<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 30.02.05.02" title_num="30" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="05" 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>“Case resolution conference” means a committee established in MIEMSS composed of one EMS Board member, an assistant attorney general, and MIEMSS staff which is available to a respondent as a means to explore the possibility of a consent order or other resolution of a matter before the EMS Board on a voluntary, informal, and confidential basis.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Complaint” means a written report prepared for the provider review panel by the incident review committee based on an incident report which sets forth information which the incident review committee considers necessary to a proper review by the provider review panel and final action by the EMS Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Disposition agreement” means a formal agreement, which may be nonpublic, in which a respondent agrees to comply with certain conditions and the EMS Board foregoes further investigation or other action.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Incident Report.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Incident report” means a written allegation that an individual has committed an act or acts which violate Education Article, §13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland, or the regulations adopted under it.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Incident report” includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Notification that an applicant for a license or certificate or a renewal is alleged to have committed an act or acts which violate Education Article, §13-516, or the regulations adopted under it;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A law enforcement report;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A report from a hospital or other medical facility;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>A report from another country, state, the armed services of the United States, a unit of State government, or a unit of local government;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>A consumer complaint;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>A news article, report, or media tape;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>A malpractice claim;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>A Maryland Ambulance Information System runsheet; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>Other information, from any source, that warrants investigation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Incident review committee” means a committee established in MIEMSS and composed of the State EMS Medical Director or designee, an assistant attorney general, and MIEMSS staff, including staff investigators, which acts on incident reports.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Noncompliance notice” means a written notice of EMS Board action issued by the EMS Board to a respondent alleged to have committed an act or acts which violate Education Article, §13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland, or the regulations adopted under it, which sets forth:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The act or acts alleged;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The reason for the action;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The statutory or regulatory basis for the action;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The right of the respondent to request a hearing within 30 days of receipt of the noncompliance notice;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Notice that, if a hearing is not requested or if a hearing is requested and the respondent does not appear, the EMS Board will take the proposed action which is final and binding on the respondent; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Further information as State Government Article, §10-207, Annotated Code of Maryland, may require.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Provider review panel” means the body created by Education Article, §13-516(e), Annotated Code of Maryland, and Regulation .14 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Respondent” means an individual against whom action is contemplated by the EMS Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>