As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) "Community-integrated health care" means the provision of out-of-hospital medical services that an emergency care provider with an endorsement may provide as determined by department of labor and industry rule.
2. (2) "Emergency care provider" means a person licensed by the department of labor and industry, including but not limited to an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic. An emergency care provider with an endorsement may provide community-integrated health care.
3. (3) "Health care facility" has the meaning provided in 50-5-101.

4. (4) "Volunteer emergency care provider" means an individual who is licensed pursuant to this part and provides out-of-hospital, emergency medical, or community-integrated health care, patient care within a health care facility, or interfacility transport:

   1. (a) on the days and at the times of the day chosen by the individual; and

   2. (b) for an emergency medical service other than:

      1. (i) a private ambulance company unless the care is provided without compensation and outside of the individual's regular work schedule; or
      2. (ii) a private business or a public agency, as defined in 7-1-4121, that employs the individual on a regular basis with a regular, hourly wage to provide emergency medical or community-integrated health care as part of the individual's job duties.

History: En. 69-7004 by Sec. 2, Ch. 84, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-7004; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 377, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 157, Ch. 483, L. 2001; (3)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 82, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 220, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 294, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 415, L. 2025.