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S.B. 247
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VETOES
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(2) Unless licensed or certified to provide emergency medical services
under this section, a person may not represent to the public that the person is
authorized to provide emergency medical services in this State.
(3) Unless licensed or certified to provide emergency medical services
under this section, a person may not use the terms "cardiac rescue technician",
"CRT", "emergency medical dispatcher", "EMD", "emergency medical technician",
"EMT-A", "EMT-B", "EMT-P", "paramedic", or "first responder" or any other words,
letters, or symbols with the intent to represent that the person is authorized to
provide emergency medical services.
[(1)] (M) (1) There is an EMS Board Provider Fund.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the EMS
Board may set reasonable fees for the initial issuance of licenses or certificates and its
other services.
(3) (i) The EMS Board may not charge an initial licensing fee, an
initial certifying fee, a fee for the renewal of a license, a fee for the renewal of a
certificate, a testing fee, or a retesting fee to an individual who is a member or
employee of any governmental or volunteer fire or rescue company at the time of that
individual's application.
(ii) The EMS Board shall pay all fees collected under the provisions
of this section to the Comptroller of the State.
(iii) The Comptroller of the State shall distribute the fees to the
EMS Board Provider Fund.
(4) The EMS Board Provider Fund shall be used exclusively to fund the
actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory
duties of the EMS Board as provided by the provisions of this section.
(5) (i) The EMS Board Provider Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund
and is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(ii) Any unspent portion of the EMS Board Provider Fund may not
be transferred or revert to the General Fund of the State but shall remain in the EMS
Board Provider Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this section.
[(m)] (N) (1) The EMS Board may delegate any portion of its authority under
this section to the Executive Director of the Institute unless specifically precluded by
statute.
(2) Notice of any delegation of authority made under this section shall be
published in the Maryland Register.
(3) The EMS Board may not delegate its authority to promulgate and
revise regulations, hear contested cases, or designate the provider review panel to the
Executive Director or the Institute.
(4) The EMS Board may delegate to the Office of Administrative
Hearings the authority to hear contested cases and issue recommendations.
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