2015 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services
Subchapter 11 - Criminal Records Check
§ 20-13-1101 - Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Applicant" means any individual seeking Arkansas emergency medical services personnel licensure or relicensure;

(2) "Bureau" means the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police;

(3) "Care" means treatment, services, assistance, education, training, instruction, or supervision in the prehospital emergency medical systems environment;

(4) "Division of EMS and Trauma Systems" means the organization within the Department of Health responsible for the enforcement of emergency medical services legislation within the State of Arkansas;

(5) "Emergency medical services system" means the transportation and medical care provided to the ill or injured prior to arrival at a medical facility by a licensed emergency medical services personnel or other health care provider and the continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility;

(6) "Emergency medical services personnel" means the individual who has been licensed as an EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic and who may perform those services equivalent to level of licensure;

(7) "Index" means the database maintained by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police of criminal records checks that have been conducted on applicants for emergency medical services personnel licensure and relicensure;

(8) "Licensure" means the official acknowledgment by the Department of Health that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules, regulations, and standards adopted by the State Board of Health upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council;

(9) "Licensing agency" means the government agency charged with licensing the qualified individual to provide prehospital care;

(10) "National criminal history check" means a review of national criminal records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or other positive identification methods;

(11) "Relicensure" means the official acknowledgment by the division that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for relicensure under Arkansas EMS Rules and Regulations;

(12) "Report" means a statement of the criminal history of an applicant issued by the bureau; and

(13) "State criminal history check" means a review of state criminal records conducted by the bureau using the Arkansas Crime Information Center.