(A) No later than ninety days prior to its expiration, the division shall notify each holder of a certificate of accreditation of the certificate's scheduled expiration date and a mechanism for renewal.
(B) The application for renewal shall clearly indicate the date by which it must be completed and received by the division.
(C) The board shall renew a certificate of accreditation if all of the following apply:
(1) The application for renewal is completed and submitted to the division no later than the thirtieth day prior to expiration of the current certificate;
(2) The institution remains in compliance with the requirements for accreditation as set forth in section 4765.16 of the Revised Code and this chapter;
(3) During the accreditation cycle for the certificate of accreditation being renewed, each EMS training program meets one of the following:
(a) Not less than eighty per cent of the EMS training program's students who took the written portion of the initial certification examination received a passing score; or
(b) Not less than sixty-five per cent of the EMS training program's students who took the written portion of the initial certification examination received a passing score in their first attempt to pass the examination.
(D) Every twenty-four months after February 1, 2009, the board shall review the passing percentage requirement established in this rule to determine whether the requirement needs to be amended.
Effective:
07/30/2010
R.C.
119.032 review dates:
11/13/2013
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: R.C.
4765.11
Rule
Amplifies: R.C.
4765.17
Prior
Effective Dates: 1/1/96, 2/22/99, 3/8/07, 2/1/09