§ 12-26. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

Ambulance shall mean a vehicle used for transporting any person by stretcher or gurney upon the streets or highways of Arkansas, excluding vehicles intended solely for personal use by immediate family members.

Ambulance services shall mean those services authorized and licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health to provide care and transportation of patients upon the streets and highways of Arkansas.

Emergency medical services shall mean:

(A)

The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured before arrival at a medical facility by a licensed emergency medical services personnel or other health care provider; and

(B)

Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility.

Emergency medical services personnel shall mean an individual licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health at any level established by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health and authorized to perform those services set forth in the rules. Such personnel shall include without limitation "EMT", Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS Instructor, or EMS Instructor Trainer.

Licensure shall mean an official acknowledgment by the Arkansas Department of Health that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules, regulations, and standards adopted by the State Board of Health upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.

Medical facility shall mean any hospital, medical clinic, physician's office, nursing home, or other health care facility.

(Code 1976, § 32-63; Ord. No. 9-14, § 1(a), 1-21-14)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.