Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 202 - INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES › Chapter 7 - Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services › Section 202 KAR 7:810 - Survivor benefits for death of emergency medical services personnel

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 61.315, 311A.010(3)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 61.315(6) requires the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations to authorize the payment of
				survivor benefits of $80,000 to the survivor of any paid or volunteer emergency
				medical services personnel who is employed directly by, or volunteering
				directly for, any county, city, fire protection district, or emergency
				ambulance service district created under KRS 108.080 to 108.180 to provide
				emergency medical services and who is killed in the line of duty after November
				1, 2015. This administrative regulation establishes the procedures and criteria
				that shall be utilized to determine the eligibility of the emergency medical
				service personnel's survivor benefits.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "AEMT" means
			 an advanced emergency medical technician certified by the board.
(2) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of
			 Emergency Medical Services as defined by KRS 311A.010(3).
(3) "Child or children" means a:
(a) Biological child or children, including a
			 child or children born after the EMS provider's death;
(b) Stepchild or stepchildren; and
(c) Legally adopted child or
			 children.
(4) "Death in
			 the line of duty" means death that occurs as a direct result of an act or acts
			 in the "performance of duty" as defined by subsection (11) of this section and
			 shall include death that results from a heart or circulatory malfunction that
			 is treated within forty-eight (48) hours after participation in the performance
			 of these duties, or as the result of illness, sickness, or injury caused by the
			 performance of these duties that result in death within twelve (12) months of
			 the activities if the death is not caused by suicide or self-inflicted
			 injury.
(5) "Emergency medical
			 services" means the services utilized in providing care for the perceived
			 individual need for immediate medical care to protect against loss of life, or
			 aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.
(6) "EMR" means an emergency medical
			 responder certified by the board.
(7) "EMS provider" means an emergency medical
			 responder (EMR), emergency medical technician (EMT), advanced emergency medical
			 technician (AEMT), or paramedic.
(8) "EMT" means an emergency medical
			 technician certified by the board.
(9) "Heart or circulatory malfunction" means
			 myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary thrombosis, cardiac arrest, or
			 a cerebral vascular accident, the symptoms of which are first medically treated
			 within forty-eight (48) hours after participation in the performance of the
			 duties of an EMS provider as described in subsection (11) of this
			 section.
(10) "Paramedic" mean a
			 paramedic licensed by the board.
(11) "Performance of duty":
(a) Means an EMS provider engaging in the
			 following activities if the activities are performed at the direction or with
			 the knowledge of an officer of a licensed ambulance service, or when immediate
			 action is required at the scene of an emergency not involving an ambulance
			 service or other emergency organization:
1.
			 Provision of emergency medical care;
2. Participation in EMS-related education or
			 training;
3. Rescue or emergency
			 activities for which the ambulance service is licensed;
4. Reparation or other work about or in the
			 ambulance or building and grounds of the licensed ambulance service;
5. Answering an emergency call;
6. Riding in the ambulance that is owned or
			 used by the licensed ambulance service;
7. Performance of other duties of the
			 licensed ambulance service as authorized by the jurisdiction that the licensed
			 agency serves; and
8. Travel to or
			 from and attendance at meetings related to emergency medical services:
			 and
(b) Does not mean
			 participation in any sports or athletic event or contest for any purpose if the
			 EMS provider is representing an organization related to the field of emergency
			 medical services.