Md. Code Regs. 30.03.06.02 - Base Stations in General

An EMS base station designated by MIEMSS shall:

A Be a unit of a licensed hospital;

B Operate 24 hours a day;

C Have communications equipment as required by MIEMSS to provide necessary communications with ambulances and MIEMSS;

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

(1) EMRC Radio with voice recorder; and

(2) Demstel Telephone, where deployed;

E. Monitor and provide timely responses to MEMRAD; E-l. Provide admission/discharge/transfer messages to MIEMSS through the State-Designated Health Information Exchange;

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;

G. Have a designated EMS space with computer, and internet connectivity suitable for EMS provider eMEDS® reporting;

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;

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;

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

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.

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 30.03.06.02

Regulation .02A amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 931); amended effective 43:20 Md. R. 1110, eff. 10/10/2016; amended effective 48:5 Md. R. 218, eff. 3/8/2021