Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 171.000 - Massachusetts First Responder Training
Section 171.050 - Definitions

The following terms used in 105 CMR 171.000 shall be defined as follows, unless the context or subject matter requires a different interpretation:

Administrative Requirements (AR) means requirements issued by the Department's Office of Emergency Medical Services to interpret, clarify and further define the application of certain provisions of 105 CMR 171.000.

Appropriate Health Care Facility means an emergency department, either physically located within an acute care hospital licensed by the Department to provide emergency services pursuant to 105 CMR 130.000, or in a satellite emergency facility approved by the Department pursuant to 105 CMR 130.821, that is closest geographically or conforms to a Department-approved point-of-entry plan.

Chief Executive Officer means the person responsible for the daily operation and management of the first responder agency.

Clerical and Administrative Duties are those duties that relate to the internal operation of the first responder agency and which do not involve contact with the general public either directly or by telephone or radio communications. Persons with clerical or administrative duties would not be expected to render emergency medical assistance or advice or direction.

Department means the Department of Public Health established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 17.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) means a person who has successfully completed a full course in emergency medical care approved by the Department and who is certified by the Department in accordance with 105 CMR 170.000 to provide emergency medical services to sick or injured persons in accordance with the Statewide Treatment Protocols. The term EMT shall include EMT-Basic, Advanced EMT and Paramedic.

First Responder means a member of any of the following entities: a police or fire department; state police participating in highway patrol; an emergency reserve unit of a volunteer fire department or fire protection district, and persons appointed permanent or temporary lifeguards by the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. A first responder shall not mean a police officer, firefighter or person engaged in police and fire work whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative.

First Responder Agency means a police department, a fire department, the state police participating in highway patrol, an emergency reserve unit of a volunteer fire department or fire protection district, or the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisons that appoints permanent or temporary lifeguards. A first responder agency shall not mean a service that is a licensed EFR service, as defined in 105 CMR 170.020.

National EMS Education Standards means the current U.S. Department of Transportation's National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards.

Patient Care Report means a report generated by all services to document every response to an EMS call, including each time an EMS vehicle or first responder agency vehicle is dispatched, whether or not a patient is encountered or ultimately transported by an ambulance service.

Primary Instructor means a person who is responsible for conducting a training program designed to meet the minimum standards set forth in administrative requirements established by the Department and who has met the basic instructor qualifications set forth in the Department's administrative requirements. This term does not include instructors for courses listed in 105 CMR 171.130(B).

Program Director means the designee of the Department who, under the general supervision of the Commissioner, is responsible for carrying out the function of the Department as set forth in 105 CMR 171.000.

Statewide Treatment Protocols means the Emergency Medical Services Pre-hospital Treatment Protocols approved by the Department for application statewide.

Trip Record means a report generated by all services to document every response to an EMS call, including each time an EMS vehicle or first responder agency vehicle is dispatched, whether or not a patient is encountered or ultimately transported by an ambulance service.