Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 847 - OREGON MEDICAL BOARD › Division 35 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS › Section 847-035-0001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Advanced
			 Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT or Advanced EMT)" means a person who is
			 licensed by the Authority as an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
			 (AEMT).
(2) "Agent" means a
			 physician licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228, actively registered and in
			 good standing with the Board, a resident of or actively practicing in the area
			 in which the emergency service is located, designated by the supervising
			 physician to provide direction of the medical services of emergency medical
			 services providers as specified in these rules.
(3) "Authority" means the Public Health
			 Division, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems of the Oregon Health
			 Authority.
(4) "Board" means the
			 Oregon Medical Board for the State of Oregon.
(5) "Committee" means the EMS Advisory
			 Committee to the Oregon Medical Board.
(6) "Emergency Care" as defined in ORS
			 682.025(4) means the performance of acts or procedures under emergency
			 conditions in the observation, care and counsel of persons who are ill or
			 injured or who have disabilities; in the administration of care or medications
			 as prescribed by a licensed physician, insofar as any of these acts is based
			 upon knowledge and application of the principles of biological, physical and
			 social science as required by a completed course utilizing an approved
			 curriculum in prehospital emergency care. However, "emergency care" does not
			 include acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of therapeutic or corrective
			 measures.
(7) "Emergency Medical
			 Responder" means a person who is licensed by the Authority as an Emergency
			 Medical Responder.
(8) "Emergency
			 Medical Technician (EMT)" means a person who is licensed by the Authority as an
			 EMT.
(9) "Emergency Medical
			 Technician-Intermediate (EMT-Intermediate)" means a person who is licensed by
			 the Authority as an EMT-Intermediate.
(10) "In Good Standing" means a person who is
			 currently licensed, who does not have any restrictions placed on his/her
			 license, and who is not on probation with the licensing agency for any
			 reason.
(11) "Nonemergency care" as
			 defined in ORS 682.025(8) means the performance of acts or procedures on a
			 patient who is not expected to die, become permanently disabled or suffer
			 permanent harm within the next 24 hours, including but not limited to
			 observation, care and counsel of a patient and the administration of
			 medications prescribed by a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677, insofar
			 as any of these acts are based upon knowledge and application of the principles
			 of biological, physical and social science and are performed in accordance with
			 scope of practice rules adopted by the Oregon Medical Board in the course of
			 providing prehospital care.
(12)
			 "Paramedic" means a person who is licensed by the Authority as a
			 Paramedic.
(13) "Scope of Practice"
			 means the maximum level of emergency and nonemergency care that an emergency
			 medical services provider may provide as defined in OAR 847-035-0030.
(14) "Standing Orders" means the written
			 detailed procedures for medical or trauma emergencies and nonemergency care to
			 be performed by an emergency medical services provider issued by the
			 supervising physician commensurate with the scope of practice and level of
			 licensure of the emergency medical services provider.
(15) "Supervising Physician" means a
			 physician licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228, actively registered and in
			 good standing with the Board, approved by the Board, and who provides direction
			 of, and is ultimately responsible for emergency and nonemergency care rendered
			 by emergency medical services providers as specified in these rules. The
			 supervising physician is also ultimately responsible for the agent designated
			 by the supervising physician to provide direction of the medical services of
			 the emergency medical services provider as specified in these rules.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 682.245
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 682.025 & ORS
				  682.245