Each regional EMS council shall:
- A. Advise MIEMSS on matters of policy, protocols, rules, and regulations;
- B. Provide a representative to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and specified subcommittees formed by MIEMSS;
- C. Recommend to the State EMS Medical Director candidates for regional medical director;
- D. Recommend to the Associate State EMS Medical Director for Pediatrics candidates for associate regional medical director for pediatrics;
- E. Solicit and prioritize expressions of interest for highway safety grants awarded by the federal or State government;
F. Advise the following on matters concerning emergency medical services:
- (1) State government;
- (2) Local governments; and
- (3) EMS operational programs;
- G. Serve as a forum for coordinating EMS activities among EMS operational programs in the region; and
- H. Establish interjurisdictional quality assurance and quality improvement programs.
Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 932)