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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 30.03.06.03" title_num="30" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="06" heading="Personnel.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Base Station Medical Director. The Base Station Medical Director shall be a licensed Maryland physician authorized to provide online medical direction who has been appointed by the hospital pursuant to a written job description.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Base Station Coordinator. The Base Station Coordinator shall be a licensed Maryland registered nurse authorized to participate in online medical direction who has been appointed by the hospital pursuant to a written job description.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Physician Authorized to Provide Online Medical Direction. A physician authorized to provide online medical direction shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medicine in Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be Board certified or Board eligible in a specialty approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties appropriate for a base station;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Have successfully completed a MIEMSS-approved base station course with a minimum score of 80 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Annually complete a Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers update by July 1 of each year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A licensed registered nurse, a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner authorized to participate in online medical direction at a base station under the direct supervision of a licensed physician shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be licensed as a registered nurse, a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner in Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have successfully completed a MIEMSS-approved base station course with a minimum score of 80 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Annually complete a Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers update by July 1 of each year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A physician resident or fellow authorized to participate in online medical direction at a base station under the direct supervision of a licensed physician authorized to provide medical direction shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be a licensed Maryland physician;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have successfully completed a MIEMSS-approved base station course with a minimum score of 80 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Annually complete a Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers update by July 1 of each year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>