836 IAC 2-7.2-4 Application for provisional certification

Sec. 4. (a) An applicant may apply for and obtain provisional certification as an emergency medical technician-intermediate provider organization for the purpose of prehospital training of emergency medical technician-intermediate students when in the presence of a preceptor approved by the commission in accordance with this section. (b) A provisional certification may only be issued to a certified ambulance service provider organization. (c) The applicant shall submit a fully completed application for provisional certification on forms provided by the agency. (d) The provisional certification may only be issued: (1) after the applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director that the ambulance to be used for such training is certified and meets the requirements of this article; and (2) if the ambulance service provider organization has and shall maintain an adequate number of emergency medical technician-intermediate students, preceptors, and ambulances to provide continuous twenty-four (24) hour advanced life support service. (e) The provisional certification expires not later than the earlier of the following dates: (1) Sixty (60) days after the completion date of the emergency medical technician-intermediate course completion as identified on the approved course application. (2) Twenty-four (24) months from the starting date of the course contained on the approved course application. (f) The issuance of an emergency medical technician-intermediate provider organization certification invalidates any provisional certification.