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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 35
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(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.
(d) To qualify for an ambulance service license, an applicant shall:
(1) Pay to the Institute an application fee established in accordance with
this section;
(2) Maintain commercial general liability insurance that provides for at
least $1 million in coverage in the form of an insurance policy issued by an insurer
acceptable to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to write such policies in the
State;
(3) Provide to the Institute a certificate of insurance that at a minimum:
(i) Indicates that the insurance required under this subsection is
in effect at the time the application is submitted; and
(ii) Lists the Institute as an additional party entitled to notification
at least 10 days before any:
1. Nonrenewal or cancellation of a policy required by this
subsection; or
2. Substantive change is made in the coverage or level of
insurance provided under a policy required by this subsection; and
(4) Meet the requirements of this section and all regulations adopted by
the Institute under this section.
(e) (1) THERE IS A COMMERCIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE FUND WITHIN THE
INSTITUTE.
[(1)] (2) (I) The Institute shall set reasonable fees for the licensing
and license renewal of ambulance services.
[(2)] (II) The fees charged by the Institute shall be set in a manner that
will produce funds sufficient to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of
maintaining the licensing program under this section.
[(3)] (III) The total reasonable cost of maintaining the licensing program
may not be more than the revenues generated by the fees for the licensing and license
renewal for ambulance services.
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