PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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(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.

(5)      "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES" MEANS:

(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;

(HI) AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-AMBULANCE;

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