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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 215

subdivisions in estimates to be furnished to the
political subdivisions by the State Department of Health
during the month of December immediately preceding the
beginning of the fiscal year concerned. Those estimates
will be based on the same considerations as those which
are incorporated in the calculations in the Governor's
recommended budget. Following the close of the fiscal
year for which the deposit is made, the State Department
of Health shall make a final calculation of the exact
amount required for the county to satisfy the provisions
of this subsection. If that amount exceeds the amount
which the political subdivision had placed on deposit,
the additional local requirement will be reported to the
political subdivision concerned, and the political
subdivision shall appropriate and forward that amount to
the State Department of Health within eighteen (18)
months after receipt of the report. If the final
calculation shows that the amount placed on deposit was
in excess of the required amount to satisfy this
subsection, the State Department of Health will credit
the differences to each subdivision concerned in the
estimates it forwards to each political subdivision in
December of each year, as provided at the outset of this
subsection.

(d) In order to participate in this program, each
county and Baltimore City is authorized and required to
levy such taxes as are necessary to provide for the
payments required by this [subsection] SECTION.

132A.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subtitle
to the contrary, no member of any volunteer first—aid,
ambulance and rescue squad in Queen Anne's County shall
be required to complete any other course or program other
than the American Bed Cross advanced first—aid program or
the emergency medical technicians program.

(d) Any member of an existing volunteer first—aid,
rescue and ambulance squad shall be certified by the
Queen Anne's County fire and ambulance commission as
being qualified for emergency medical service programs
for a period of 2 years if that member applies to the
Queen Anne's County fire and ambulance commission by
October 1, 1974. At the end of the period the member
shall comply with the requirements for annual
certification.

The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County
shall be held harmless and shall not [be] BE liable for
damage to life or property resulting from acts of persons
certified by the commission hereunder.