[Comment: For dates and availability
of material incorporated by reference in this chapter of the Administrative
Code, see rule
4766-4-18
of the Administrative Code.]
(A) "Advanced emergency medical
technician" or "AEMT" is a person holding a current and valid certificate to
practice issued under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code authorizing the holder
to provide medical care as set forth in rule
4765-16-04
of the Administrative Code.
(A)
Advanced life
support" or "ALS" has the same meaning as defined in section
4766.01
of the Revised Code.
(B)
"Ambulance" has the same meaning as defined in section
4766.01
of the Revised Code.
(C)
"Basic life support" or "BLS" has the same meaning as
defined in section
4766.01
of the Revised Code.
(B)(D) "Board" means the
state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services within the
division of emergency medical services of the department of public safety set
forth in section
4765.02
of the Revised Code.
(E)
"Computed tomography" or "CT" refers to a computerized
x-ray imaging procedure.
(C)(F) "Division" means
the division of emergency medical services within the department of public
safety.
(D)(G) "Emergency medical
technician" or "EMT" is a person holding a current and valid certificate to
practice issued under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code authorizing the holder
to provide medical care as set forth in rule
4765-15-04
of the Administrative Code.
(E)(H) "Headquarters"
means the location which a licensee operates, designated by the licensee as the
location where the records set forth in this chapter are maintained or readily
available.
(F)(I) "Inspection fee"
means a fee required to be paid for the inspection of a permitted
vehicle.
(G)(J) "License" means a
certificate of licensure issued by the board to the service, also known as the
licensed mobile intensive care unit.
(H)(K) "Medical director"
means an Ohio-licensed physician who meets the requirements as set forth in
Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code and rule
4765-3-05
of the Administrative Code.
(I)(L) "Medical
transportation organization" or "MTO" has the same meaning as emergency medical
service organization as defined in section
4766.01
of the Revised Code.
(J)(M) "Mobile intensive
care unit" or "MoICU" has the same meaning as mobile intensive care unit as
defined in section
4766.01
of the Revised Code.
(N)
"Mobile stroke unit" is an MoICU specifically designed
to treat and transport individuals experiencing a cerebral vascular
incident.
(O)
"Medical transportation licensing system" or "MTLS
online system" means a web based system for medical transportation agencies to
obtain, renew, and maintain their licenses.
(K) "Neonate" means a newborn
beginning at birth and lasting through the twenty-eighth day of
life.
(L)(P) "Operate" means to
engage in conduct or activity in furtherance of the licensed activity at or
from a physical location owned, leased or maintained by the licensee where
employees report to work and vehicles or aircraft are stored. Operate also
includes the act of receiving a person within Ohio for transportation to a
location within Ohio.
(M)(Q) "Paramedic" is a
person holding a current and valid certificate to practice issued under Chapter
4765. of the Revised Code authorizing the holder to provide medical care as set
forth in rule
4765-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(N)(R) "Permit" is the
authorization to operate issued by the board as set forth in section
4766.07
of the Revised Code for a specific vehicle, known as the "permitted vehicle"
and requires the issuance of a decal for the permitted vehicle by the board or
its designee.
(S)
) "Radiologic technologist" is a health care
professional skilled in the theory and practice of the technical aspects of the
use of x-rays and radioisotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of
disease.
(O)(T) "Readily available"
means produced upon demand by the board or its designee.
(P)(U)
"Reinspection fee" means a fee required to conduct an inspection as a result of
the issuance of a violation notification by the board, or its designee, to a
licensed MoICU or license applicant, regarding a permitted MoICU or a MoICU for
which a permit application is pending with the board.
(Q)(V)
"Satellite base" means a physical location other than headquarters from which a
licensee operates.
(R) "Service number" or "service
code" means the number assigned to the MoICU by the board for the purpose of
identifying and validating the service or permitted MoICU.
(S)(W) "Temporary vehicle"
means a MoICU issued a temporary permit used to replace a permitted MoICU in
accordance with rule
4766-4-12
of the Administrative Code that is out of service until the permitted MoICU is
returned to service or is replaced. A temporary vehicle may be used for a time
period not to exceed sixty days.
(T)(X) "Violation
notification" means a written form issued by the board or its designee during
an inspection or investigation identifying deficiencies in record keeping
requirements, vehicle roadworthiness requirements, or equipment requirements by
a service or its vehicle(s).
