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

## Subtitle 08 — Designation of Trauma and Specialty Referral Centers

### Chapter 11 — Designated Primary Stroke Center Standards

#### Regulation .10 Qualifications of Stroke Center Director and Clinicians.

*COMAR 30.08.11.10*

A. The stroke center medical director shall be a physician with special competence in caring for the acute stroke patient who is Board certified or Board eligible in:

  (1) Neurology;

  (2) Emergency medicine;

  (3) Neurosurgery;

  (4) Neuro interventional radiology; or

  (5) Internal medicine.

B. The stroke center medical director’s qualifications shall include:

  (1) Active participation in the stroke Quality Improvement Council (QIC); and

  (2) 8 hours of category 1 CME credits related to stroke care annually.

C. Qualifications for stroke center physicians who care for acute stroke patients shall include 4 or more hours of category 1 or 2 CME credits per year related to stroke care.

D. Training for non-physician stroke center professional staff who care for acute stroke patients shall include 4 or more hours per year of continuing education in areas related to cerebrovascular disease.