16 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

163 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MAINE EMS)

CHAPTER 18: QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT

1. Definitions
2. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Quality Assurance Committee means a quality assurance committee approved by the Board or Maine EMS pursuant to 32 M.R.S. §92-A, including but not limited to service-level quality assurance committees.
3. Maine EMS Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee mean the standing committee established by the Board pursuant to 32 M.R.S. §88(2)(J).
4. Quality Improvement Initiative means review and assessment of Maine EMS system data by Maine-EMS-approved quality assurance committees for the purpose of improving patient care.
5. Quality Improvement Marker means a measurable standard within a Maine EMS protocol established by an emergency medical services quality assurance committee.
6. Maine EMS Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee

1. The Maine EMS Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee is authorized by the Board to perform EMS system quality assurance and improvement, including, but not limited to:
2. Creating statewide quality improvement markers;
3. Conducting Quality Improvement Initiatives, as approved by the Board;
4. Receiving and interpreting results of quality marker reports;
5. Responding, in concert with regional medical directors and regional coordinators, to requests for assistance regarding local services’ sub regional quality assurance and improvement plans;
6. Publishing and updating the Maine EMS Quality Assurance and Improvement Manual;
7. Leading or participating in state-based quality management education; and,
8. Reviewing quality assurance and improvement management of Board-approved pilot projects when requested by the Board, the Medical Direction and Practices Board or the pilot project participant(s).
9. Emergency Medical Services Quality Assurance Committees
10. A Board or Maine EMS -approved emergency medical services quality assurance committee must participate in EMS quality assurance activities, including, but not limited to:
11. Gathering and submitting data as part of a Maine EMS Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee Quality Improvement Initiative; and,
12. Conducting a program of quality assurance and improvement in accordance with 32 M.R.S.A Chapter 2-B, and these Rules.
13. Emergency Medical Services Persons and EMS Services

Licensed emergency medical services personnel and licensed EMS services shall participate in Maine EMS quality assurance activities in accordance with 32 M.R.S.A Chapter 2-B and these Rules.

1. Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Emergency Medical Dispatch Centers

Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Emergency Medical Dispatch Centers shall participate in Maine EMS quality assurance activities in accordance with 32 M.R.S.A Chapter 2-B and these Rules.

AUTHORITY: 32 M.R.S. §§ 84(1), 88(2)(J) & 92-A(1).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2015

ADOPTED: December 3, 2014

REPEALED AND REPLACED:

January 10, 2021