P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3671
The following words and terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the meaning set forth below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Statements in the present tense also include the future, and those made in the masculine gender include the feminine gender, except in those cases in which such an interpretation would render the text absurd. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(1) Medical Emergency Corps. — Means the Medical Emergency Corps of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) Director. — Means the Executive Director of the Medical Emergency Corps of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(3) Department. — Means the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(4) Medical emergency. — Means an unforeseeable health condition which calls for medical assistance or pre-hospital medical care and transportation to an adequate medical hospital or first aid facility to preserve health or reduce the possibility of permanent damage or disability which may arise as a consequence of an illness or an accident.
(5) Health facilities. — Means those facilities identified and defined as such by §§ 331—333p of this title, known as the “Puerto Rico Facilities Act”, or by the provisions of any future legislation on this matter.
(6) Person. — Means any natural person.
(7) Police. — Means the Puerto Rico Police.
(8) Health professional. — Means any practitioner who is duly admitted, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations, to practice any of the professions within the field of health and medical care, including but not limited to surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and medical technologists as authorized by the corresponding laws of Puerto Rico.
(9) Provider. — Means any person or entity authorized by the laws of Puerto Rico to render or provide medical hospital health care services in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(10) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(11) Medical Emergency Technician. — Means a person authorized by the Secretary of Health and trained in the various phases of medical emergency technology, including but not limited to communications, emergency care for patients, maintenance of work equipment, emergency room techniques and procedures, patient handling and transportation, knowledge about procedures used in obstetrics, and assistance in respiratory and cardiac emergencies.
(12) Medical Emergency Technician —Paramedic (M.E.T.-P). — Means the professional authorized by the Secretary of Health who has satisfactorily completed a medical emergency technician course for paramedics.
(13) Medical Emergency Technician —Basic. — Means the professional authorized by the Secretary of Health who has satisfactorily completed a basic medical emergency technician course.
History —Sept. 30, 2004, No. 539, § 3.