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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13B.03.01.02" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Application process” means the date the Application for State Emergency Services Instructor Certification or Recertification is received from the sponsoring agency by the MICRB.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Approval” means approval as statutorily applied to the Maryland Fire-Rescue Education and Training Commission (MFRETC) as an agency of the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), under Education Article, §11-105, Annotated Code of Maryland, before a postsecondary institution can award a certificate, diploma, or degree to an individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Certification” means to verify that an individual has met the requirements of these standards.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Emergency services” means fire, rescue, and emergency medical services, with emergency medical services also meaning “emergency care” as related to training.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Field evolutions” means a structured training exercise designed to complete a specific training objective.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Local emergency services instructor” means an individual who is designated to instruct by the local jurisdiction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Local jurisdiction” means any city, county, municipal, or State government, public fire-rescue or emergency medical services department, State-approved public school, or postsecondary institution providing emergency services training or education, and other institutions as approved by the Maryland Instructor Certification Review Board (MICRB).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Maryland Instructor Certification Review Board (MICRB)” means an independent five-member board created as a unit within the University System of Maryland which is responsible for the administration of the Emergency Services Instructor Certification Program and the issuance of certificates under that program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Sponsoring agency” means a local jurisdiction submitting a candidate for certification.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“State emergency services instructor” means an individual who is certified to be an emergency services instructor by the MICRB.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Supporting services” means nonteaching support rendered in the emergency services area, usually in an administrative or communication capacity in the career or volunteer service.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Training supervisor” means an individual who is a MICRB certified State emergency services instructor and who directly supervises certified State emergency services instructors on a full-time basis.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>