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Services Board (EMS Board) to approve
CRT courses, conduct examinations,
and issue CRT licenses. Md. Code Ann.,
Educ. § 13-516(a)(2).
To obtain a CRT license, the EMS
Board required " successful completion
of a Cardiac/Rescue Technician/EMT
Intermediate/99 (CRT-I) course. " In addition, to obtain a CRT license, the EMS
Board also required 12 months experience " in providing patient care as an
EMT-B or at least 150 documented ambulance responses. "
The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MEMSS)
issued regulations governing the content of Advanced Life Support (ALS)
education programs. Md. Code Regs.
30.04.02.01 et seq. In addition to classroom training, these regulations required A LS students to " complete a
supervised clinical experience, which
includes the practice of skills within
clinical education facilities, and a supervised field internship, which includes the
practice of skills while functioning in a
prehospital ALS environment. "
During the clinical and field training,
regulations require that students be supervised by clinical and field preceptors. In the field portion of the training,
the ratio of students to preceptors must
be one to one.
Upon entering the fire academy, apprentices signed an Apprenticeship
Agreement in which they agreed to the
terms of the Apprenticeship Standards
filed with the Maryland Apprenticeship
and Training Council. The standards include a requirement that apprentices
will complete a minimum of 144 hours
per year of related instruction and that
these hours will not be considered as
hours worked when given outside regular working hours. In addition to the CRTI course, apprentices were required to
undergo enhanced training, including
courses in pump operations, aerial operations, hazmat tech, arson awareness/
sprinkler, and rescue technician.
During the second portion of the apprentices' training, they worked an eight
day cycle, with four days on and four
days off. Training to obtain their CRT licensure was sometimes scheduled on

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