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﻿ Sec. 144E.001 MN Statutes
Section 144E.001
144E.01
2019 Subd. 5h Amended 2019 c 42 s 1
2015 Subd. 5h New 2015 c 71 art 9 s 8
2012 Subd. 1b Amended 2012 c 193 s 1
2012 Subd. 3a Amended 2012 c 193 s 2
2012 Subd. 4a Amended 2012 c 193 s 3
2012 Subd. 4b Amended 2012 c 193 s 4
2012 Subd. 5c Amended 2012 c 193 s 5
2012 Subd. 5d Amended 2012 c 193 s 6
2012 Subd. 5e Amended 2012 c 193 s 7
2012 Subd. 5f Amended 2012 c 193 s 8
2012 Subd. 5g New 2012 c 193 s 9
2012 Subd. 6 Amended 2012 c 193 s 10
2012 Subd. 6a New 2012 c 193 s 11
2012 Subd. 6b New 2012 c 193 s 12
2012 Subd. 6c New 2012 c 193 s 13
2012 Subd. 6d New 2012 c 193 s 14
2012 Subd. 11 Amended 2012 c 193 s 15
2012 Subd. 14 Amended 2012 c 193 s 16
2011 Subd. 5f New 2011 c 12 s 1
2009 Subd. 3a Amended 2009 c 159 s 9
2009 Subd. 9c Amended 2009 c 159 s 10
2005 Subd. 8 Amended 2005 c 147 art 10 s 1
2005 Subd. 14a New 2005 c 147 art 10 s 2
2005 Subd. 15 Amended 2005 c 147 art 10 s 3
1999 Subd. 1a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 4
1999 Subd. 1b New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 5
1999 Subd. 3a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 6
1999 Subd. 4a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 7
1999 Subd. 4b New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 8
1999 Subd. 5a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 9
1999 Subd. 5b New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 10
1999 Subd. 5c New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 11
1999 Subd. 5d New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 12
1999 Subd. 5e New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 13
1999 Subd. 8a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 14
1999 Subd. 9a New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 15
1999 Subd. 9b New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 16
1999 Subd. 9c New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 17
1999 Subd. 9d New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 18
1999 Subd. 11 New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 19
1999 Subd. 12 New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 20
1999 Subd. 13 New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 21
1999 Subd. 14 New 1999 c 245 art 9 s 22
1999 Subd. 15 New 1999 c 8 s 1
1997 144E.001 New 1997 c 199 s 1
144E.001 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of sections 144E.001 to 144E.52, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 1a.Advanced airway management.
"Advanced airway management" means insertion of an endotracheal tube or creation of a surgical airway.
Subd. 1b.Advanced life support.
"Advanced life support" means rendering basic life support and rendering intravenous therapy, drug therapy, intubation, and defibrillation as outlined in the United States Department of Transportation emergency medical technician-paramedic curriculum or its equivalent, as approved by the board.
Subd. 2.Ambulance.
"Ambulance" means any vehicle designed or intended for and actually used in providing ambulance service to ill or injured persons or expectant mothers.
Subd. 3.Ambulance service.
"Ambulance service" means transportation and treatment which is rendered or offered to be rendered preliminary to or during transportation to, from, or between health care facilities for ill or injured persons or expectant mothers. The term includes all transportation involving the use of a stretcher, unless the person to be transported is not likely to require medical treatment during the course of transport.
Subd. 3a.Ambulance service personnel.
(1) EMT's, EMT-I's, or EMT-P's;
(2) Minnesota registered nurses who are: (i) EMT's, are currently practicing nursing, and have passed a paramedic practical skills test, as approved by the board and administered by a training program approved by the board; (ii) on the roster of an ambulance service on or before January 1, 2000; or (iii) after petitioning the board, deemed by the board to have training and skills equivalent to an EMT, as determined on a case-by-case basis; or
(3) Minnesota licensed physician assistants who are: (i) EMT's, are currently practicing as physician assistants, and have passed a paramedic practical skills test, as approved by the board and administered by a training program approved by the board; (ii) on the roster of an ambulance service on or before January 1, 2000; or (iii) after petitioning the board, deemed by the board to have training and skills equivalent to an EMT, as determined on a case-by-case basis.
Subd. 4.Base of operations.
"Base of operations" means the address at which the physical plant housing ambulances, related equipment, and personnel is located.
Subd. 4a.Basic airway management.
(2) insertion of an oropharyngeal, nasal pharyngeal, esophageal obturator airway, esophageal tracheal airway, or esophageal gastric tube airway.
Subd. 4b.Basic life support.
"Basic life support" means rendering basic-level emergency care, including, but not limited to, basic airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, controlling shock and bleeding, and splinting fractures, as outlined in the United States Department of Transportation emergency medical technician-basic curriculum or its equivalent, as approved by the board.
"Board" means the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board.
Subd. 5a.Clinical training site.
"Clinical training site" means a licensed health care facility.
Subd. 5b.Defibrillator.
"Defibrillator" means an automatic, semiautomatic, or manual device that delivers an electric shock at a preset voltage to the myocardium through the chest wall and that is used to restore the normal cardiac rhythm and rate when the heart has stopped beating or is fibrillating.
Subd. 5c.Emergency medical technician or EMT.
"Emergency medical technician" or "EMT" means a person who has successfully completed the United States Department of Transportation emergency medical technician-basic course or its equivalent, as approved by the board, and has been issued valid certification by the board.
Subd. 5d.Emergency medical technician-intermediate or EMT-I.
"Emergency medical technician-intermediate" or "EMT-I" means a person who has successfully completed the United States Department of Transportation emergency medical technician-intermediate course or its equivalent, as approved by the board, and has been issued valid certification by the board.
Subd. 5e.Emergency medical technician-paramedic or EMT-P.
"Emergency medical technician-paramedic" or "EMT-P" means a person who has successfully completed the United States Department of Transportation emergency medical technician course-paramedic or its equivalent, as approved by the board, and has been issued valid certification by the board.
Subd. 5f.Emergency medical technician-community paramedic or EMT-CP.
"Emergency medical technician-community paramedic," "EMT-CP," or "community paramedic" means a person who is certified as an EMT-P and who meets the requirements for additional certification as an EMT-CP as specified in section 144E.28, subdivision 9.
Subd. 6.First responder.
"First responder" means an individual who is registered by the board to perform, at a minimum, basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed ambulance service, and is a member of an organized service recognized by a local political subdivision whose primary responsibility is to respond to medical emergencies to provide initial medical care before the arrival of a licensed ambulance service.
"License" means authority granted by the board for the operation of an ambulance service in the state of Minnesota.
"Licensee" means a natural person, partnership, association, corporation, Indian tribe, or unit of government which possesses an ambulance service license.
Subd. 8a.Medical control.
"Medical control" means direction by a physician or a physician's designee of out-of-hospital emergency medical care.
"Municipality" means any city of any class, however organized, and any town.
Subd. 9a.Part-time advanced life support.
"Part-time advanced life support" means rendering basic life support and advanced life support for less than 24 hours of every day.
Subd. 9b.Physician.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine under chapter 147.
Subd. 9c.Physician assistant.
"Physician assistant" means a person licensed to practice as a physician assistant under chapter 147A.
Subd. 9d.Prehospital care data.
"Prehospital care data" means information collected by ambulance service personnel about the circumstances related to an emergency response and patient care activities provided by the ambulance service personnel in a prehospital setting.
Subd. 10.Primary service area.
"Primary service area" means the geographic area that can reasonably be served by an ambulance service.
Subd. 11.Program medical director.
"Program medical director" means a physician who is responsible for ensuring an accurate and thorough presentation of the medical content of an emergency care training program; certifying that each student has successfully completed the training course; and in conjunction with the program coordinator, planning the clinical training.
Subd. 12.Registered nurse.
"Registered nurse" means a person licensed to practice professional nursing under chapter 148.
Subd. 13.Standing order.
"Standing order" means a type of medical protocol that provides specific, written orders for actions, techniques, or drug administration when communication has not been established for direct medical control.
Subd. 14.Training program coordinator.
"Training program coordinator" means an individual who serves as the administrator of an emergency care training program and who is responsible for planning, conducting, and evaluating the program; selecting students and instructors; documenting and maintaining records; developing a curriculum; and assisting in the coordination of examination sessions and clinical training.
Subd. 14a.Tribe.
"Tribe" means a federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined in United States Code, title 25, section 450b, paragraph (e), located within the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 15.Volunteer ambulance attendant.
"Volunteer ambulance attendant" means a person who provides emergency medical services for a Minnesota licensed ambulance service without the expectation of remuneration and who does not depend in any way upon the provision of these services for the person's livelihood. An individual may be considered a volunteer ambulance attendant even though the individual receives an hourly stipend for each hour of actual service provided, except for hours on standby alert, or other nominal fee, and even though the hourly stipend or other nominal fee is regarded as taxable income for purposes of state or federal law, provided that the hourly stipend and other nominal fees do not exceed $6,000 annually.
1997 c 199 s 1; 1999 c 8 s 1; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 4-22; 2005 c 147 art 10 s 1-3; 2009 c 159 s 9,10; 2011 c 12 s 1