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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 30.09.08.02" title_num="30" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="08" heading="General Record-Keeping Requirements.">
  <text>A commercial ambulance service shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Maintain records in any permanent form including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Paper, or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Magnetic media;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Organize all records in such a manner as to allow the commercial ambulance service to locate, within a reasonable time, a record, given:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A patient's name,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Date and time of a call, and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pick up or discharge location; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Retain all records for not less than 5 years and in accordance with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Local law,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>State law, and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Federal law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>