An EMS base station designated by MIEMSS shall:

1. A. Be a unit of a licensed hospital;
2. B. Operate 24 hours a day;
3. C. Have communications equipment as required by MIEMSS to provide necessary communications with ambulances and MIEMSS;

4. D. In collaboration with MIEMSS, maintain all MIEMSS required communications equipment in working order, including:

   1. (1) EMRC Radio with voice recorder; and
   2. (2) Demstel Telephone, where deployed;
5. E. Monitor and provide timely responses to MEMRAD;
6. E-1. Provide admission/discharge/transfer messages to MIEMSS through the State-Designated Health Information Exchange;
7. F. Develop and implement a process to ensure utilization of State standardized and approved quality improvement/quality review tools and retain reviewed records for 5 years;
8. G. Have a designated EMS space with computer, and internet connectivity suitable for EMS provider eMEDS® reporting;
9. H. Participate in and provide clinical sites for training EMS personnel under a current memorandum of understanding with one or more EMS academies, educational institutions, or EMS Operational Programs, and maintain documentation of EMS participation;
10. I. Receive from the EMS personnel at time of hand off either the completed eMEDS® report on the Hospital Dashboard or MIEMSS standardized and approved short form;
11. J. Include in the patient’s hospital medical record the downloaded eMEDS® patient care report forms from the eMEDS® Hospital Dashboard /Hub and, when used, the MIEMSS standardized and approved short forms; and
12. K. Develop and implement a process for linking the MIEMSS-approved Prehospital Consultation/Interventions Radio Report Forms to the radio consult and incorporation into the hospital patient medical record.

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 .02A amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931)

Regulation .03A amended effective December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1946)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931)

Regulation .07B amended effective December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1946)

Regulation .08 amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931)

Regulation .09A amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931)

Chapter revised effective October 10, 2016 (43:20 Md. R. 1110)

Regulation .01B amended effective March 8, 2021 (48:5 Md. R. 218)

Regulation .02E amended effective March 8, 2021 (48:5 Md. R. 218)

Regulation .02E-1 adopted effective March 8, 2021 (48:5 Md. R. 218)

Regulation 04-1 adopted effective February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 77)