewal of a mobile intensive care paramedic license shall submit  
		(1) a completed license renewal application form provided by the department;  
		(2) satisfactory evidence of completion of continuing medical education consisting of not less than 60 classroom or clinical hours, or combination of classroom and clinical hours, for each complete 12-month period the applicant has held a mobile intensive care paramedic license during the concluding license period; not more than one-quarter of the total hours of continuing medical education required under this paragraph may be awarded for completion of a formal correspondence or other individual study program; at least six hours of the total hours of continuing medical education required under this paragraph must be specific to pediatrics emergency education;  
		(3) evidence of current successful completion of a course as either a provider or instructor in advanced cardiac life support from the American Heart Association or the American Safety and Health Institute; the board will accept the hours satisfied under this paragraph as a portion of the hours required in (2) of this subsection;  
		(4) evidence of current successful completion of a course in basic life support, including adult, child, and infant CPR and airway obstruction maneuvers, from a program approved by the board; the board will accept the hours satisfied under this paragraph as a portion of the hours required in (a)(2) of this section; programs approved by the board include the following:  
			(A) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers - American Heart Association;  
			(B) CPR for the Professional Rescuer - American Red Cross;  
			(C) CPR component of Medic First Aid, Advanced - Medic First Aid International, Inc.;  
			(D) Basic Life Support for Professionals - EMP America;  
			(E) CPR for the Professional Rescuer - American Safety and Health Institute;  
			(F) Respond Systems AED/CPR;  
			(G) Emergency Care and Safety Institute's Professional Rescuer CPR;  
		(5) a written recommendation as to the applicant's fitness to practice as a mobile intensive care paramedic, made by the applicant's sponsor physician; the recommendation must include verification of skills performance in those authorized activities set out in 12 AAC 40.370(a); and  
		(6) the license renewal fee established by 12 AAC 02.250.  
	(b)  If an applicant for renewal cannot meet the requirements for renewal under (a) of this section, the applicant must apply and meet the requirements for initial licensure under 12 AAC 40.300 - 12 AAC 40.310.  
	(c)  The board will, in its discretion, exempt a mobile intensive care paramedic from the requirements of (a)(2) of this section upon application giving evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is unable to comply with the requirements because of extenuating circumstances. The board will not exempt a person from more than 60 hours of continuing medical education in a four-year period.  

Authorities

08.01.100;08.64.100;08.64.107

Notes

Reference

12 AAC 40.340
12 AAC 40.352
12 AAC 40.990

Authority

AS 08.01.100 AS 08.64.100 AS 08.64.107

History

Eff. 1/13/80, Register 73; am 8/20/87, Register 103; am 8/24/90, Register 115; am 6/15/2001, Register 158; am 4/2/2004, Register 169; am 10/14/2006, Register 180; am 7/25/2008, Register 187; am 5/8/2013, Register 206