1. A. This regulation governs the delegation of medical duties by a physician to an EMS provider while providing emergency medical services.
2. B. An EMS provider shall accept only that delegation which is in accordance with the regulations of the EMS Board.

3. C. Except as provided by standing orders consistent with the “Maryland Medical Protocols for EMS Providers”, an EMS provider may not accept physician delegation of the:

   1. (1) Ultimate responsibility for diagnosis or therapy; and
   2. (2) Duty of independently administering or dispensing drugs.

Authority: Education Article, §13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 1999 (25:26 Md. R. 1926)

Regulation .01B amended effective December 12, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2017)