NY Pub Health L § 3062 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 30-B - Emergency Medical, Trauma and Disaster Care 3062 - Definitions.

§ 3062. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  "Emergency  medical care" means the initial management, treatment,   and transfer of suddenly ill or injured patients.2. "Trauma care" means health care provided to patients at  high  risk   of death or disability from multiple and severe injuries.3.  "Emergency  patient" means any patient making an unscheduled visit   to a hospital emergency facility for emergency medical care.4. "Emergency department" means a hospital  department  consisting  of   staff,  facilities,  and resources to provide emergency medical care for   large numbers of emergency patients.5. "Emergency service"  means  a  hospital  department  consisting  of   staff,  facilities,  and resources to provide emergency medical care for   small numbers of emergency patients.6. "Emergency physician" means a staff physician  providing  emergency   medical care in an emergency department or emergency service.7. "Emergency nurse" means a staff nurse providing nursing services in   an emergency department or emergency service.8.  "Trauma  patient"  means  a  patient  at  high  risk  of  death or   disability from multiple and severe injuries.9. "Trauma system" means an organized health care  system  to  provide   trauma  care  in,  or en route to, from, or between general hospitals or   other health care facilities.10. "Trauma center" means a facility capable of  providing  definitive   trauma care.11.   "Trauma   station"   means   a  facility  capable  of  providing   sustentative trauma care followed by expeditious transfer  to  a  trauma   center.12.  "Trauma surgeon" means a staff surgeon providing trauma care in a   trauma center or trauma station or during aeromedical transport.13. "Trauma nurse" means a staff nurse providing nursing services in a   trauma center or trauma station, or during aeromedical transport.14. "Prehospital transport" means emergency ambulance  transport  from   the scene of a sudden illness or injury requiring emergency medical care   or  trauma  care  to  a  general hospital or other health care facility,   conducted in accordance with article thirty of this chapter.15. "Interfacility transfer" means emergency ambulance transport from,   to, or between  general  hospitals  or  other  health  care  facilities,   conducted in accordance with article thirty of this chapter.16.   "Aeromedical   transport"   means   prehospital   transport   or   interfacility transfer conducted in rotary wing or fixed wing aircraft.17.  "Transport  system"  means   an   organized   health   care   and   transportation system to provide prehospital transport and interfacility   transfer to critically ill or injured patients.18.  "Critically  ill  or  injured"  means  at high risk of dying from   illnesses or injuries.19. "Disaster preparedness" means the state of readiness necessary  to   respond  to  natural or man-made disasters, including but not limited to   biologic, nuclear, incendiary, chemical, and explosive disasters.20. "Interoperability" means the capacity of  all  emergency  medical,   trauma  care,  and disaster preparedness response systems to collaborate   and communicate during an emergency, trauma, or disaster response.21. "State hospital review  and  planning  council"  means  the  state   hospital  review and planning council established by section twenty-nine   hundred four of this chapter.22.  "State  emergency  medical  services  council"  means  the  state   emergency medical services council established by section three thousand   two of this chapter. 23.  "State  emergency  medical  advisory  committee"  means the state   emergency  medical  advisory  committee  established  by  section  three   thousand two-a of this chapter.24.  "State trauma advisory committee" means the state trauma advisory   committee continued by this article.25. "Regional emergency medical services  council"  means  a  regional   emergency medical services council established by section three thousand   three of this chapter.26.  "Regional  emergency medical advisory committee" means a regional   emergency  medical  advisory  committee  established  by  section  three   thousand four-a of this chapter.27.  "Regional  trauma  advisory  committee"  means  a regional trauma   advisory committee continued or established by this article.28. "Regional trauma program agency"  means  an  entity  that  may  be   contracted  by  the department to assist the department in providing the   ways and means necessary for a regional  trauma  advisory  committee  to   perform the duties specified under this article.