Commenter:
Matt Tatum, Henry County Department of Public Safety
OMD
12VAC5-31-1050 Scope of Practice-(page 125) This all read fine until it the “and”. This eliminates the Agency OMD from having control of his/her providers. Who better to be familiar with their system and its needs than the local OMD. This statement also refers to “medical protocols” which is deleted from the definitions in an earlier page. The Local OMD is the ultimate in medical advice to the provider; they should have the ultimate say in what a provider does or does not do in the field.
