§ 20-13-202 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-13-202. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Air ambulance" means an aircraft, fixed or rotary wing, utilized for on-scene responses or transports deemed necessary by a physician and licensed by the Department of Health;

(2) "Air ambulance services" means those services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and air transportation of patients;

(3) "Ambulance" means 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;

(4) "Ambulance services" means those services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and transportation of patients upon the streets and highways of Arkansas;

(5) "Board" means the State Board of Health;

(6) "Council" means the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council;

(7) "Emergency medical services" means:

(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;

(8) (A) "Emergency medical services personnel" means an individual licensed by the department at any level established by the rules adopted by the board under this subchapter and authorized to perform those services set forth in the rules.

(B) These shall include without limitation "EMT", Advanced EMT, Paramedic, Emergency Medical Services Instructor, or Emergency Medical Services Instructor Trainer;

(9) "Licensure" means official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules, regulations, and standards adopted by the board upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; and

(10) "Medical facility" means any hospital, medical clinic, physician's office, nursing home, or other health care facility.