This chapter defines terms used throughout Title 30. In this title, the following terms have the meanings indicated. Terms Defined. “Advanced life support (ALS)” means care that may only be rendered by paramedics or CRTs under the Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers. “Affiliated” means having employment or membership as an EMS provider with an EMS operational program. “Automated external defibrillator (AED)” means a medical heart monitor and defibrillator device that: Has been cleared for market by the Food and Drug Administration; Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart and requires user intervention to deliver the electrical impulse or automatically continues with the delivery of the electrical impulse. “Base station” means a unit of a hospital which has been approved by the EMS Board under COMAR 30.03.06 to provide online medical direction to EMS providers. “Basic life support (BLS)” means care rendered by emergency medical technicians or emergency medical responders under the Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers that is not ALS care. “Cardiac rescue technician (CRT)” means an individual licensed by the EMS Board as a CRT. “Electronic Maryland EMS Data System (eMEDS®)” means the web-based electronic prehospital data collection system operated by MIEMSS. “Electronic Maryland Ambulance Information System (EMAIS®)” means the Web-based electronic prehospital data collection system developed and operated by MIEMSS. “Emergency medical dispatcher (EMD)” means an individual licensed by the EMS Board as an EMD. “Emergency medical responder (EMR)” means an individual certified by the EMS Board as an emergency medical responder. “Emergency medical services (EMS)” has the meaning stated in Education Article, §13-516(a)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland. “Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board” means the Board established by Education Article, §13-503, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Emergency medical services (EMS) operational program” means: A jurisdictional EMS operational program; or An institution, agency, corporation, or other entity that is licensed by MIEMSS as a commercial service under Education Article, §13-515, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Emergency medical technician (EMT)” means an individual certified by the EMS Board as an emergency medical technician. “EMS clinician” means an individual licensed or certified by the EMS Board to provide emergency medical services. “EMS provider” means an individual licensed or certified by the EMS Board to provide emergency medical services. “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of MIEMSS. “Institutional review board” means a group of individuals designated by an institution in compliance with 45 CFR 46, to review the use of human subjects in proposed research. “Jurisdictional EMS operational program (jurisdiction)” means an EMS operational program which is approved under COMAR 30.03.02.03 and is not licensed as a commercial service under Education Article, §13-515, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Maryland Ambulance Information System (MAIS)” means the prehospital patient care record system for Maryland. “Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)” means the State agency established by Education Article, §13-503, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Paramedic” means an individual licensed by the EMS Board as a paramedic. “Statewide Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (SEMSAC)” means the body established by Education Article, §13-511, Annotated Code of Maryland. Education Article, §13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: December 15, 1999 (26:24 Md. R. 1859) Regulation .02 amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 929); December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1944) Regulation .02B amended effective November 1, 2010 (37:21 Md. R. 1437); December 12, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2017); January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2165); June 9, 2025 (52:11 Md. R. 533)