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1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED PREHOSPITAL TO PREVENT
IMMINENT DEATH OR AGGRAVATION OF ILLNESS OR INJURY WHETHER OR NOT
TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL OR APPROPRIATE FACILITY OCCURS;

(II) TRANSPORT FROM THE SCENE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY TO
A HOSPITAL OR APPROPRIATE FACILITY WHETHER OR NOT MEDICAL SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED;

(III) MEDICAL INTERFACILITY TRANSPORT SERVICES TO AN
APPROPRIATE FACILITY; OR

(IV) MEDICAL INTERFACILITY CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TO AN
APPROPRIATE FACILITY.

(6) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER" MEANS AN
INDIVIDUAL LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE EMS BOARD AS:

(I) A CARDIAC RESCUE TECHNICIAN;

(II) AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER;

(III) AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-AMBULANCE;
(IV) AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-BASIC;

(V) AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC; OR

(VI) A FIRST RESPONDER.

(7) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-AMBULANCE" (EMT-A) MEANS
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

(I) COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN-AMBULANCE COURSE APPROVED BY THE EMS BOARD;

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

(III) BEEN EXAMINED BY THE EMS BOARD AND CERTIFIED AS AN
EMT-A BY THE EMS BOARD.

(8) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-BASIC" (EMT-B) MEANS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

(I) COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-BASIC
COURSE APPROVED BY THE EMS BOARD;

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

(III) BEEN EXAMINED BY THE EMS BOARD AND CERTIFIED AS AN
EMT-B BY THE EMS BOARD.

(9) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC" (EMT-P) MEANS
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

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