This chapter governs the record keeping and submission requirements for commercial ambulance services and commercial ambulances. A commercial ambulance service shall: Maintain records in any permanent form including: Paper, or Magnetic media; Organize all records in such a manner as to allow the commercial ambulance service to locate, within a reasonable time, a record, given: A patient's name, Date and time of a call, and Pick up or discharge location; and Retain all records for not less than 5 years and in accordance with: Local law, State law, and Federal law. A commercial ambulance service shall maintain complete and accurate records regarding the care and transportation of each patient that the commercial ambulance service: Responds to transport; Agrees to transport; or Transports to, from, or within the State. A record for each patient referred to in §A of this regulation shall contain the following information: Patient's name; Patient's residence address; Date and time of scheduled pickup; Location of pick up; Date of service; Time dispatched; Commercial ambulance number; Time en route to pick up location; Time arrived at pick up location; Time en route to destination; Patient's destination; Time arrived at destination; Referring physician; Receiving physician, if available; and Pertinent remarks. A commercial ambulance service shall use the standard Maryland Ambulance Information System runsheet and additional narrative supplied at cost by SOCALR. A commercial ambulance service shall maintain: A complete and current personnel list which includes: EMS providers; Ambulance drivers; Registered nurses; and Any other medical personnel employed; Personnel lists which include each employee's: Full name; and Health care certification or license: Number, Level, Date of issuance, and Date of expiration; Accurate and completed employee training records for: New employee orientation; Continuing education; and All training required for compliance with this subtitle; Training records that document: Date training provided; Course outline; Employee attendance; Instructor name; and Instructor's qualifications; and Accurate records of employee: Communicable disease exposure histories; Immunization records; and Yearly TB screening. A commercial ambulance service shall: Complete dated inventory sheets daily to ensure each ambulance is: Clean, Has adequate supplies, and Is in compliance with COMAR 11.14; and Maintain a written policy detailing the procedures to be followed if a mechanical failure occurs with the ambulance when responding to or transporting a patient. A commercial ambulance service shall: Upon reasonable request from SOCALR, submit within a reasonable time: Reports; Surveys; Complaint investigation findings; Patient care records; Personnel records; Training records; and Vehicle records; Notify SOCALR orally within 72 hours, and in writing within 5 calendar days, of all: New names registered with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation for the purpose of doing business; Additions, or deletions, to the physical locations of operation; Changes in: Medical direction, ALS coordinator, Information included on an application, and Operation of the ambulance service; Reports submitted to the deputy State health officer in accordance with COMAR 10.06.01; Reports submitted in accordance with COMAR 30.03.04; Violations of this subtitle by: A commercial ambulance service employee, or Anyone acting as an agent for a commercial ambulance service; Events involving the commercial ambulance service which results in: Bodily injury, or Death; Submit every proposed change to ambulance markings for review and approval before making any changes to ambulance markings, including but not limited to: Numbering; Lettering; or Symbols; Submit by the 15th of each month for the preceding month a complete and accurate MAIS report for each patient that the commercial ambulance service: Responds to transport; Agrees to transport; or Transports to, from, or within the State; Submit a current personnel list quarterly, before the 15th of January, April, July, and October; and Submit by the 15th of each month for the preceding month a summary report listing the number of calls for the month that were: BLS; ALS; Neonatal; SCT; Accompanied by a physician, nurse, or other health care provider; Referred to 911; or BLS calls in which the AED was used. Education Article, §13-515, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: October 12, 1992 (19:20 Md. R. 1816) Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.22.08 to COMAR 30.09.08, August, 1997 Regulations .01—.02, Record Keeping and Reporting, repealed effective January 10, 2000 (26:27 Md. R. 2017) Regulations .01—.06, Record Keeping and Submission Requirements, adopted effective January 10, 2000 (26:27 Md. R. 2017) Regulation .06F amended effective January 15, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1866)