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MICHIGAN STATUTES AND CODES
Section 423.232 - “Public police and fire departments,”“emergency medical service personnel,” and “emergency telephone operator” defined; provisions inapplicable to certain persons.
Act 312 of 1969
423.232 “Public police and fire departments,”“emergency medical service personnel,” and “emergency telephone operator” defined; provisions inapplicable to certain persons.
Sec. 2.
(1) Public police and fire departments means any department of a city, county, village, or township having employees engaged as policemen, or in fire fighting or subject to the hazards thereof, emergency medical service personnel employed by a police or fire department, or an emergency telephone operator employed by a police or fire department.
(2) Emergency medical service personnel for purposes of this act includes a person who provides assistance at dispatched or observed medical emergencies occurring outside a recognized medical facility including instances of heart attack, stroke, injury accidents, electrical accidents, drug overdoses, imminent childbirth, and other instances where there is the possibility of death or further injury; initiates stabilizing treatment or transportation of injured from the emergency site; and notifies police or interested departments of certain situations encountered including criminal matters, poisonings, and the report of contagious diseases. Emergency telephone operator for the purpose of this act includes a person employed by a police or fire department for the purpose of relaying emergency calls to police, fire, or emergency medical service personnel.
(3) This act shall not apply to persons employed by a private emergency medical service company who work under a contract with a governmental unit or personnel working in an emergency service organization whose duties are solely of an administrative or supporting nature and who are not otherwise qualified under subsection (2).
History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 203, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1978
Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).
Popular Name: Act 312