§ 27-8.1. Definitions
"Emergency medical services personnel" means persons responsible for the direct provision of emergency medical or rescue services in a given medical emergency or emergency rescue including all persons who could be described as attendants, attendants-in-charge, or operators.
"Emergency medical services vehicle" means any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or ambulance that holds a valid emergency medical services permit issue by the Office of Emergency Medical Services that is equipped, maintained or operated to provide emergency medical care or transportation of patients who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless.
"Fire/EMS company" or "Fire/EMS department" means a volunteer fire-fighting or emergency medical services (EMS) organization organized pursuant to § 27-8 in any town, city or county of the Commonwealth, with the approval of the governing body thereof consisting of fire fighters or emergency medical services personnel, or both.
(1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142.)
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