# COMAR Title 30 — Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)

## Subtitle 04 — Emergency Medical Services Education Programs and Courses

### Chapter 02 — Advanced Life Support Education Programs

#### Regulation .05 Content.

*COMAR 30.04.02.05*

A. Each ALS education program shall teach the appropriate ALS curriculum.

B. Each ALS education program shall provide:

  (1) Didactic instruction which imparts fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes which contribute to the delivery of state-of-the-art prehospital emergency medical care, including:

    (a) Assessment of signs and symptoms;

    (b) Performance of therapeutic interventions; and

    (c) Evaluation of response to interventions;

  (2) Supervised clinical experience which includes practice of skills within clinical education facilities; and

  (3) Supervised field internship which includes practice of skills while functioning in a prehospital ALS environment.

C. Distance Education. Training programs may utilize distance education for cognitive components of initial training leading to EMS licensure if the program:

  (1) Demonstrates the methods of distance education utilized are educationally and technically appropriate for the content and audience; and

  (2) Ensures the quality of the distance education method including:

    (a) Learning and teaching considerations;

    (b) Communication;

    (c) Educational and technology design; and

    (d) Program and system management.