H.B. 440

VETOES

(11)   Assure continued improvement of transportation for emergency,
critically ill, and injured patients by supporting the goals of career and volunteer systems
throughout this State; and

(12)   Implement all programmatic, operational, and administrative
components of the Institute.

13-515.

(c) (1) The Institute, in consultation with representatives of the ambulance
service industry in Maryland, shall adopt regulations necessary to establish a periodic
licensing system for ambulance services in the State.

(2) The regulations shall, at a minimum, require:

(i) Each ambulance operated by the ambulance service to be
equipped with adequate equipment and supplies to:

1.        Care for the patients being transported; and

2.        Communicate with the dispatcher;

(ii) At least 1 individual, in addition to the driver, be in attendance on
the ambulance during each transport who:

1.        Is certified OR LICENSED by the State as an emergency
medical technician UNDER § 13-516 OF THIS SUBTITLE; or

2.        Has successfully completed a course of training determined
by the Institute to be substantially equivalent to the training necessary for certification
OR LICENSURE as an emergency medical technician; and

(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;

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