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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 287

(4)  Coordinate the training of all personnel in the
emergency medical services system and develop the necessary
standards for their certification;

(5)  Coordinate programs of research and education
that relate to emergency medical services;

(6)  Coordinate the development of centers for
treating emergency injuries and illnesses;

(7)  Coordinate the development of specialty referral
centers for resuscitation, treatment, and rehabilitation of the
critically ill and injured;

(8)  Work closely with the public and private
agencies, health care institutions and universities involved with
emergency medical services, the regional emergency medical
services advisory council, and the medical management consultant
group;

(9)  Administer State and federal funds for emergency
medical services in this State;

(10)  Work closely with the Maryland Fire and Rescue
Institute, which is responsible for basic training for emergency
medical technicians;

(11)  Assure continued improvement of transportation
for emergency, critically ill, and injured patients by supporting
the goals of paid and volunteer systems throughout this State;
and

(12)  Report directly to the chancellor of the
University of Maryland at Baltimore.

(D) THE DIRECTOR MAY ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ASSURE

COORDINATION OF HELICOPTER OPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BY

REQUIRING THAT HELICOPTERS TRANSPORTING PATIENTS NOTIFY THE
SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION CENTER OF THE STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. THE DIRECTOR ALSO MAY ADOPT RULES AND

REGULATIONS, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DESIGNATED TRAUMA

CENTERS, TO ASSURE THAT EMERGENCY, CRITICALLY ILL, AND OR INJURED
PATIENTS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO ANY CENTER DESIGNATED BY
THE MARYLAND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM ARE TRANSPORTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS

AS ESTABLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE. THE SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE

INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE.

(D) THE DIRECTOR MAY ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
ASSURE THAT HELICOPTERS TRANSPORTING PATIENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS
OR TO OR FROM SPECIALTY CENTERS NOTIFY THE SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION
CENTER OF THE STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.