O. Reg. 229/02: GENERAL

 

ontario regulation 229/02

made under the

ambulance act

Made: July 8, 2002
Approved: July 17, 2002
Filed: July 25, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 10, 2002

Amending O. Reg. 257/00

(General)

1. Section 5 of Ontario Regulation 257/00 is revoked and the following substituted:

5. (1) The operator of a land ambulance service shall not employ a person to provide patient care, whether on a full-time or part-time basis, or engage a person to provide patient care as a full-time volunteer, unless the person is a paramedic who,

(a) obtained, before January 1, 2002, the qualifications of an emergency medical care assistant referred to in subsection 7 (3); or

(b) holds the qualifications of an advanced emergency medical care assistant referred to in subsection 7 (4).

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person who does not meet the qualifications referred to in that subsection may be employed by an operator of a land ambulance service to provide patient care on a full-time basis if,

(a) the person holds a valid Fundamentals of Casualty Care certificate issued by the Director;

(b) since August 1, 1975, the person has been continuously employed on a full-time basis by the operator or by an operator who previously provided land ambulance services in the geographic area in which the operator now provides those services; and

(c) the person is authorized by the medical director of a base hospital program to perform the controlled acts set out in Schedule 1.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a paramedic who does not hold the qualifications of an emergency medical care assistant or an advanced emergency medical care assistant may be employed by an operator of a land ambulance service to provide patient care on a part-time basis beginning on January 1, 2002 and ending on December 31, 2005 if the paramedic,

(a) is enrolled in an upgrading program offered by a College of Applied Arts and Technology leading to qualification as an advanced emergency medical care assistant; or

(b) has experience and qualifications that the Director considers to be equivalent to those of a person who has successfully completed such an upgrading program.

(4) Despite subsection (1), a person who does not meet the requirements set out in clause 7 (4) (b) may be employed on a full-time or part-time basis or engaged as a full-time volunteer by the operator of a land ambulance service to provide patient care as an emergency medical attendant for a period of 210 consecutive days after successfully completing a program referred to in clause 7 (4) (a).

(5) The operator of a land ambulance service shall not engage a person as a part-time volunteer unless the person is qualified as an emergency medical attendant.

2. (1) Subsection 7 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

(3) An emergency medical care assistant shall, before January 1, 2002,

. . . . .

(2) Clause 7 (4) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) have successfully completed an ambulance and emergency care program or a paramedic program provided by a College of Applied Arts and Technology or have experience and qualifications that are approved as equivalent by the Director; and

Tony Clement

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

Dated on July 8, 2002

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