New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter VI - State Emergency Medical Services Code › Part 800 - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL › Section 800.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter,
					 unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
Department
means the New
				  York State Department of Health.
(b)
Commissioner
means the
				  State Commissioner of Health.
(c)
Person
means an individual, partnership, association,
				  corporation or any other legal entity whatsoever.
(d)
Emergency medical
				  service
means a service engaged in providing initial emergency medical
				  assistance, including but not limited to the treatment of trauma, burns, and
				  respiratory, circulatory and obstetrical emergencies.
(e)
Ambulance
means a motor
				  vehicle, airplane, boat or other form of transport especially designed and
				  equipped to provide emergency medical services during transit.
(f)
Ambulance service
means
				  a person engaged in providing emergency medical services and the transportation
				  of sick, disabled or injured persons by motor vehicle, aircraft or other form
				  of transportation to or from facilities providing hospital services.
(g)
Voluntary ambulance
				  service
means an ambulance service (1) operating not for financial
				  profit; and (2) no part of the assets or income of which is distributable to,
				  or enures to the benefit of, its members, directors or officers except to the
				  extent permitted under article 30.
(h)
Municipal ambulance
				  service
means an ambulance service operated by a municipality or
				  agency thereof and staffed by municipal employees, or an ambulance service
				  operated by a county or agency thereof and staffed by county
				  employees.
(i)
Hospital
				  ambulance service
means an ambulance service owned or operated by a
				  hospital as defined in article 28 of the Public Health Law.
(j)
Certified ambulance
				  service
means an ambulance service having an ambulance service
				  certificate issued by the department pursuant to section
				  3005 or
				  3006 of the
				  Public Health Law.
(k)
Certificate of inspection
means a windshield sticker affixed
				  to the lower right hand corner of the windshield of the ambulance. The sticker
				  signifies that the vehicle has been inspected and approved by the department
				  for operation in a certified ambulance service.
(l)
New vehicle
means a
				  vehicle of recent manufacture placed in service for the first time.
(m)
Emergency ambulance service
				  vehicle
means a vehicle that is owned or operated by an ambulance
				  service that is used to transport emergency medical personnel and equipment to
				  sick or injured persons.
(n)
Emergency medical technician
means a person certified as
				  either an advanced emergency medical technician or an emergency medical
				  technician-basic pursuant to these regulations.
(o)
Emergency medical
				  technician-basic
means a person certified pursuant to these
				  regulations as an emergency medical technician-basic.
(p)
Advanced emergency medical
				  technician
means a person certified pursuant to these regulations as
				  an emergency medical technician-intermediate, an emergency medical
				  technician-critical care, or an emergency medical
				  technician-paramedic.
(q)
State council
means the New York State emergency medical
				  services council established pursuant to section 3002 of article 30 of the
				  Public Health Law.
(r)
Regional council
means a regional emergency medical services
				  council established pursuant to section 3003 of article 30 of the Public Health
				  Law.
(s)
Certified first
				  responder
means a person certified pursuant to these regulations as a
				  first responder.
(t)
Certified instructor coordinator
means a person certified
				  pursuant to these regulations to serve as the lead instructor for courses
				  leading to certification as an emergency medical technician or certified first
				  responder.
(u)
Advanced
				  life support system
means a method for the provision of initial
				  emergency medical assistance under medical direction and supervision including,
				  but not limited to, one or more of the following services:
(1) administration of intravenous
				  fluids;
(2) administration of
				  drugs;
(3) intubation;
(4) manual defibrillation; and
(5) other services as approved by the
				  commissioner and council.