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(i) Each CE provider shall have an approved clinical director who is currently licensed
as a physician, registered nurse, physician assistant, or paramedic. In addition, the
clinical director shall have had two years of academic, administrative or clinical
experience in emergency medicine or EMS care within the last five years. The duties of
the clinical director shall include, but not be limited to, monitoring all clinical and field
activities approved for CE credit, approving the instructor(s), and monitoring the overall
quality of the EMS content of the program.
(j) Each CE provider instructor shall be approved by the program director and clinical
director as qualified to teach the topics assigned, or have evidence of specialized
training which may include, but is not limited to, a certificate of training or an advanced
degree in a given subject area, or have at least one year of experience within the last
two years in the specialized area in which they are teaching, or be knowledgeable,
skillful and current in the subject matter of the course, class or activity.
(k) Continuing education credit shall be assigned on the following basis:
(1) Classes or activities less than one CEH in duration will not be approved.
(2) For courses greater than one CEH, credit may be granted in no less than half hour
increments.
(l) Each CE provider shall maintain for four years:
(1) Records on each course, class, or activity including, but not limited to, title,
objectives, outlines, qualification of instructors, dates of instruction, location, participant
rosters, sample tests or other methods of evaluation, and records of course, class, or
activity completions issued.
(2) Summaries of test results, or other methods of evaluation. The type of evaluation
used may vary according to the instructor, content of program, number of participants
and method of presentation.
(m) Providers shall issue to the participant a tamper resistant document or certificate of
proof of successful completion of a course, class, or activity within thirty calendar days
of completion of the course, class, or activity. The CE certificate or documentation of
successful completion must contain the name of participant, certificate or license
number, class title, CE provider name and address, date of course, class, or activity and
signature of program director or class instructor. A digitally reproduced signature of the
program director or class instructor is acceptable for media based/serial production CE
courses. In addition, the following statements shall be printed on the certificate of
completion with the appropriate information filled in:
“This course has been approved for (number) hours of continuing education by an
approved California EMS CE Provider and was (check one) ____ instructor-based,
____ non-instructor based”. “This document must be retained for a period of four years”