As used in this part, the term:
- (1) "Department" means the Department of Health.
- (2) "Local agency" means the board of county commissioners.
- (3) "Emergency medical services" means the activities or services to prevent or treat a sudden critical illness or injury and to provide emergency medical care and prehospital emergency medical transportation to sick, injured, or otherwise incapacitated persons in this state.
- (4) "Emergency medical services organizations" means public or private entities involved in emergency medical services systems.
- (5) "Rural emergency medical services" means emergency medical services in a county with a total population of 100,000 or fewer people and density of less than 100 people per square mile.
History.--s. 3, ch. 73-262; s. 245, ch. 77-147; s. 9, ch. 89-275; s. 7, ch. 89-283; s. 28, ch. 92-78; s. 39, ch. 97-237.