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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="9-115" title_number="9" title_name="General and Administrative Provisions" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Retired volunteer firefighter” means an individual who is a retired firefighter who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>volunteered with a volunteer fire company in a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was actively involved in fire suppression while volunteering with the volunteer fire company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has completed a minimum of 3 years of volunteer service; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>accumulated at least 50 points under a length of service award program or a point system established in lieu of a length of service award program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Volunteer fire company” includes a volunteer fire department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Volunteer firefighter” means an individual who is a firefighter actively involved in fire suppression and volunteering with a volunteer fire company in a county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county in which a volunteer fire company is located shall offer no–cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with the latest screening guidelines issued by the International Association of Fire Fighters to each volunteer firefighter who volunteers and each retired volunteer firefighter who volunteered with the volunteer fire company.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each volunteer fire company shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>maintain an up–to–date list of volunteer firefighters who are volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the volunteer fire company; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the list to the county in which the volunteer fire company is located:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>on or before October 1 each year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>on request of the county.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each county in which a volunteer fire company is located shall maintain a list of all volunteer firefighters who volunteer and all retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered in the county as provided by each volunteer fire company located in the county under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A county may satisfy the requirement in subsection (b)(1) of this section by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>providing a no–cost annual examination to volunteer firefighters and retired volunteer firefighters that includes preventive cancer screenings for firefighters in accordance with the latest screening guidelines issued by the International Association of Fire Fighters; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>applying for a grant under Title 13, Subtitle 40 of the Health – General Article to pay for innovative cancer screening technologies, including a multicancer early detection blood test.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
