1. A. Definitions.

   1. (1) “7AG60” means the conventional 700MHz National Interoperability channel designated for commercial and non-allied helicopter communications with SYSCOM.
   2. (2) “7AIRMED” means the conventional 700MHz multicast radio system operated by MIEMSS to provide medical communications with commercial and non-allied helicopters.
   3. (3) “EMRC” means the Emergency Medical Resource Center operated by MIEMSS for the Emergency Medical Services Communications System.
   4. (4) “EMSCS” means the Emergency Medical Services Communications System.
   5. (5) “HELIMED1” means the Maryland FiRST statewide radio system talkgroup utilized by Maryland State Police Aviation Command helicopters as a secondary means of medical communications with EMRC.
   6. (6) “Hospital” means an institution that is required to be licensed as a hospital by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene pursuant to Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 10.07.01.
   7. (7) “MIEMSS” means the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems established pursuant to Education Article, §13-503, Annotated Code of Maryland.
   8. (8) “Patient transport” means the helicopter transport of a patient from one hospital to another or to or from a specialty center.
   9. (9) “Specialty center” means a hospital specified by MIEMSS to be a specialty referral center or trauma center participating in the Emergency Medical Services System.
   10. (10) “SYSCOM” means the Systems Communication Center operated by MIEMSS for the Emergency Medical Services Communications System.
   11. (11) “SYSCOM-TG” means the Maryland FiRST statewide radio system talkgroup utilized by Maryland State Police Aviation Command helicopters as a secondary means of communications with SYSCOM.

2. B. Notice of Patient Transports.

   1. (1) The pilot or other crew member of a helicopter conducting patient transport or landing at a Maryland hospital or specialty center shall notify SYSCOM as provided in this section.
   2. (2) The pilot shall contact SYSCOM directly using law enforcement frequency 44.74 MHz, tone code 110.9 Hz, SYSCOM-TG, or 7AG60.

   3. (3) The programming information for 7AG60 is:

      Mobile/Aircraft Programming 7AG60
      SYSCOM Operations	Site Name	Aircraft Rx & NAC	Aircraft Tx & NAC
      Statewide	All	769.63125 (NAC = F7E)	799.63125 (NAC = 293)

   4. (4) The pilot shall inform SYSCOM 15 minutes before landing at a hospital or specialty referral center or as soon as practical, whichever is earlier.
   5. (5) The pilot shall inform SYSCOM again within 3 minutes of the estimated landing time at the hospital or specialty referral center.

   6. (6) In the initial communication with SYSCOM, the pilot shall:

      1. (a) Provide identification of the agency or helicopter service making the patient transport; and
      2. (b) Indicate the destination and estimated time of arrival.
   7. (7) Within 3 minutes after departure from a hospital, specialty referral center, or the scene of an accident where the patient was picked up for transport or delivered after transport, the pilot shall notify SYSCOM of the helicopter's departure point, route, and estimated time of arrival at its next destination.
   8. (8) Helicopters which do not have frequency 44.74 MHz, tone code 110.9 Hz, or 7AG60, but have air-to-ground telephone capability shall call SYSCOM at (410) 706-7814 via air-to-ground telephone to provide the data required in §B(4)—(7) of this regulation.
   9. (9) Helicopter services not having operational communications on any of the radio or air-to-ground telephone services described in this section shall contact its base medical or dispatching operations center to have patient and estimated time of arrival data forward to SYSCOM at (410) 706-7814 via a conventional public switched telephone.

3. C. Medical Communications.

   1. (1) Upon the helicopter medic’s request for medical communications, SYSCOM shall instruct the helicopter medic to switch to medical frequency 47.66 MHz, tone code 100.0 Hz, HELIMED1, or 7AIRMED.

   2. (2) The programming information for 7AIRMED is:

      Mobile/Aircraft Programming 7AIRMED
      EMRC Operations	Site Name	Aircraft Rx & NAC	Aircraft Tx & NAC
      Baltimore	Dundalk Marine Terminal	773.61875 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)
      Hagerstown	Lambs Knoll	769.13125 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)
      Salisbury	Salisbury SHA	770.63125 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)
      Western Maryland	Dan’s Rock	774.11875 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)
      Washington, DC/Metro	Temple Hills	770.13125 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)
      Southern Maryland	Leonardtown	773.11875 (NAC = F7E)	800.13125 (NAC = 293)

   3. (3) The medic shall provide the nature of injury or illness and the related information necessary to coordinate the receipt of the patient at the hospital receiving facility.
   4. (4) Helicopters which do not have communications capability on medical frequency 47.66 MHz, tone code 100.0 Hz, or 7AIRMED, but have air-to-ground telephone capability shall call SYSCOM at (410) 706-7814 via air-to-ground telephone to provide the data required in §C(3) of this regulation.
   5. (5) Helicopter services not having operational communications capabilities on any of the radio or air-to-ground telephone services described in this section shall contact their home base medical or dispatching operations center to have patient and estimated time of arrival data forwarded to SYSCOM at (410) 706-7814 via a conventional public switched telephone.

Authority: Education Article, §13-509(d), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 24, 1986 (13:6 Md. R. 684)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective May 31, 1991 (18:12 Md. R. 1318); revised permanently effective August 19, 1991 (18:16 Md. R. 1813)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.17.01 to COMAR 30.07.01, August 1997

Regulation .01 amended effective November 10, 2025 (52:22 Md. R. 1096)

Regulation .01B amended effective December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1946)