Section 836IAC2-2-4. Application for provisional certification

   (a) An applicant may apply for and obtain provisional certification as a paramedic provider organization for the purpose of prehospital training of paramedic students when in the presence of a preceptor approved by the commission in accordance with this section.

  (b) A provisional certification may only be issued to a certified ambulance service provider organization.

  (c) The applicant shall submit a fully completed application for provisional certification on forms provided by the agency.

  (d) The provisional certification may only be issued after the applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director that the ambulance to be used for such training is certified and meets the requirements of this article.

  (e) The provisional certification may only be issued if the ambulance service provider organization has and shall maintain an adequate number of paramedic students, preceptors, and ambulances to provide continuous twenty-four (24) hour advanced life support service.

  (f) The provisional certification expires no later than the earlier of the following dates:

(1) Sixty (60) days after the completion date of the paramedic course completion as identified on the approved course application.

(2) Twenty-four (24) months from the starting date of the course contained on the approved course application.

  (g) The issuance of a paramedic provider organization certification invalidates any provisional certification. (Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; 836 IAC 2-2-4; filed Jun 11, 2004, 1:30 p.m.: 27 IR 3540; readopted filed Jul 29, 2010, 8:07 a.m.: 20100825-IR-836100267RFA; readopted filed Oct 31, 2016, 1:48 p.m.: 20161130-IR-836160328RFA)