1. A. The EMS Board may grant a pilot supplemental protocol for the benefit of optimal patient care upon:

   1. (1) The recommendation of the Executive Director of MIEMSS; and
   2. (2) A determination that the pilot supplemental protocol has the potential to become a Statewide protocol or an optional supplemental protocol.

2. B. An EMS operational program medical director may request a pilot supplement to the protocols by submitting the request in writing to the State EMS medical director along with:

   1. (1) A plan for appropriate:

      1. (a) Training,
      2. (b) Examination, and
      3. (c) Oversight; and
   2. (2) A needs assessment which justifies the requested supplement.

Authority: Education Article, §§13-509, 13-510, and 13-516, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 15, 1999 (26:24 Md. R. 1859)

Regulation .02D amended effective December 12, 2011 (38:25 Md. R. 1583)

Regulation .02D, F amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931); December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1946)