1642                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 288

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43C - Maryland Health and Higher Educational

Facilities Authority
Section 3(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

13-110.

(a)  There is a Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical
Services SYSTEMS [in] AT the University of Maryland and located
in Baltimore City.

(b) (1) The head of the Institute is the director who shall
be appointed by the board of regents.

(2) The Institute shall have the staff and funds
provided in the State budget SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS
SECTION.

(c)  The director shall:

(1)  Coordinate a statewide system of emergency
medical services;

(2)  Coordinate the five emergency medical service
regions in this State;

(3)  Coordinate the planning and operation of
emergency medical services with the federal, State, and county
governments;

(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;