How does the NC Office of EMS, NCCEP, and the NC Medical Board work together to define EMS standards and requirements?
The North Carolina Office of EMS (NC OEMS), the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (NCCEP), and the North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) work together to provide leadership, direction, and regulatory oversight for EMS. North Carolina law empowers that the NCMB to determine the skills and medications which EMS professionals at all certified levels may perform or administer. The NCMB lists the skills and medications that are approve for use in a document known as the NC Medical Board Approved Medications and Skills for Credentialed EMS Personnel. EMS professionals may only use the skills and medications on this list. Changes to this document can be made as needed. Each year the EMS Advisory Council work with the NC EMS Medical Director to discuss and recommend skills and medications which should be presented to the NCMB for consideration. If endorsed by the EMS Advisory Council, the NC EMS Medical Director presents any change requests to the NCMB. If the NCMB approves the chan
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