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Volume 57, No. 8

76/2014

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 6, 2014

B.C. Reg. 76/2014 , deposited May 1, 2014, under the EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES ACT [section 15 (2) (

a) and (d)]. Ministerial Order M141/2014, dated April 29, 2014.

I, Terry Lake, Minister of Health, order that, effective May 1, 2014, the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 210/2010, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— T. LAKE, Minister of Health .

Appendix

Section 10 (1) of the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 210/2010, is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) If an EMA provides evidence, satisfactory to the licensing board, that the EMA has

(

a) passed the examinations approved by the licensing board for the purposes of this subsection,

(

b) successfully completed the training recognized by the licensing board for the purposes of this subsection, or

(

c) met the requirements in both paragraphs (

a) and (b),

as determined necessary by the licensing board, the licensing board may endorse a licence to permit the EMA to provide a service specified in

Schedule 2 for the category of licence in which the EMA is licensed.

Schedule 1 is amended

(

a) in

section 3

(

i) in paragraph (

b) by adding the following subparagraphs:

(

v) procoagulant;

(vi) anti-hypoglycemic agent; , and

(ii) by adding the following paragraph:

(

d) maintenance of intravenous lines using intermittent infusion devices, including saline locks and IV pumps. ,

(

b) in

section 4

(

i) in paragraph (

b) by striking out “ rhythm ”, and

(ii) by repealing paragraphs (

d) and (e),

(

c) by repealing

section 5 and substituting the following:

CCP

5 An EMA holding a licence in the category of CCP may provide the following services:

(

a) all services specified in this

Schedule and

Schedule 2 for the category of ACP;

(

b) initiation of arterial lines. , and

(

d) by repealing

section 6 (e).

Schedule 2 is amended

(

a) in

section 3

(

i) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) administration of isotonic crystalloid solutions; , and

(ii) by adding the following paragraphs:

(

d) electrocardiogram acquisition;

(

e) initiation and maintenance of non-invasive positive pressure airway devices;

(

f) administration of the following intravenous, oral, sublingual, subcutaneous, inhaled, intra-muscular or nebulized medications:

(

i) anti-emetic – anti-nauseant;

(ii) vitamins. , and

(

b) by repealing

section 4 (i).

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