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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 30.03.08.03" title_num="30" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="08" 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>“Ambulance provider” means the person who owns or operates an ambulance.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Ambulance transport” means a transport by ambulance, together with attendant medical services, medical supplies, drugs, and linens provided by the ambulance provider.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Emergency ambulance” means an ambulance used to provide emergency ambulance transport an average of three times per week, as measured over a reasonable period of time.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Emergency ambulance transport” means an ambulance transport initiated by an emergency call or a call from another acute care facility unable to provide the higher level care required by the patient and available at the receiving facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Emergency call” means a call placed through 9-1-1 or some other emergency access number.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“EMS provider” means an individual licensed or certified by the Maryland State EMS Board under Education Article, §13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Receiving facility” means a hospital or other facility that provides emergency medical services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Restock” means the replenishment of drugs, medical supplies, and linens used for a patient prior to delivery of the patient to the hospital and other receiving facility on a one to one basis without charge to an ambulance provider.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>