Enforcement Action
The
authority and purpose for all EMS laws and administrative rules in
Wisconsin is to protect members of the public who require
emergency medical care in prehospital or interfacility settings by
establishing standards for licensing and operations of ambulance
service providers; standard for licensing emergency medical
technicians; standards for certifying centers to provide EMS
training and for approving training courses and
instructor-coordinators.
Enforcement of the statutes and rules, or actions, can take many
forms. The department may
deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke any license, training
permit, certificate or approval previously granted, issue
reprimands and/or warnings or provide technical assistance in an
effort to remediate the issue(s) or problem(s).
The information in this section is intended to provide
public notice of such action taken by the Wisconsin Department of
Health Services and the Bureau
of Local Public Health Practice and Emergency Medical Services. A list of such actions follows.
| Action |
Date |
Cause |
| First
responder certificate denied |
May
4, 2007 |
Denied a first
responder certificate due to the applicant's substantially
related conviction history. The applicant had a history of
5 OWI convictions. The applicant appealed this decision so
a hearing was held before an administrative law judge on
September 17, 2007, who upheld the department's denial of
the first responder certificate. |
| Training
permit denied |
May
14, 2007 |
Denied the training
permit application of an individual with a substantially
related conviction history for disorderly conduct and
negligent mistreatment of animals and for failure to
comply with probation. |
| License
revoked |
May
17, 2007 |
Revoked the license of
an EMT-basic for submitting fraudulent documentation of
refresher training, in violation of sec. 146.50, Stats,
and sec. HFS 110.09(1)(c), Wis Admin. Code. |
| License
revoked |
June
15, 2007 |
Revoked the license of
an EMT-paramedic due to a substantially related conviction
history. The EMT was convicted of possession of narcotics
and theft of moveable property after the EMT admitted to
taking medications from the ambulance in which he/she was
working. |
| Warning
letter issued |
July
3, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an EMT-intermediate technician student who
started an IV on a minor child without medical direction
or supervision. |
| Revoked
first responder certificate and training permit |
November
7, 2007 |
Revoked the First
Responder certificate and EMT-Basic training permit for
failure to report convictions that substantially relates
to the practice of a First Responder and EMT-Basic
trainee. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
12, 2007 |
Issued warning letters
to two (2) EMTs-Intermediate who acted outside the scope
of practice of their license by treating a patient then
releasing him without transporting to the emergency
department for evaluation. The service which they were
affiliated did not have treat and release protocols for
the treatment rendered. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to three (3) EMTs-Basic who participated in allowing
unlicensed individuals to provide patient care (including
advanced skills) and who
participated in illegal crews. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to two (2) unlicensed individuals who participated in
patient care and who participated in illegal crews. |
| Warning
letter issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an EMT-Basic who participated in a call or calls
wherein unsupervised individuals with training permits
and/or no EMT license(s) were allowed to provide patient
care and who participated in a illegal crew. |
| Warning
letter issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued a warning
letter to an unlicensed individual who participated in
patient care, who participated in a call or calls wherein
unsupervised individuals with training permits and/or no
EMT license(s) were allowed to provide patient care
(including advanced skills) and who participated in a
illegal crew. |
| Warning
letters issued |
November
20, 2007 |
Issued warning
letters to four (4) EMT-Basic trainees who participated in patient
care (including performing advanced skills) with no EMT
supervision and who participated in illegal crews. |
| Reprimands
issued |
December
4, 2007 |
Issued reprimands to
two (2) former service directors for failure to comply with
staffing regulations. |
Last Revised: July 01, 2008 |
