Section 17-10603. LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

 

10603.1An applicant shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.04 (2012 Repl.) that the applicant has met the following requirements:

 

(a)Successfully completed courses and training in anatomy and physiology, respiratory and cardiac care, wound treatment and closure, treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and burns, and other clinical aspects of emergency medical care from a trauma technology training program approved by the Board;

 

(b)Successfully completed the written and practical examinations for trauma technologists within twelve (12) months after completing the trauma technology training program; and

 

(c)

(1)  Successfully completed and provided evidence of course completion of a life support training course, which includes all adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway obstruction skills, from an agency approved by the Board, which teaches these skills in accordance with the current American Heart Association Guidelines for Basic Life Support at the health care provider level;

 

(2) Successfully completed and provided evidence of completion of a dedicated training program for trauma technologists in the armed forces and has been performing the functions of trauma technologists for at least five (5) years before the date of application for licensure; or

 

(3) Demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board the completion of full-time work experience performed in the United States or Canada under the direct supervision of an emergency room physician licensed in the United States or Canada and consisting of at least one thousand three hundred (1,300) hours of performance as a trauma technologist in a Level 1 trauma facility as designated by the Director of the Department of Health pursuant to Chapters 27 and 28 of Subtitle B of Title 22 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (22-B DCMR §§ 2700 et seq. and §§ 2800 et seq.), within the three (3) years preceding the date of application for licensure.

 

 

authority

District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01 et seq. (2012 Repl.)), as amended by the Trauma Technologists Licensure Amendment Act of 2013, effective January 25, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-64, 60 DCR 16533 (December 6, 2013)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 6639 (April 29, 2016).