Or. Admin. R. 333-255-0000 - Definitions
(1) "Advanced
Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT or Advanced EMT)" means a person who is
licensed by the Authority as an Advanced Emergency Medical
Technician.
(2) "Ambulance " or
"Ambulance vehicle" means a privately or publicly owned motor vehicle,
aircraft, or watercraft that is regularly provided or offered to be provided
for the emergency transportation of persons who are ill or injured or who have
disabilities.
(3) "Ambulance -based
clinician" means a registered nurse, physician, or physician assistant who:
(a) Has an active license in Oregon and is in
good standing with the Oregon Board of Nursing or the Oregon Medical Board;
and
(b) Staffs an ambulance for a
licensed ambulance service.
(4) "Ambulance service" means a person ,
governmental unit, or other entity that operates ambulance(s) and that holds
itself out as providing prehospital care or medical transportation to persons
who are ill or injured or who have disabilities.
(6) "Ambulance Service Area (ASA)" means a
geographic area served by one ambulance service provider, and may include all
or portion of a county, or all or portions of two or more contiguous
counties.
(7) "Authority " means the
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Program , within the Oregon Health
Authority.
(8) "Business day " means
Monday through Friday when the Authority is open for business, excluding
holidays.
(9) "Emergency care"
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 prescribed by a
licensed physician or naturopathic 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. "Emergency care" does not include
acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of therapeutic or corrective
measures.
(10) "EMS" means
Emergency Medical Services.
(12) "Emergency
Medical Responder (EMR)" means a person who is licensed by the Authority as an
Emergency Medical Responder.
(13)
"Emergency Medical Services provider (EMS provider )" has the meaning given that
term in ORS
682.025.
(14) "Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)"
means a person who is licensed by the Authority as an Emergency Medical
Technician.
(15) "EMT-Intermediate "
means a person who is licensed by the Authority as an
EMT-Intermediate.
(16) "In
operation " means the time beginning with the initial response of the ambulance
and ending when the ambulance is available to respond to another request for
service. An ambulance that transports a patient becomes available to respond
when the care of the patient has been transferred.
(17) "Neonate to adult " means appropriately
sized equipment to fit neonate, infant, pediatric, and adult
patients.
(18) "Non-emergency care"
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, or naturopathic physician licensed under ORS
chapter 685 insofar as any of those 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 or Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine in the course of
providing prehospital care as defined in this rule.
(19) "Owner " means the person having all the
incidents of ownership in an ambulance service or an ambulance vehicle or,
where the incidents of ownership are in different persons, the person , other
than a security interest holder or lessor, entitled to the possession of an
ambulance vehicle or operation of an ambulance service under a security
agreement or a lease for a term of 10 or more successive days.
(20) "Paramedic " means a person who is
licensed by the Authority as a Paramedic.
(21) "Patient " means a person who is ill or
injured or who has a disability and who receives emergency or nonemergency care
from an EMS provider.
(22) "Patient
care report (PCR)" mean an authority -approved paper form or an electronic field
data format (ePCR) that is completed by an EMS provider or ambulance -based
clinician for all patients receiving prehospital assessment, care or
transportation to a medical facility.
(23) "Person " has the meaning given that term
in ORS
174.100.
(24) "Physician " means a person licensed
under ORS chapter 677, actively registered and in good standing with the Oregon
Medical Board as a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
(DO).
(25) "Physician Assistant
(PA)" means a person licensed under ORS chapter 677, actively registered and in
good standing with the Oregon Medical Board.
(26) "Prehospital care " means care rendered
by EMS providers as an incident of the operation of an ambulance and care
rendered by EMS providers as incidents of other public or private safety
duties, and includes, but is not limited to "emergency care" as defined in this
rule.
(27) "Qualified driver " means
someone who is not licensed by the Authority and who meets Authority
requirements to operate a ground ambulance vehicle.
(28) "Registered Nurse (RN)" means a person
licensed under ORS chapter 678, actively registered and in good standing with
the Oregon Board of Nursing.
(29)
"Remount " means an existing patient compartment module that has been installed
on a replacement chassis, other than the original production chassis as
provided as new by the original Final Stage Ambulance Manufacturer
(FSAM).
(30) "Rural ambulance
service" means ambulance service located in an area where all geographic areas
are 10 or more miles from the centroid of a population center of 40,000 or
more.
(31) "Sanitary " means being
free from all body fluids, dirt, dust, grease or other extraneous
matter.
(32) "Scope of practice "
means the maximum level of emergency or non-emergency care that an EMS provider
may provide in accordance with OAR chapter 847, division 35.
(33) "Specialty care transport (SCT) " means
interfacility transportation of a critically injured or ill patient by a ground
ambulance vehicle, including medically necessary supplies and service. SCT is
necessary when a patient's condition requires ongoing care that must be
furnished by one or more health professionals in an appropriate specialty area,
for example, emergency or critical care nursing, emergency medicine,
respiratory care, or cardiovascular care, or a Paramedic with additional
specialized training. Any skill or medication in addition to or not found in
the National Education Standards for Paramedics would be defined as additional
training and is defined by the EMS medical director .
(34) "Standing orders " means the written
detailed procedures for medical or trauma emergencies and nonemergency care to
be performed by an EMS provider issued by an EMS medical director in
conformance with the scope of practice and level of licensure of the EMS
provider.
Notes
Statutory/Other
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 682.017 - 682.117, 682.991
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