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Pr o posed R ules
157.2.
* INDICATES LEGISLATIVE DEFINI-
TIONS
The following words and terms when used in
these sections, shall have the following
meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
Act - Emergency Medical Services Act -
Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4447o.
*Advanced life support (ALS) - Emergency
prehospital *care that uses invasive medical
acts. The provision of advanced life support
shall be under, the medical supervision and
control of a licensed physician.
*Advanced life support (ALS) vehicle - A
vehicle that is designed for transporting the
sick and injured and that meets the require-
ments of a basic life support vehicle and has
sufficient equipment and supplies for provid-i
ing intravenous therapy and endotracheal or
esophageal intubation or both.
*Basic life support (BLS) - Emergency.
prehospitaf care that uses noninvasive medical
acts. The provision of basic life support may
be under the medical supervision and control.
of a licensed physician.
*Basic life support (BLS) vehicle - A vehicle
that is designed for transporting the sick or
injured and that has sufficient equipment and
supplies for providing basic life support.
*Board - The Texas Board of Health.*Bureau - The Bureau of Emergency Manage-
ment of the Texas Department of Health.
*Bureau chief - The chief of the Bureau of
Emergency Management of the texas Depart-
ment of Health.
Candidate - An individual who is' requesting
emergency medical services personnel certifi-
cation'from the Texas Department of Health.Certificant - Emergency medical services
personnel with current certification from the'
Texas Department of Health.157.2.
Defritnio tns*Emergency medical services provider - A
person who uses or maintains emergency
medical services vehicles and emergency
medical services personnel to provide emer-
gency medical services. See 157.11 regarding
fee exemption.
*Emergency medical services volunteer
provider - An emergency medical services.
which has at least 75 percent of the'total
personnel as volunteers and is recognized as a
Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation by the
Internal Revenue Service.
See 157.11 regarding fee exemption.
*Emergency medical services volunteer
Emergency medical services personnel
who provide emergency prehospital care
without remuneration, except for reimburse-Texas EMS Messenger February 1990
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Course medical director - A licensed physi-
cian who shall provide direction over all
instruction and clinical practice required in an
EMT-I and EMT-P training course.
*Department - The Texas Department of
Health.
*Emergency care attendant (ECA) - An
individual who is certified by the department
as minimally proficient to provide emergency
prehospital care by providing initial aid that
promotes comfort and avoids aggravation of
an injury or illness.
*Emergency medical services (EMS) -
Services used to respond to an individual's
perceived need for immediate medical care
and to prevent death or aggravation of
physiological or psychological illness or
injury.
*Emergency medical services and trauma care
system - An arrangement of available re-
sources that are coordinated for the effective
delivery of emergency health care services in
geographical regions consistent with planning
and management standards.
*Emergency medical services personnel -
(A) emergency care attendant (ECA);
(B) emergency medical technician (EMT);
(C) emergency.medical technician-interne-
diate (EMT-I); or
(D) emergency medical technician-para-
medic (EMT-P).:
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