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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 30.06.02.01" title_num="30" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Criteria for Registration of Facilities.">
  <text>To be eligible for registration, or renewal of registration, to operate an AED under this subtitle, a registered facility shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Designate an AED coordinator who shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have successfully completed CPR and AED Training, and subsequent refresher training, in accordance with their training course requirements that at a minimum includes content consistent with the recommendations for layperson CPR and AED training in the most current publication of the American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be responsible for implementing and administering the AED program at the registered facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensure that monthly safety inspections of all supplemental and AED equipment, including assurance of adequate battery charge, per the manufacturer’s guidelines are conducted and maintain written logs of the inspections.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Provide information regarding the operation, maintenance, and location of the registered facility's AEDs to all individuals employed by or volunteering for the registered facility;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Place all AEDs in locations which are visible and readily accessible to any person willing to operate the AED in the event of a cardiac arrest;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Have a telephone or other communication service available at all times at each site at which an AED is operated, for the notification of the public safety answering point;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Submit data or other information concerning the AED program which may be periodically requested by MIEMSS; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Ensure that expected operators have completed CPR and AED Training, and subsequent refresher training, in accordance with their training course requirements that at a minimum includes content consistent with the recommendations for layperson CPR and AED training in the most current publication of the American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>