Section R9-25-206. ALS Base Hospital Authority and Responsibili- ties (Authorized by A.R.S. §§ 36-2201, 36-2202(A)(3) and (A)(4), 36-2204(5) and (6), 36-2208(A), and 36-2209(A)(2))

A.      An ALS base hospital certificate holder shall:

1.        Have the capability of providing both administrative medical direction and on-line medical direction;

2.        Provide administrative medical direction and on-line medical direction to an EMCT according to:

a.         A written agreement described in A.R.S. § 36- 2201(4);

b.        Except as provided in subsection (D), the require- ments in R9-25-201 for administrative medical direction; and

c.         The requirements in R9-25-202 for on-line medical direction; and

3.        Ensure that personnel are available to provide administra- tive medical direction and on-line medical direction.

B.       No later than 10 days after the date of a change in an adminis-

trative medical director listed on the ALS base hospital’s application, as required in R9-25-204(A)(1)(f), an ALS base hospital certificate holder shall notify the Department of the change, in a Department-provided format, including:

1.        The name of the ALS base hospital,

2.        The ALS base hospital’s certificate number,

3.        The name of the new administrative medical director and the effective date of the change,

4.        Attestation that the new administrative medical director meets the requirements in R9-25-201(A)(1),

5.        Attestation that all information submitted to the Depart- ment is true and correct, and

6.        The signature or electronic signature of the applicant’s chief administrative officer or the chief administrative officer’s designated representative and date of signature or electronic signature.

C.      An ALS base hospital certificate holder shall:

1.        Notify the Department in writing no later than 24 hours after ceasing to meet the requirement in :

a.      R9-25-203(B)(1) or (2); or

b.     For a special hospital, R9-25-203(B)(2) or (C); and

2.        No later than 48 hours after terminating, adding, or amending a written agreement required in R9-25- 203(B)(2), notify the Department in writing and, if appli- cable, submit to the Department a copy of the new or amended written agreement described in A.R.S. § 36- 2201(4).

D.      An ALS base hospital may act as a training program without training program certification from the Department, if the ALS base hospital:

1.        Is eligible for training program certification as provided in R9-25-301(C); and

2.        Complies with the requirements in R9-25-301(D), R9-25- 302, R9-25-303(B), (C), and (F), and R9-25-304 through R9-25-306.

service requires an EMCT for the emergency medical ser- vices provider or ambulance service to notify the pharma- cist in charge of the hospital pharmacy of a missing, visibly adulterated, or depleted controlled substance; and

3.        The pharmacist in charge of the hospital pharmacy noti- fies the Department, as specified in R9-25-201(F)(3), of a missing, visibly adulterated, or depleted controlled sub- stance.

Historical Note

Adopted effective October 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Amended effective November 30, 1998; filed in the Office of the Secretary of State November 24, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Adminis- trative Procedure Act pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-2205(C) (Supp. 98-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 7

A.A.R. 4888, effective November 1, 2001 (Supp. 01-4). Former R9-25-206 renumbered to R9-25-210; new R9-

25-206 made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 5372,

effective January 3, 2004 (Supp. 03-4). Section R9-25- 206 repealed; new Section R9-25-206 renumbered from R9-25-210 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 19

A.A.R. 4032, effective December 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-4).

The following Exhibit was repealed under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to

A.R.S. § 36-2205(C). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means that the Department did not submit this change to the Sec- retary of State’s Office for publication in the Arizona Administra- tive Register as proposed rules; the Department did not submit the change to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for review; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on the repealing of this Exhibit (Supp. 98-4).