Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 171.000 - Massachusetts First Responder Training › Section 171.050 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following terms used in
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				171.000 shall be defined as follows, unless the
				context or subject matter requires a different interpretation:
Administrative Requirements (AR)
means
				requirements issued by the Department's Office of Emergency Medical Services to
				interpret, clarify and further define the application of certain provisions of
				105 CMR
				171.000.
Appropriate Health Care Facility
means
				an emergency department, either physically located within an acute care
				hospital licensed by the Department to provide emergency services pursuant to
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				130.000, or in a satellite emergency facility approved
				by the Department pursuant to
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				130.821, that is closest geographically or
				conforms to a Department-approved point-of-entry plan.
Chief Executive Officer
means the
				person responsible for the daily operation and management of the first
				responder agency.
Clerical and Administrative Duties
are
				those duties that relate to the internal operation of the first responder
				agency and which do not involve contact with the general public either directly
				or by telephone or radio communications. Persons with clerical or
				administrative duties would not be expected to render emergency medical
				assistance or advice or direction.
Department
means the Department of
				Public Health established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 17.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
means a person who has successfully completed a full course in emergency
				medical care approved by the Department and who is certified by the Department
				in accordance with
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				170.000 to provide emergency medical services to sick
				or injured persons in accordance with the Statewide Treatment Protocols. The
				term EMT shall include EMT-Basic, Advanced EMT and Paramedic.
First Responder
means a member of any
				of the following entities: a police or fire department; state police
				participating in highway patrol; an emergency reserve unit of a volunteer fire
				department or fire protection district, and persons appointed permanent or
				temporary lifeguards by the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.
				A first responder shall not mean a police officer, firefighter or person
				engaged in police and fire work whose duties are primarily clerical or
				administrative.
First Responder Agency
means a police
				department, a fire department, the state police participating in highway
				patrol, an emergency reserve unit of a volunteer fire department or fire
				protection district, or the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisons
				that appoints permanent or temporary lifeguards. A first responder agency shall
				not mean a service that is a licensed EFR service, as defined in
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				CMR 170.020.
National EMS Education Standards
means
				the current U.S. Department of Transportation's
National Emergency
				Medical Services Education Standards
.
Patient Care Report
means a report
				generated by all services to document every response to an EMS call, including
				each time an EMS vehicle or first responder agency vehicle is dispatched,
				whether or not a patient is encountered or ultimately transported by an
				ambulance service.
Primary Instructor
means a person who
				is responsible for conducting a training program designed to meet the minimum
				standards set forth in administrative requirements established by the
				Department and who has met the basic instructor qualifications set forth in the
				Department's administrative requirements. This term does not include
				instructors for courses listed in
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				CMR 171.130(B).
Program Director
means the designee of
				the Department who, under the general supervision of the Commissioner, is
				responsible for carrying out the function of the Department as set forth in
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Statewide Treatment Protocols
means
				the Emergency Medical Services Pre-hospital Treatment Protocols approved by the
				Department for application statewide.
Trip Record
means a report generated
				by all services to document every response to an EMS call, including each time
				an EMS vehicle or first responder agency vehicle is dispatched, whether or not
				a patient is encountered or ultimately transported by an ambulance
				service.