1. (a) A certified emergency medical service providing either basic life-support or advanced life-support outside a hospital must complete an approved patient care report form for each patient treated. The report form must document vital signs and medical treatment given the patient.

2. (b) A copy of the completed patient care report must be

   1. (1) made available to the treatment facility not later than 24 hours after delivery of the patient;
   2. (2) available to the medical director; and

   3. (3) kept by the EMS service for the longer of

      1. (A) seven years; or
      2. (B) three years past the patient's 18th birthday.
3. (c) The medical director shall periodically review the patient care reports received, to determine the appropriateness of treatment given.
4. (d) A patient care report must be compliant with the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) and must be submitted to the department.
5. (e) Patient care reporting data, not including patient identifiers, physician identifiers, or hospital identifiers, may be provided to epidemiologists, health planners, medical researchers, or other interested persons to study causes, severity, demographics, and outcomes of injuries, or for other purposes of studying the epidemiology of injuries or emergency medical services and trauma system issues.

(Eff. 3/3/83, Register 85; am 10/23/92, Register 124; am 8/21/2019, Register 231)

Authority: AS 18.08.080, AS 18.08.082, AS 18.08.084