Or. Admin. Code § 333-260-0010

Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1, 2025

Section 333-260-0010 - Definitions

As used in these rules:

(1) "Ambulance" means any privately or publicly owned motor vehicle, aircraft, or marine craft operated by a Division-licensed ambulance service and that is regularly provided or offered to be provided for the emergency and non-emergency transportation of persons suffering from illness, injury or disability.

(2) "Ambulance Service" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental agency or other entity that holds a Division-issued ambulance service license to provide emergency and non-emergency care and transportation to sick, injured or disabled persons.

(3) "Ambulance Service Area (ASA)" means a geographic area which is served by one ambulance service provider, and may include all or a portion of a county, or all or portions of two or more contiguous counties.

(4) "Ambulance Service Plan (Plan)" means a written document, which outlines a process for establishing a county emergency medical services system. A plan addresses the need for and coordination of ambulance services by establishing ambulance service areas for the entire county and by meeting the other requirements of these rules. Approval of a plan shall not depend upon whether it maintains an existing system of providers or changes the system. For example, a plan may substitute franchising for an open-market system.

(5) "Ambulance Service Provider" means a licensed ambulance service that responds to 9-1-1 dispatched calls or provides pre-arranged non-emergency transfers or emergency or non-emergency inter-facility transfers.

(6) "County Government or County Governing Body (County)" means a Board of County Commissioners or a County Court.

(7) "Division" means the Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority.

(8) "Emergency Medical Service (EMS)" means those prehospital functions and services whose purpose is to prepare for and respond to medical and traumatic emergencies, including rescue and ambulance services patient care, communications and evaluation.

(9) "Notification Time" means the length of time between the initial receipt of the request for emergency medical service by either a provider or an emergency dispatch center (9-1-1), and the notification of all responding emergency medical service personnel.

(10) "Provider" means any public, private or volunteer entity providing EMS.

(11) "Response Time" means the length of time between the notification of each provider and the

arrival of each provider's emergency medical service unit(s) at the incident scene.

Or. Admin. Code § 333-260-0010

HD 16-1986, f. & ef. 9-9-86; HD 11-1990, f. & cert. ef. 5-7-90; HD 18-1994, f. 6-30-94, cert. ef. 7-1-94; Renumbered from 333-028-0100; OHD 8-2001, f. & cert. ef. 4-24-01

Stat. Auth.: ORS 682.205, ORS 682.215, ORS 682.235, ORS 682.275, ORS 682.315, ORS 682.325, ORS 682.335 & ORS 682.345

Stats. Implemented: ORS 682.205, ORS 682.215, ORS 682.235, ORS 682.275, ORS 682.315, ORS 682.325, ORS 682.335 & ORS 682.345