PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 201

(iii) Each ambulance operated by the ambulance service be inspected:

1. Once every 12 months by an inspection station licensed
under § 23-103 of the Transportation Article and be issued an inspection certificate by
the inspection station; or

2. In accordance with the requirements for the operation of an
ambulance owned, operated, or under the jurisdiction of a unit of State government, a
political subdivision of the State, or a volunteer fire company or volunteer rescue squad in
the jurisdiction where the ambulance service is located.

13-516.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) "CARDIAC RESCUE TECHNICIAN" (CRT) MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO

HAS:

(I) COMPLETED A CARDIAC RESCUE TECHNICIAN COURSE
APPROVED BY THE EMS BOARD;

(II) DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE IN MEDICAL PROTOCOLS
WITHIN THIS STATE AS DETERMINED BY THE EMS BOARD; AND

(III) BEEN EXAMINED BY THE EMS BOARD AND LICENSED AS A CRT
BY THE EMS BOARD.

(3) "CERTIFICATE" MEANS A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE EMS BOARD
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE STATE, EXCEPT WHERE THE
CONTEXT REQUIRES OTHERWISE

(4) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER" (EMD) MEANS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

(I) COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER COURSE
APPROVED BY THE EMS BOARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT AS DETERMINED BY THE EMS
BOARD;

(II) DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE IN MEDICAL PROTOCOLS AS
DETERMINED BY THE EMS BOARD; AND

(III) BEEN EXAMINED BY THE EMS BOARD OR HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER BY AN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL DISPATCHER PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE EMS BOARD AND LICENSED AS
AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER BY THE EMS BOARD.

(5) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES" MEANS: MEDICAL SERVICES
PROVIDED INTERFACILITY OR PREHOSPITAL TO PREVENT DEATH OR
AGGRAVATION OF ILLNESS OR INJURY, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION TO AN
APPROPRIATE FACILITY.

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