PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 440

(II) THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
EMS BOARD.

(2)      THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL CONSISTS OF TWELVE THIRTEEN 13
MEMBERS, TEN ELEVEN 11 VOTING MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE EMS BOARD AND
TWO NONVOTING MEMBERS.

(3)      EIGHT OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE LICENSED OR
CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY
PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE TIME OF THEIR
APPOINTMENT. THREE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF A GOVERNMENTAL FIRE, RESCUE,
OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY, THREE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF A
VOLUNTEER FIRE, RESCUE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY, ONE
SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF A COMMERCIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND ONE SHALL
BE AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER. IN APPOINTING THE PROVIDER
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL, THE BOARD SHALL GIVE
CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING FOR REASONABLE REPRESENTATION FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE

(4)      ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE
OF PHYSICIAN FROM APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY
ASSURANCE.

(5)      ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A MEDICAL DIRECTOR
WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE

(6)      ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITH
WHO HAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE.

(6) (7) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE
STATE EMS MEDICAL DIRECTOR SHALL SERVE AS NONVOTING EX OFFICIO
MEMBERS.

(7) (8) THE PANEL SHALL ELECT A CHAIRMAN FROM AMONG ITS
MEMBERS.

(8)      (9) THE EMS BOARD SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR THE
SELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL,
INCLUDING PROVIDING FOR THE STAGGERING OF TERMS.

(9)      (10) (I) THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL SHALL REVIEW PATIENT
CARE AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES PROVIDERS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EMS BOARD FOR
FURTHER ACTION AS NECESSARY.

(II) THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL SHALL PERFORM ANY OTHER
DUTY OR FUNCTION THAT THE EMS BOARD REQUIRES.

(F) SUBJECT TO THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROTOCOLS, ORDERS, AND
STANDARDS OF THE EMS BOARD AND SUBJECT TO MEDICAL DIRECTION, WHILE
PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:

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