House Bill 223

AN ACT concerning

Emergency Medical Services - Automated External Defibrillator Program

FOR the purpose of establishing an Automated External Defibrillator Program to
authorize certain facilities to make automated external defibrillation (AED)
available; requiring certain facilities to have a certain certificate before they
may make automated external defibrillation available; creating certain
exceptions; defining certain terms; requiring an individual to have certain
training and authorization before the individual may provide automated
external defibrillation; creating certain exceptions; authorizing the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Board to adopt certain rules and regulations;
authorizing the EMS Board to set certain fees; authorizing the EMS Board to
issue certificates to facilities meeting certain requirements to make automated
external defibrillation available; authorizing the EMS Board to charge certain
application and renewal fees; authorizing the EMS Board to suspend, revoke, or
refuse to renew the certificates of certain facilities under certain circumstances;
requiring facilities to meet certain requirements; requiring the EMS Board to
issue a certificate to a facility that meets certain requirements; requiring
certain information to be included on a certificate; providing immunity to
certain persons under certain circumstances; authorizing the EMS Board to
delegate certain of its functions under this Act to the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services Systems; requiring the EMS Board to adopt certain
regulations by a certain date; and generally relating to a program for facilities to
provide automated external defibrillation under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Education
Section 13-501(a), (e), and (g)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 13-517

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

13-501.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.