PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 201

(2) THE EMS BOARD MAY NOT CHARGE A LICENSING OR, CERTIFYING,
TESTING, OR RETESTING FEE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A CURRENT MEMBER OR
EMPLOYEE OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR VOLUNTEER FIRE, RESCUE, OR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY AT THE DATE OF APPLICATION.

(3) THE EMS BOARD SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE TERM AND RENEWAL OF
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(D) (1) THE EMS BOARD MAY ADOPT RULES, REGULATIONS, PROTOCOLS,
ORDERS, AND STANDARDS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(2) ANY REGULATIONS OF THE EMS BOARD RELATING TO THE
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE SHALL BE ADOPTED JOINTLY WITH THE BOARD OF
PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE

(3) ANY REGULATIONS OF THE EMS BOARD RELATING TO THE
PRACTICE OF NURSING SHALL BE ADOPTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BOARD
OF NURSING.

(E) (1) (I) THERE IS A PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL TO THE EMS BOARD.

(II) THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE

EMS BOARD.

(2) THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL CONSISTS OF TWELVE MEMBERS 13
MEMBERS, TEN 11 VOTING MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE EMS BOARD AND TWO
NONVOTING MEMBERS.

(3) EIGHT OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE LICENSED OR
CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY
PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE TIME OF THEIR
APPOINTMENT. THREE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF A GOVERNMENTAL FIRE, RESCUE,
OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY, THREE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF A
VOLUNTEER FIRE, RESCUE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY, ONE
SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF A COMMERCIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND ONE SHALL
BE AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER IN APPOINTING THE PROVIDER
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVIDER REVIEW PANEL, THE BOARD SHALL GIVE
CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING FOR REASONABLE REPRESENTATION FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

(4) ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE
OF PHYSICIAN APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE.

(5) ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A MEDICAL DIRECTOR
WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE

(6) ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WHO
HAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE.

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