As used in this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
BOARD: The board of county commissioners of Kootenai County, Idaho, whether acting in that capacity or in its capacity as the governing board for the Kootenai County ambulance district.
CHIEF OFFICER: The supervising administrator of KCEMSS, as appointed by the JPB.
CONTRACTING PARTY: Any of the following:
A. The board, whether acting on behalf of Kootenai County or the Kootenai County ambulance district;
B. KCEMSS;
C. Any public medical service provider which is a member of KCEMSS by virtue of its assent to the terms of a master joint powers agreement between the board, the JPB and certain public medical service providers; and
D. Any public or private medical service provider which provides EMS services pursuant to separate agreement with the board and JPB.
DISPATCH: The system of communication which provides public access to KCEMSS, and which activates and coordinates the responses of medical service providers.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS): Healthcare services provided to any person(s) experiencing a medical emergency and any associated transport or transfer, whether via motor vehicle, vessel, fixed wing aircraft, rotary wing aircraft, or any combination thereof. This definition shall also include nonemergent medical transports and transfers and all medical services performed during the course of such transports or transfers. Expressly excluded from the definition are the operation of medical offices by licensed physicians and the operation of hospitals.
KCEMSS JOINT POWERS BOARD (JPB): The joint powers board created pursuant to a master joint powers agreement authorized under Idaho Code 67-2326 through 67-2333, to oversee the administration of KCEMSS.
KOOTENAI COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM (KCEMSS): The system responsible for meeting the needs of person(s) experiencing a medical emergency within Kootenai County.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY: Any event or series of events which prompts an individual to believe that immediate healthcare needs cannot be met by the individual himself.
MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, city, fire district, municipal corporation or other entity of any type, whether public or private, which offers or supplies out of hospital medical care or health related transportation services to the public within Kootenai County.
PRIVATE MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER: A medical service provider which is an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other private entity of any type.
PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER: A medical service provider which is a city, fire protection district, municipal corporation or other public entity within the definition of "public agency" as set forth in Idaho Code 67-2327.
SHERIFF: The duly elected sheriff of Kootenai County, Idaho, or his or her designee.
TRANSFER: The transportation of a patient from one medical care facility to another. (Ord. 460, 2-28-2012)