(5) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1,
Sec. 3.1639(114), eff. April 2, 2015.
(6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state
health services.
(7) "Department" means the Department of State
Health Services.
(7-a) "Emergency medical care" means bona fide
emergency services provided after the sudden onset of a
medical or traumatic condition manifesting itself by acute
symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such
that the absence of immediate medical attention could
reasonably be expected to result in:
(A) placing the patient's health in serious
jeopardy;
(B) serious impairment to bodily functions;
or
(C) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ
or part.
(8) "Emergency medical services" means services
used to respond to an individual's perceived need for
immediate medical care and to prevent death or aggravation of
physiological or psychological illness or injury.
(9) "Emergency medical services and trauma care
system" means an arrangement of available resources that are
coordinated for the effective delivery of emergency health
care services in geographical regions consistent with planning
and management standards.
(10) "Emergency medical services personnel" means:
(A) emergency care attendant;
(B) emergency medical technicians;
(C) advanced emergency medical technicians;
(D) emergency medical technicians--paramedic;
or
(E) licensed paramedic.
(11) "Emergency medical services provider" means a
person who uses or maintains emergency medical services
vehicles, medical equipment, and emergency medical services
personnel to provide emergency medical services.