AGENCY: Any individual, firm, partnership, public or private association, public entity, or public or private corporation, which offers or provides prehospital emergency medical services, out of hospital medical care or health related transportation services to the public.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE(S) OR EMS: Direct patient care provided by nontransport or transport agencies or service providers to any person experiencing a medical emergency, and direct patient care provided for out of hospital medical transport services. Expressly excluded from the definition are the operation of medical offices by licensed physicians and the operation of licensed healthcare facilities.
SERVICE PROVIDER(S): Any individual, firm, partnership, public or private association, public entity, or public or private corporation, that is properly licensed, assents to a master agreement and provides EMS in Bonner County under the jurisdiction of this chapter. (Ord. 456, 1-11-2005)