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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 174
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(8) The panel shall elect a chairman from among its members.
(9) The EMS Board shall adopt regulations for the selection,
appointment, and terms of the members of the panel, including providing for the
staggering of terms.
(10) (i) The provider review panel shall review patient care and other
allegations of misconduct against emergency medical services providers and provide
recommendations to the EMS Board for further action as necessary.
(ii) The provider review panel shall perform any other duty or
function that the EMS Board requires.
(f) Subject to the rules, regulations, protocols, orders, and standards of the
EMS Board and subject to medical direction, while providing emergency medical
services:
(1) A cardiac rescue technician, an emergency medical technician-A, an
emergency medical technician-B, or an emergency medical technician-P may;
(i) Perform specified medical procedures as authorized by the EMS
Board;
(ii) Administer specified medications or intravenous solutions; and
(iii) Provide emergency medical transport;
(2) (i) An emergency medical dispatcher may:
1. Perform medical interrogation in order to determine the
type and level of response required at the scene of a medical emergency;
2. Provide prearrival instructions including instructions in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(ii) Participation in emergency medical dispatch programs by
jurisdictions is totally voluntary; and
(3) A first responder:
(i) May perform specified medical procedures as defined by the
EMS Board; and
(ii) May not be the primary emergency medical services provider
during emergency medical transport.
(G) SUBJECT TO THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROTOCOLS, ORDERS, AND
STANDARDS OF THE EMS BOARD, AN EMT-P MAY ADMINISTER INFLUENZA AND
HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATIONS AND TUBERCULOSIS SKIN TESTING, IN A
NONEMERGENCY ENVIRONMENT, TO PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE EMT-P, IF THE SERVICES ARE:
(1) AUTHORIZED BY A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PROVIDER'S JURISDICTIONAL EMS OPERATIONAL PROGRAM MEDICAL DIRECTOR
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