Issuance and renewal of licenses

1. The department or its authorized agent shall inspect the training institution. If minimum standards are met, the department shall issue a license. 2. A training institution may request that the department consider it in compliance with this chapter if it is fully accredited by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs or its equivalent. The training institution must provide any additional information to the department that is required of licensed emergency medical services training institutions but not evaluated in the accreditation process. 3. Training institutions requesting their compliance with this chapter to be verified through an accrediting agency shall submit to the department appropriate documentation to include the site visit survey report and official letter from the accrediting agency citing any deficiencies. Subsequent accreditation or revisit documentation must be submitted prior to license renewal. 4. Training institutions that offer paramedic training shall have the paramedic course accredited by an accrediting agency by January 1, 2010.