For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AMBULANCE. The designed ground ambulance service that provides transport services for the NH-ATEMS patients.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS). Those services provided by the New Haven-Adams Township Fire and EMS and its designated ambulance provider related to the assessment, treatment and transport of patients during the course of an emergency medical incident.
EMS SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM. A voluntary membership program in which a person pays an annual membership fee so that, in the event of a future medical emergency, the person will not be required to pay the Fire Department EMS response fee, or any portion hereof, out-of-pocket should the person not have insurance or should his or her insurance not fully cover the fee.
MEMBER. A person who is a resident of the city or in an unincorporated part of Adams Township, Allen County, Indiana, or who lives in an area of Jefferson and Milan Township, which is contracted for services with NH-ATEMS who has subscribed to the EMS subscription program by paying the voluntary annual fee and completing the appropriate application process.
NH-ATEMS. The New Haven-Adams Township Fire and EMS.
RESIDENT. Any person whose permanent place of residence is within the city boundaries, or in an unincorporated part of Adams Township, Allen County, Indiana.
(Prior Code, § 91.51) (Ord. G-12-11, passed 8-28-2012)