Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 22. EXAMINING BOARDS |
PART 9. TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD |
CHAPTER 197. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE |
SECTION 197.4. On-Line Medical Direction
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(a) The EMS medical director shall assign the prehospital provider under his or her direction to a specific on-line communication resource by a predetermined policy. (b) Specific local protocols shall define the circumstances under which on-line medical direction is required. (c) A physician providing or delegating on-line medical direction ("on-line physician") shall be appropriately trained in the use of prehospital protocols. (d) A physician providing or delegating on-line medical direction shall have personal expertise in the emergency care of ill and injured patients. (e) A physician providing or delegating on-line medical direction for particular patients assumes responsibility for the appropriateness of prehospital care provided under his or her direction by EMS personnel. Source Note: The provisions of this §197.4 adopted to be effective February 28, 1999, 24 TexReg 1157; amended to be effective September 20, 2007, 32 TexReg 6316