B.C. Reg. 243/2024, deposited July 23, 2024, under the EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES ACT [section 15]. Ministerial Order M244/2024, dated July 22, 2024.

I, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, order that

(a) the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 210/2010, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule, and

(b) section 13 (2) of the Schedule to B.C. Reg. 194/2022 is amended by striking out "within 2 years of this regulation coming into force" and substituting "on or before September 23, 2025".

— A. DIX, Minister of Health.

Schedule

1 Section 14 of the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 210/2010, is repealed and the following substituted:

Publishing information kept in register

14 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the licensing board must make information kept in the register publicly accessible, free of charge.

(2) If the licensing board has reason to believe that disclosure of information kept in the register could threaten the safety of an EMA, the licensing board may do one or both of the following:

(a) refuse to disclose all or part of the information kept in the register with respect to that EMA;

(b) if appropriate in the circumstances, respond verbally to requests to disclose the information.

2 Schedule 1 is amended in section 3 (b) by adding the following subparagraph:

(viii) non-opioid analgesics; .

3 Schedule 1 is amended in section 6 by adding the following paragraphs:

(m) cardioversion and external pacing;

(n) cricothyrotomy;

(o) urinary catheterization;

(p) collection of arterial blood samples;

(q) interpreting laboratory and radiologic data;

(r) management of parenteral feeding lines and equipment;

(s) subcutaneous application of a local anesthetic;

(t) pigtail catheter placement for pneumothorax;

(u) umbilical vein catheterization and maintenance of venous access.

4 Schedule 2 is amended in section 3 by adding the following paragraph:

(n) administration of drug therapy during transportation between facilities

(i) after consultation with a medical practitioner who

(A) is designated by an employer as a medical oversight advisor,

(B) has attended the patient at the facility from which the patient is being transported, and

(C) has advised the EMA to administer the drug therapy, and

(ii) in accordance with the treatment plan issued by the medical practitioner.

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