New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter VI - State Emergency Medical Services Code
Part 800 - Emergency Medical Services
GENERAL
Section 800.3 - Definitions

(a) Department means the New York State Department of Health.

(b) Commissioner means the State Commissioner of Health.

(c) Person means an individual, partnership, association, corporation or any other legal entity whatsoever.

(d) Emergency medical service means a service engaged in providing initial emergency medical assistance, including but not limited to the treatment of trauma, burns, and respiratory, circulatory and obstetrical emergencies.

(e) Ambulance means a motor vehicle, airplane, boat or other form of transport especially designed and equipped to provide emergency medical services during transit.

(f) Ambulance service means a person engaged in providing emergency medical services and the transportation of sick, disabled or injured persons by motor vehicle, aircraft or other form of transportation to or from facilities providing hospital services.

(g) Voluntary ambulance service means an ambulance service (1) operating not for financial profit; and (2) no part of the assets or income of which is distributable to, or enures to the benefit of, its members, directors or officers except to the extent permitted under article 30.

(h) Municipal ambulance service means an ambulance service operated by a municipality or agency thereof and staffed by municipal employees, or an ambulance service operated by a county or agency thereof and staffed by county employees.

(i) Hospital ambulance service means an ambulance service owned or operated by a hospital as defined in article 28 of the Public Health Law.

(j) Certified ambulance service means an ambulance service having an ambulance service certificate issued by the department pursuant to section 3005 or 3006 of the Public Health Law.

(k) Certificate of inspection means a windshield sticker affixed to the lower right hand corner of the windshield of the ambulance. The sticker signifies that the vehicle has been inspected and approved by the department for operation in a certified ambulance service.

(l) New vehicle means a vehicle of recent manufacture placed in service for the first time.

(m) Emergency ambulance service vehicle means a vehicle that is owned or operated by an ambulance service that is used to transport emergency medical personnel and equipment to sick or injured persons.

(n) Emergency medical technician means a person certified as either an advanced emergency medical technician or an emergency medical technician-basic pursuant to these regulations.

(o) Emergency medical technician-basic means a person certified pursuant to these regulations as an emergency medical technician-basic.

(p) Advanced emergency medical technician means a person certified pursuant to these regulations as an emergency medical technician-intermediate, an emergency medical technician-critical care, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic.

(q) State council means the New York State emergency medical services council established pursuant to section 3002 of article 30 of the Public Health Law.

(r) Regional council means a regional emergency medical services council established pursuant to section 3003 of article 30 of the Public Health Law.

(s) Certified first responder means a person certified pursuant to these regulations as a first responder.

(t) Certified instructor coordinator means a person certified pursuant to these regulations to serve as the lead instructor for courses leading to certification as an emergency medical technician or certified first responder.

(u) Advanced life support system means a method for the provision of initial emergency medical assistance under medical direction and supervision including, but not limited to, one or more of the following services:

(v) Primary territory means that area listed on an ambulance service certificate or certificate or registration in which the service may receive (pick up) patients.

(w) Continuous Practice means a certified individual having:

(x) Course sponsor means a person approved by the department to conduct EMS educational programs as one or more of the following specific types of course sponsor:

(y) Learning contract means an informal written agreement between a student and a course sponsor which specifies requirements to complete the course and the policies of the sponsor.

(z) DNR bracelet means an item meeting the Department of Health specification in section 800.90 of this Part which may be worn by a person who has been issued a valid nonhospital order not to resuscitate.

(aa) Automated External Defibrillation(AED) means defibrillation by a certified first responder, emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician using an external defibrillator that incorporates an electronic rhythm analysis system that limits the delivery of an electrical counter shock to a rhythm for which defibrillation is medically indicated. The external defibrillator may be either a fully automatic or semiautomatic (shock-advisory) type.

(ab) Mutual aid agreement means a written agreement, entered into by two or more ambulance services or advanced life support first response services for the organized, coordinated and cooperative reciprocal mobilization of personnel, equipment, services or facilities for back-up or support upon request as required pursuant to a written mutual aid plan.

(ac) Call receipt interval means the elapsed time from receipt of a request for emergency assistance by the service or its dispatch agency to the time a staffed ambulance ar ALSFR vehicle is en route to the reported location of the incident.

(ad) Advanced life support (ALS) care means definitive acute medical care provided under medical control, by advanced emergency medical technicians within an advanced life support system.

(ae) Advanced life support first responder (ALSFR) service means any person or organization which provides advanced life support care, but does not transport patients.

(af) Advanced life support first response (ALSFR) vehicle means a designated vehicle or conveyance operated by an ALSFR service, which brings advanced life support equipment and personnel authorized to provide ALS care to a location to provide such care.

(ag) Quality improvement program means a system which seeks to improve and enhance the quality and appropriateness of patient care and clinical performance of the service.

(ah) Governing authority means in the case of a fire district, the board of fire commisioners; or in the case of a municipality, the municipality's legislative body; or in the case of a corporation, the board of directors; or in the case of a hospital, the governing body; or in the case of a partnership, each of the partners; or in the case of a sole proprietorship, the proprietor; or in the case of an unincorporated association, all the members of the association.

(ai) EMS service means an ambulance service or an advanced life support first response service.

(aj) Authorized EMS response vehicle means any vehicle, conveyance, boat or aircraft meeting the requirements of this Part authorized by the governing authority and operated by an EMS service for the purpose of providing certified personnel and equipment to an event dispatched as an EMS response.