Section 325.126. Definitions; E to O.

(a) "Emergency medical services intercept"   means  a  situation where a life support agency is transporting an emergency patient from the scene of  an emergency and requests patient  care   intervention  from  another life support agency for a higher level of care.

(b)     "Emergency medical services telecommunications" means the reception and transmission of voice and/or data information in the emergency medical services system consistent with the medcom  requirements  prescribed by the department.

(c)    "Fixed wing aircraft" means a non-rotary aircraft transport vehicle that is primarily used or available to provide patient transportation between health care facilities and is capable of providing patient care according to orders issued by a patient's physician."Ground ambulance" means a vehicle that complies with design and structural specifications, as defined in R 325.22101 to R 325.22217, and is licensed as an ambulance to provide transportation and basic life support, limited advanced life support, or advanced life support.

(e)     "Healthcare facility" means a healthcare facility licensed under MCL 333.20801 and 333.21501 that operates a service for treating emergency patients, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

(f)   "Hold itself out" means the agency, healthcare facility, or trauma facility advertises, announces, or charges specifically  for   providing emergency medical services as defined in the code.

(g)   "Inter-facility trauma transfer" means identifying the group of trauma patients that require additional trauma resources with the goal of  providing optimal care to these

patients by the timely transfer of that patient  to  an appropriate level of care to optimize outcome.

(h)    "License" means written authorization issued by the department to a life support agency and its life  support  vehicles  to  provide  emergency medical services as defined in the code.

(i)    "License expiration date" means the date of expiration indicated on the license issued by the department.

(j)   "Licensure action" means denial, probation, suspension, limitation, or revocation by the department of a license for a life support agency, a life support vehicle, or a trauma facility for violations of the code.

(k)    "Life support vehicle" means an ambulance, a non-transport pre-hospital life support vehicle, or a medical first response vehicle, as defined in  the code.

(l)    "Medcom requirements" means medical communication requirements for an emergency medical services communication system.

(m)     "Medical control" means the supervision and coordination of emergency medical services through a medical control authority, as prescribed, adopted, and enforced through department-approved protocols, within an   emergency medical services system.

(n)   "Medical control authority" (MCA) means an organization designated by the department to provide medical control, as defined in the code.

(o)    "Medical control authority board" means a board appointed by the participating organizations to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the medical control authority.

(p)   "Medical control authority region" means the geographic area comprised of a county, group of counties, or parts of an individual county, as designated by the department.

(q)   "Non-designated" healthcare facility means a healthcare facility that either has chosen not to be a part of Michigan's trauma care system, or a healthcare facility that the department has not  designated   as  a  level  I regional trauma research facility, level II regional trauma facility, level III community trauma facility, or level IV trauma support facility.

History: 2007 AACS.