PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 201

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

(II) BEEN TESTED AND REGISTERED BY THE NATIONAL REGISTRY
OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, INC AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC;

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

(IV) BEEN LICENSED AS AN EMT-P BY THE EMS BOARD.

(10) "FIRST RESPONDER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

(I) COMPLETED A FIRST RESPONDER COURSE APPROVED BY THE
EMS BOARD; AND

(II) BEEN EXAMINED BY THE EMS BOARD AND CERTIFIED AS A
FIRST RESPONDER BY THE EMS BOARD.

(11) "LICENSE" MEANS A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE EMS BOARD TO
PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE STATE. UNLESS THE CONTEXT
REQUIRES OTHERWISE

(12) (I) "MEDICAL DIRECTION" MEANS THE WRITTEN OR ORAL
INSTRUCTION BY A PHYSICIAN LICENSED TO PERFORM SPECIFIED MEDICAL
PROCEDURES OR ADMINISTER SPECIFIED MEDICATIONS OR INTRAVENOUS
SOLUTIONS.

(II) "MEDICAL DIRECTION" INCLUDES THE ACTIVITIES OF A
PHYSICIAN LICENSED PHYSICIAN IN THE STATE SERVING AS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FOR AN AGENCY PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INCLUDING QUALITY
ASSURANCE, PLANNING, AND EDUCATION.

(13) "NATIONAL REGISTRY" MEANS THE NONPROPRIETARY,
NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT PROVIDES STANDARDIZED NATIONAL
TESTING AND REGISTRATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS BASED ON
NATIONAL TRAINING STANDARDS.

(14) "PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL" MEANS THE TWELVE MEMBER
13-MEMBER PANEL APPOINTED BY THE EMS BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION.

(B) (1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE STATE
UNLESS ISSUED A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE BY THE EMS BOARD UNDER THIS
SECTION.

(2) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO:
(I) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO:

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