North Dakota § 23-27-02 - Definitions
Full text of North Dakota North Dakota Century Code § 23-27-02 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-27-02. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the department of health and human services. 2. "Emergency medical services" means the prehospital medical stabilization or transportation, including interfacility transportation, of an individual who is sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or in a real or perceived acute medical condition, by a person that holds oneself out to the public as being in that service or that regularly provides that service. The term includes: a. Assessing, stabilizing, and treating life-threatening and non-life-threatening medical conditions; or b. Transporting a patient who is in a real or perceived acute medical condition to a hospital emergency room or other appropriate medical destination. 3. "Emergency medical services operation" means an entity licensed to offer and provide emergency medical services by emergency medical services personnel with physician oversight. The term includes basic life support ambulance services, advanced life 4. 5. 6. support ambulance services, air ambulance services, and quick response unit services. "Emergency medical services personnel" means individuals who provide emergency medical services for emergency medical services operations. The term includes emergency medical services professionals, drivers, and department-certified emergency medical services providers, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation drivers and first responders. "Emergency medical services professional" means an individual licensed by the department under this chapter. "Substation ambulance services" means an ambulance station that has its own service area designated by the department and is not individually licensed as an emergency medical services operation.
Frequently Asked Questions About North Dakota § 23-27-02
What does North Dakota Century Code § 23-27-02 cover?
Section 23-27-02 ("Definitions") is part of the North Dakota Century Code, the codified statutory law of North Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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