Office of the Provincial Medical Director

Overview

The Office of the Provincial Medical Director (OPMD) is responsible for providing medical authorization, protocols and clinical practice guidelines for all paramedicine providers working with Newfoundland and Labrador’s publicly funded ground ambulance program and the provincial critical care air ambulance program, MedFlight NL. The OPMD supports paramedicine providers by providing a 24/7 Online Medical Control Service linking EMS physicians to paramedicine providers and is responsible for leadership in education and quality initiatives.

OBTAINING MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION

Practitioners wishing to work within the provincially funded road ambulance program must hold both a paramedicine provider license from Newfoundland and Labrador Paramedicine Regulation (NLPR) and active Medical Authorization from the OPMD. To obtain medical authorization, practitioners must:

  1. Hold a valid license from NLPR.
  2. Submit an application for medical authorization.
  3. Successfully complete a guideline examination for their training level.
  4. Successfully compete mandatory learning modules as directed by the Provincial Medical Director.

The guideline exams are based on the Patient Care Guidelines for each available registration level. Practitioners can access the protocol examination and learning modules by providing an application for medical authorization form to OPMD. An OPMD representative will provide you with further direction on accessing the training and exam materials.

Forms

Application for Medical Authorization

Change of Personal Information Form

Protocols

The current versions of our guidelines are:

  • OPMD ALS Patient Care Guidelines V2024.1
  • OPMD BLS Patient Care Guidelines V2024.1
  • OPMD Patient Care Protocols V4.1

A copy of our guidelines are available upon request, Please contact OPMD@gov.nl.ca to request a copy of the most up to date guidelines.

CONTACT OPMD

If you have any questions about our office or the medical authorization process, please contact us for assistance.

Email – OPMD@gov.nl.ca

Mail – Office of the Provincial Medical Director, 45 Major’s Path P.O. Box 8700 St. John’s NL, A1B 4J6