When determining whether to waive a rule, the Board will consider a number of factors including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
1. Whether the person or organization seeking the waiver took reasonable steps to ascertain the rule and comply with it;2. Whether the person or organization seeking the waiver was given inaccurate information by an agent or employee of the State EMS program;3. Whether the person or organization seeking the waiver, or any other individual or group, would be significantly injured or harmed if the rule were not waived;4. Whether waiver of the rule in the particular case would pose a health or safety risk to the public at large or a particular individual or community; and5. Whether waiver of the rule in the particular case would establish a precedent that would unduly hinder the Board or office of EMS in its administration of Maine's EMS system.16-163 C.M.R. ch. 13, § 2