147A.12 - REGISTERED NURSE EXCEPTION.
147A.12 REGISTERED NURSE EXCEPTION.
1. This subchapter does not restrict a registered nurse, licensed
pursuant to chapter 152, from staffing an authorized ambulance,
rescue, or first response service provided the registered nurse can
document equivalency through education and additional skills training
essential in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care. The
equivalency shall be accepted when:
a. Documentation has been reviewed and approved at the local
level by the medical director of the ambulance, rescue, or first
response service in accordance with the rules of the board of nursing
developed jointly with the department.
b. Authorization has been granted to that ambulance, rescue,
or first response service by the department.
2. Section 147A.10 applies to a registered nurse in compliance
with this section. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1287, § 12; 85 Acts, ch 129, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 89, §
15; 95 Acts, ch 41, §21