purpose of preparing a person to sit for the NREMT-Paramedic Certification
Examination.
(b) The clinical portion of an EMT-Paramedic training program shall be
conducted by a mobile intensive care hospital.
1. A mobile intensive care hospital seeking to be approved as a clinical
training site for the purpose of offering the clinical portion of an EMT-
Paramedic training program shall first apply, in writing, to OEMS for
approval. Applications shall include clinical resources, training objectives,
didactic training site affiliations, the name of the medical director
responsible for overseeing the training and other such information as
deemed necessary by the Department. Approval of new clinical training
sites shall be based on system needs as determined by the Department.
2. No mobile intensive care hospital shall offer, or claim to offer, the
clinical portion of an EMT-Paramedic training program until authorized by
the Department to do so.
i. Supervision in the clinical setting shall be provided by the EMS
Educator, field preceptors or hospital personnel such as physicians,
physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses
and/or respiratory care practitioners, if supervisors have been
approved by the EMS Educator to function in such roles. Clinical
supervision must be provided by faculty and/or staff qualified
through previous academic preparation, training, and experience to
teach and/or operate in the clinical setting or settings. There shall
be a 1:1 student/instructor ratio for all clinical training.
ii. All clinical training sites shall conduct their training in compliance
with the objectives set forth at N.J.A.C. 8:41A-2.4 through 2.7. All
clinical training sites shall maintain accurate records of the
students’ progress, documenting satisfactory completion of all
completed clinical objectives. These documents shall be made
available to Department staff upon demand.
(c) Each clinical training site shall employ an EMS Educator. The EMS Educator
shall have graduated from an accredited college with at least an Associate’s
degree, be an EMT-Paramedic or registered nurse and have a minimum of three
years experience in a mobile intensive care program providing advanced life
support cares. In lieu of a college degree, a person may serve as an EMS
Educator if he or she can document, to the satisfaction of OEMS, that he or she
has at least two years of practical experience in the actual training of EMT-
Paramedic students. The EMS Educator’s responsibilities shall include, but are