PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch, 551

(2) IN ORDER TO RENEW THE CERTIFICATE FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR, THE
APPLICANT SHALL:

(I) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A REFRESHER TRAINING PROGRAM
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; OR

(II) DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY TO THE DEPARTMENT OR A PRIVATE
OR PUBLIC ENTITY ISSUING CERTIFICATES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

13-707.

AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT MAY:

(1)      UPON PRESENTMENT OF A CERTIFICATE, RECEIVE FROM ANY
PHYSICIAN LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THIS STATE A PRESCRIPTION FOR
PREMEASURED DOSES OF EPINEPHRINE AND THE NECESSARY PARAPHERNALIA
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF EPINEPHRINE;

(2)      POSSESS PRESCRIBED EPINEPHRINE AND THE NECESSARY
PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF
EPINEPHRINE; AND

(3)      IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHEN PHYSICIAN SERVICES OR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, ADMINISTER
A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF EPINEPHRINE TO A PERSON SUFFERING OR
BELIEVED BY THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER TO BE SUFFERING A SEVERE ADVERSE
REACTION TO AN INSECT STING.

13-708.

(A)     A CAUSE OF ACTION MAY NOT ARISE AGAINST A CERTIFICATE HOLDER
AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION WHEN THE
CERTIFICATE HOLDER IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH WHILE RENDERING EMERGENCY
TREATMENT TO A PERSON SUFFERING OR BELIEVED BY THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER
TO BE SUFFERING A SEVERE ADVERSE REACTION TO AN INSECT STING, EXCEPT
WHERE THE CONDUCT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER AMOUNTS TO GROSS
NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT, OR INTENTIONALLY TORTIOUS
CONDUCT.

(B)     A CAUSE OF ACTION MAY NOT ARISE AGAINST ANY PHYSICIAN FOR ANY
ACT OR OMISSION WHEN THE PHYSICIAN IN GOOD FAITH PRESCRIBES EPINEPHRINE
AND THE NECESSARY PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF EPINEPHRINE TO AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED BY THE
DEPARTMENT UNDER § 13-706 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(C) THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT, AND MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED AS
AFFECTING, ANY IMMUNITIES FROM CIVIL LIABILITY OR DEFENSES ESTABLISHED
BY ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE CODE OR BY COMMON LAW TO WHICH A
VOLUNTEER OR PHYSICIAN MAY BE ENTITLED.

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