Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113) › Chapter 13 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 20-13-101 — 20-13-1805) › Subchapter 2 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT (§§ 20-13-201 — 20-13-219) › Section 20-13-202 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Air ambulance" means an aircraft, fixed or rotary wing, utilized for on-scene responses or transports deemed necessary by a physician and licensed by the Department of Health;
(2)
"Air ambulance services" means those services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and air transportation of patients;
(3)
(A)
"Ambulance" means a vehicle used for transporting any person by stretcher or gurney upon the streets or highways of Arkansas, excluding vehicles intended solely for personal use by immediate family members.
(B)
"Ambulance" does not include nonemergency transportation vehicles that may accommodate an individual in an upright position or Fowler's position while in a wheelchair without the aid of emergency medical services personnel;
(4)
"Ambulance services" means services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and transportation of patients upon the streets and highways of Arkansas;
(5)
(A)
"Care coordination" means the coordination of healthcare services in nonemergency situations or in situations that do not require immediate action by healthcare professional teams to assist a patient in the management of his or her health care and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare sector.
(B)
"Care coordination" includes without limitation:
(i)
Developing potential treatment plans;
(ii)
Determining the optimal treatment for a patient before considering hospitalization; and
(iii)
Establishing alternative approaches and treatment for a patient;
(6)
"Emergency medical services" means:
(A)
The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured before arrival at a medical facility by a licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare provider;
(B)
Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility; and
(C)
Integrated medical care in emergency and nonurgent settings with the oversight of a physician;
(7)
(A)
"Emergency medical services personnel" means an individual licensed by the department at any level established by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health under this subchapter and authorized to perform those services set forth in the rules.
(B)
These shall include without limitation emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, emergency medical services instructor, or emergency medical services instructor trainer;
(8)
"Emergency medical services provider" means an entity or individual licensed to provide emergency medical services, including without limitation an ambulance service provider;
(9)
"Fowler's position" means a position in which an individual is in an inclined position with his or her head raised between thirty to ninety degrees (30-90°);
(10)
"Licensure" means official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules and standards adopted by the board upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council;
(11)
"Medical facility" means any hospital, medical clinic, physician's office, nursing home, or other healthcare facility;
(12)
"Police dog" means a dog owned or used by a law enforcement or correctional agency in the course of the law enforcement or correctional agency's work, including without limitation a search and rescue dog, service dog, accelerant detection dog, or other dog in use by a law enforcement agency;
(13)
(A)
"Specific health condition" means a health condition that requires specialized healthcare treatment.
(B)
"Specific health condition" includes without limitation:
(i)
A health condition that is listed as rare by the National Institutes of Health; and
(ii)
A health condition that could be fatal for which a patient seeks specialized health care; and
(14)
"Wheelchair" means a chair fitted with wheels that is not height adjustable and that is used by individuals with walking limitations as a result of illness, injury, or disability.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 258,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 827,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 790,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1917, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 1033,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 1033,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 685,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1975, No. 435, § 2; 1981, No. 293, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 1001, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3402; Acts 1987, No. 345, § 1; 1999, No. 60, § 1; 2009, No. 689, § 7.