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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-425" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Health and Safety of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each county board shall develop and implement an automated external defibrillator program that meets the requirements of § 13–517 of this article for each high school and middle school in the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland State School Health Council, and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, shall adopt regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Establish guidelines for periodic inspections and annual maintenance of the automated external defibrillators; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Assist county boards in carrying out the provisions of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each middle school and high school shall develop a venue–specific emergency action plan for the operation and use of automatic external defibrillators that meets the requirements of § 7–450 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
