§ 158.103. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter:

(a)

Advanced life support (ALS), basic life support (BLS) and Air Ambulance Service and license therefor shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them by State law.

(b)

Affiliate means any or all of the following:

(1)

A certificate holder that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns all or any part of, or controls, or is under common control with, or has officers or directors in common with, a medical facility; or

(2)

A medical facility that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns all or any part of, or controls, or is under common control with, or has officers or directors in common with, a certificate holder; or

(3)

A person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns all or any part of, or controls, or is under common control with, or has officers or directors in common with, a certificate holder and a medical facility.

(c)

Ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them by F.S. Ch. 401, and shall include air ambulances as that term is defined by F.S. Ch. 401.

(d)

Ambulance driver means any person who meets the requirements of State law as it relates to drivers.

(e)

Ambulance service means the transportation and emergency treatment of persons who are in need of medical attention.

(f)

Base of operations means the permanent location in or from which a licensee solicits, accepts, or conducts business under the provisions of this Chapter.

(g)

Certificate means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued for emergency medical transportation service pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

(h)

Director means the Director of Fire and Rescue Department.

(i)

Emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) is any dispatcher who has successfully completed a nationally recognized EMD course.

(j)

Emergency medical technician (EMT) shall have the same meaning assigned to it under F.S. Ch. 401.

(k)

Emergency medical transportation service (EMTS) means an entity licensed to conduct emergency medical transportation of the sick and injured pursuant to and as authorized by F.S. Ch. 401.

(l)

Emergency response (primary response) shall mean the response of an ambulance to a request for emergency assistance or transportation for or on behalf of a victim or victims of an accident or illness and which response necessitates the use of either lights or siren or both to expedite arrival.

(m)

FRCC means the City's Fire and Rescue Communication Center.

(n)

Medical director shall have the same meaning assigned to it under F.S. Ch. 401.

(o)

Medical facility means a hospital, physician's office, nursing center, health care system, hospital systems facility, clinic or any other facility as defined in F.S. Ch. 395 or F.S. Ch. 400, offering medical treatment to the general public.

(p)

Medical transportation means and includes any transportation which requires or may require ALS or BLS services during transportation.

(q)

Paramedic shall have the same meaning assigned to it under F.S. Ch. 401.

(r)

Secondary response means the response of a licensed provider called by an emergency response provider already on the scene.

(s)

F.S. Ch. 401 means the "Raymond H. Alexander, M.D. Emergency Medical Transportation Services Act" as codified as F.S. Ch. 401, pt. III, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include all rules and regulations contained in the Florida Administrative Code, which interpret or implement such Act, as such rules and regulations may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 97-450-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-513-E, § 1)