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

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

### Chapter 03 — Basic Life Support Education Programs

#### Regulation .05 Content.

*COMAR 30.04.03.05*

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

B. Each BLS education program shall provide:

  (1) Didactic instruction which shall impart 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; and

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

C. Distance Education. Training programs may utilize distance education for cognitive components of initial training leading to EMS certification 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.