Section R. 325.22102 - Definitions; E to MRule 102. As used in these rules:
(a) "Emergency medical services intercept" means an ambulance operation is transporting an emergency patient from the scene of an emergency, and requests patient care intervention from another transporting ambulance operation.(b) "Emergency medical services telecommunications" means the reception and transmission of voice or data, or both, information in the emergency medical services system consistent with the medcom requirements prescribed by the department.(c) "Field study status" means that process required under sections 20910 and 20956 of the code, MCL 333.20910 and 333.20956.(d) "Fixed wing aircraft" means a non-rotary aircraft transport vehicle that is primarily used or available to provide patient transportation between health facilities and is capable of providing patient care according to orders issued by the patient's physician.(e) "Ground ambulance" means a vehicle that complies with design and structural specifications, as that term is defined in these rules, and is licensed as an ambulance to provide transportation and basic life support, limited advanced life support, or advanced life support.(f) "Hold itself out" means the agency advertises, announces, or charges specifically for providing emergency medical services, as that term is defined in the code.(g) "License" means written authorization issued by the department to a life support agency and its life support vehicles to provide emergency medical services, as that term is defined in the code.(h) "License expiration date" means the date of expiration indicated on the license issued by the department.(i) "Licensure action" means probation, suspension, limitation, or removal by the department of a license for a life support agency or a life support vehicle for violations of the code or these rules.(j) "Life support agency" means an ambulance operation, non-transport pre-hospital life support operation, air transport operation, or medical first response service.(k) "Life support vehicle" means an ambulance, a non-transport, prehospital life support vehicle, or a medical first response vehicle, as that term is defined in the code.(l) "Medcom requirements" means medical communication requirements for an emergency medical services communication system.(m) "Medical control" means supervising and coordinating 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" means an organization designated by the department to provide medical control.(o) "Medical control authority area" means the geographic area composed of a county, group of counties, or parts of an individual county, as designated by the department.(p) "Medical control authority board" means a board appointed by the participating organizations to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the medical control authority.(q) "Mutual aid" means a written agreement between 2 or more licensed life support agencies for the provision of emergency medical services when an agency is unable to respond to a request for emergency services, or an agreement according to the direction of a medical control authority in accordance with department approved protocols.Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.22102
2004 AACS; 2023 MR 10, Eff. 5/26/2023