Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 124 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL REPORTING RULE › Section 144-124-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Purpose:
This rule requires
				information that is specific to licensed emergency medical service personnel
				who are absent from duty during an extreme public health emergency due to an
				exposure or potential exposure to a notifiable disease or condition, to be
				reported to the Department for public health purposes, including informing
				emergency preparedness and strategies to address potential shortage of certain
				healthcare workers.
B.
Definitions.
As used in this rule, unless the context indicates
				otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:
1.
Ambulance Service
means any
				person, persons or organization, licensed by Maine Bureau of Emergency Medical
				Services (Maine EMS) to provide routine or emergency transportation for ill or
				injured persons. Ambulance service includes ground ambulance and air ambulance
				services.
2.
Declared Extreme
				Public Health Emergency
means the event proclaimed by the Governor that
				is a state of actual or threat of widespread exposure to a highly infectious or
				toxic agent posing a risk to public health, pursuant to 22 MRS chapter 250 and
				Title 37-B, chapter 13, subchapter II.
3.
Department
means the State of
				Maine, Department of Health and Human Services Maine Center for Disease and
				Prevention.
4.
EMD Center
means any entity that holds itself out to be a provider of emergency
				medical dispatch (EMD) services and that is licensed by Maine EMS.
5.
Emergency Medical Treatment
means those skills, techniques and judgments, as defined by the Emergency
				Medical Services' Board, which are directed to maintaining, improving or
				preventing deterioration of the medical condition of the patient and which are
				appropriate to be delivered by trained persons at the scene of a patient's
				illness or injury outside the hospital and during transportation to the
				hospital.
6.
EMS
				Personnel
means any person licensed by Maine EMS who routinely provide
				emergency medical treatment to the sick or injured, including, but not limited
				to emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced
				emergency medical technicians and paramedics. For the purpose of this rule, EMS
				personnel also includes those providing medical service transports (i.e. ground
				ambulance and air ambulance services) to the sick or injured and emergency
				medical dispatchers.
7.
EMS
				Service Organization
means any ambulance service or non-transporting
				service that is licensed by Maine EMS, including but not limited to ground
				ambulance services, air ambulance services, and non-transporting
				services.
8.
Extreme Public
				Health Emergency
means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread
				exposure to a highly infectious or toxic agent that poses an imminent threat of
				substantial harm to the population of the State, as defined in
				22 MRS
				§801.
9.
Maine Emergency Medical Services or
				Maine EMS
means the Emergency Medical Services' Board, the emergency
				medical services director, and staff within the Department of Public Safety
				responsible for providing oversight of matters relating to the care delivered
				by EMS providers in Maine, pursuant to
				32 MRS
				§§81 -
				95,
				including ensuring the operations of a comprehensive and effective emergency
				medical services (EMS) system that optimizes patient care.