767.01 DEFINITIONS.

   Definitions as used in this chapter shall be as outlined in Section 4765.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, unless otherwise expressly stated:

   (a)    (1)    "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or "EMT-Basic" means a trained or qualified person holding a current, valid certificate issued under Section 4765.30 of the Ohio Revised Code to practice as an Emergency Medical Technician-Ambulance.

      (2)    "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate" or “EMT-I" means a trained or qualified person holding a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Ohio Revised Code to practice as an Emergency Medical Technician.

      (3)    "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" means a trained or qualified person holding a current, valid certificate issued under Section 4765.30 of the Ohio Revised Code to practice as an Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic.

   (b)    "Advanced Life Support" or "ALS" means treatment described in Section 4765.39 of the Ohio Revised Code that a Paramedic is certified to perform.

   (c)    "Ambulance" means any privately owned, leased or operated motor vehicle that is used or intended to be used for the transportation upon the streets or highways of this City persons who are seriously ill, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or used for administering emergency medical service to patients before, during, or after transportation. "Ambulance" does not include a vehicle designed and used solely for the transportation of non-stretcher-bound or handicapped persons, whether ambulatory or confined to a wheelchair.

   (d)    "Ambulance Service" means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, association, joint stock association, company, corporation, lessee, trustee or receiver owning, controlling, operating or managing any ambulance or emergency medical service or ambulance service or ambulance company that uses EMT-Basic's, EMT-I'S or Paramedics, or a combination thereof, and ambulances to provide emergency medical service and transportation to persons who are seriously ill, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless.

   (e)    "Basic Life Support" or "BLS" means treatment described in Section 4765.37 of the Ohio Revised Code that an EMT-Basic is certified to perform.

   (f)   "City Communications Center" means the dispatch center for the City of Cuyahoga Falls Police and Fire Departments.

   (g)   "Contagious diseases" means those diseases listed by the Ohio Department of Health in their manual on Communicable Diseases Regulations, effective April 1, 1963, and any revisions thereof.

   (h)   "Disaster situation" means any condition or situation described by rule of the Ohio Ambulance Licensing Board as a mass casualty, major emergency, natural disaster, or national emergency.

   (i)   "Emergency call" means any call for which an immediate response is required, unless otherwise known to be a routine/scheduled trip.

   (j)    "Emergency Medical Service" or "Ambulance Service" or "Ambulance Company" means a private organization that uses EMT-Basic's, EMT-I's or Paramedics, or a combination thereof, to provide medical care to victims of illness or injury. An Emergency Medical Service includes, but is not limited to, a commercial ambulance service, a hospital, and a funeral home.

   (k)    "Exposure Control Plan" and "Infection Control Manual" mean those documents maintained by an ambulance company which are written in accordance with OSHA guidelines set forth in Title 29 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) part 1910- (Amended) Subpart z-(Amended), and any revisions thereof, that deal with procedures to be followed after transporting a person suspected of suffering a contagious disease.

   (1)    "Immediate dispatch" means those response requests which are not routine/ scheduled trips. In the context of immediate dispatch a Code III request is for an ambulance estimated response time of eight minutes fifty-nine seconds (8' 59”) or less, and may normally require the use of red lights and siren. A Code II request is for an ambulance estimated response time of fourteen minutes fifty-nine seconds (14'59") or less, and shall not require the use of red lights and siren.

   (m)    "Incident Command Officer" means that officer designated as the officer with the responsibility for overall management of the incident. This officer will either directly or through assigned officers direct all activities at the incident.

   (n)    "Major emergency" means any incident requiring the use of additional resources beyond those normally used in resolving emergency medical incidents.

   (o)    "Mass casualty" means an emergency event that results in ten or more persons being injured, incapacitated, made ill, or killed.

   (p)    "Medical emergency" means an unforeseen event affecting an individual in such a manner that a need for immediate medical evaluation and/or care is created.

   (q)    "Patient" means any individual who, as a result of illness or injury, needs medical evaluation and/or care, whose physical or mental condition is such that he is in imminent danger of loss of life or significant health impairment, or who may be otherwise incapacitated or helpless as a result of a physical or mental condition, or who is sick, injured or wounded.

   (r)   "Person" includes any individual, proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, association, joint stock association, company, corporation, lessee, trustee or receiver.

   (s)    "Renewal license" means continuous renewal (each year) of current license in effect.

   (t)    "Routine/scheduled trips" means those ambulance trips which are not a medical emergency.

      (Ord. 35-2014. Passed 4-14-14.)