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<chapter num="82" heading="Elevators and Rescue Litters" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>This chapter delineates and defines certain terms used in Public Safety Article, §12-816, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definition.">
    <text>“Rescue litter” means a device for use in moving a sick or wounded person. The term may include, but is not limited to, an ambulance stretcher, cot, or litter.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Rescue Litter Size.">
    <text>For the purposes of Public Safety Article, §12-816, Annotated Code of Maryland, the owner or lessee shall ensure that a horizontally positioned 6 foot 8 inch rescue litter having a width of 24 inches can be accommodated in the passenger elevator.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Public Safety Article, §12-805, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 8, 1986 (13:18 Md. R. 2020)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective December 23, 1991 (18:25 Md. R. 2750)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective December 23, 1991 (18:25 Md. R. 2750)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>