2013 Indiana Code TITLE 16. HEALTH ARTICLE 31. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CHAPTER 3.5. EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH
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IC 16-31-3.5
Chapter 3.5. Emergency Medical Dispatch
IC 16-31-3.5-1
Definitions; applicability
Sec. 1. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this
chapter.
(b) "Emergency medical dispatching" means the reception,
evaluation, processing, and provision of dispatch life support,
management of requests for emergency medical assistance, and
participation in ongoing evaluation and improvement of the
emergency medical dispatch process. This process includes
identifying the nature of the request, prioritizing the severity of the
request, dispatching the necessary resources, providing medical aid
and safety instructions to the callers, and coordinating the responding
resources as needed, but does not include call routing itself.
(c) "Emergency medical dispatch agency" means any person that
provides emergency medical dispatching for emergency medical
assistance.
As added by P.L.205-2003, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.68-2009,
SEC.2; P.L.77-2012, SEC.42.
IC 16-31-3.5-2
Exclusion
Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A person who solely dispatches prescheduled emergency
medical transports.
(2) A person who provides emergency medical dispatching
during a major catastrophe or disaster with which individuals or
dispatch agencies certified to provide emergency medical
dispatching are unable to cope.
As added by P.L.205-2003, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.22-2005,
SEC.22.
IC 16-31-3.5-3
Training requirement
Sec. 3. A person may not furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, or
advertise services as an emergency medical dispatcher or otherwise
be engaged as an emergency medical dispatch agency unless the
person performing the emergency medical dispatch has completed
training that meets or exceeds the standards established by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Emergency
Medical Dispatch Program Implementation and Administration
Managers Guide, as in effect July 1, 2012.
As added by P.L.205-2003, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.22-2005,
SEC.23; P.L.68-2009, SEC.3; P.L.77-2012, SEC.43.
IC 16-31-3.5-4
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.68-2009, SEC.7.)
IC 16-31-3.5-4.5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.68-2009, SEC.7.)
IC 16-31-3.5-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.77-2012, SEC.44.)
IC 16-31-3.5-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.68-2009, SEC.7.)
IC 16-31-3.5-7
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.77-2012, SEC.45.)
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