1998 Minnesota Statutes

     144E.001 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of sections 
 144E.001 to 144E.52, the terms defined in this section have the 
 meanings given them.  

    Subd. 2.    Ambulance.  "Ambulance" means any vehicle 
 designed or intended for and actually used in providing 
 ambulance service to ill or injured persons or expectant mothers.

    Subd. 3.    Ambulance service.  "Ambulance service" 
 means transportation and treatment which is rendered or offered 
 to be rendered preliminary to or during transportation to, from, 
 or between health care facilities for ill or injured persons or 
 expectant mothers.  The term includes all transportation 
 involving the use of a stretcher, unless the person to be 
 transported is not likely to require medical treatment during 
 the course of transport. 

    Subd. 4.    Base of operations.  "Base of operations"  
 means the address at which the physical plant housing 
 ambulances, related equipment, and personnel is located.  

    Subd. 5.    Board.  "Board" means the emergency medical 
 services regulatory board.  

    Subd. 6.    First responder.  "First responder" means an 
 individual who is registered by the board to perform, at a 
 minimum, basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed 
 ambulance service, and is a member of an organized service 
 recognized by a local political subdivision whose primary 
 responsibility is to respond to medical emergencies to provide 
 initial medical care before the arrival of a licensed ambulance 
 service. 

    Subd. 7.    License.  "License" means authority granted 
 by the board for the operation of an ambulance service in the 
 state of Minnesota.  

    Subd. 8.    Licensee.  "Licensee" means a natural 
 person, partnership, association, corporation, or unit of 
 government which possesses an ambulance service license.  

    Subd. 9.    Municipality.  "Municipality" means any city 
 of any class, however organized, and any town.  

    Subd. 10.    Primary service area.  "Primary service 
 area" means the geographic area that can reasonably be served by 
 an ambulance service.  

    HIST: 1997 c 199 s 1