Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.22102 - Definitions; E to M
Rule 102. As used in these rules:
(a) "Emergency medical services intercept"
means an ambulance operation is transporting an emergency patient from the
scene of an emergency, and requests patient care intervention from another
transporting ambulance operation.
(b) "Emergency medical services
telecommunications" means the reception and transmission of voice or data, or
both, information in the emergency medical services system consistent with the
medcom requirements prescribed by the department.
(c) "Field study status" means that process
required under sections 20910 and 20956 of the code, MCL
333.20910 and
333.20956.
(d) "Fixed wing aircraft" means a non-rotary
aircraft transport vehicle that is primarily used or available to provide
patient transportation between health facilities and is capable of providing
patient care according to orders issued by the patient's physician.
(e) "Ground ambulance" means a vehicle that
complies with design and structural specifications, as that term is defined in
these rules, and is licensed as an ambulance to provide transportation and
basic life support, limited advanced life support, or advanced life
support.
(f) "Hold itself out"
means the agency advertises, announces, or charges specifically for providing
emergency medical services, as that term is defined in the code.
(g) "License" means written authorization
issued by the department to a life support agency and its life support vehicles
to provide emergency medical services, as that term is defined in the
code.
(h) "License expiration date"
means the date of expiration indicated on the license issued by the
department.
(i) "Licensure action"
means probation, suspension, limitation, or removal by the department of a
license for a life support agency or a life support vehicle for violations of
the code or these rules.
(j) "Life
support agency" means an ambulance operation, non-transport pre-hospital life
support operation, air transport operation, or medical first response
service.
(k) "Life support vehicle"
means an ambulance, a non-transport, prehospital life support vehicle, or a
medical first response vehicle, as that term is defined in the code.
(l) "Medcom requirements" means medical
communication requirements for an emergency medical services communication
system.
(m) "Medical control" means
supervising and coordinating emergency medical services through a medical
control authority, as prescribed, adopted, and enforced through
department-approved protocols, within an emergency medical services
system.
(n) "Medical control
authority" means an organization designated by the department to provide
medical control.
(o) "Medical
control authority area" means the geographic area composed of a county, group
of counties, or parts of an individual county, as designated by the
department.
(p) "Medical control
authority board" means a board appointed by the participating organizations to
carry out the responsibilities and functions of the medical control
authority.
(q) "Mutual aid" means a
written agreement between 2 or more licensed life support agencies for the
provision of emergency medical services when an agency is unable to respond to
a request for emergency services, or an agreement according to the direction of
a medical control authority in accordance with department approved
protocols.
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