DHS 110.04 (21s) “Emergency medical responder service provider" means an emergency medical service provider that provides emergency medical care with staff certified as emergency medical responders to sick, disabled or injured individuals before hospitalization and the arrival of an ambulance, but that does not provide transportation for patients.
SECTION 12. DHS 110.04 (24) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (24) “EMS professional" or “EMS personnel" means a certified first emergency medical responder, licensed emergency medical technician services practitioner, registered nurse, physician assistant or physician, who is authorized to provide emergency medical care.
SECTION 13. DHS 110.04 (25) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (25) “Emergency medical service provider" or “EMS provider" means an emergency medical services program under s. 256.12, Stats., that provides emergency medical services as a first an emergency medical responder service provider, non-transporting EMT EMS provider, or ambulance service provider. SECTION 14. DHS 110.04 (26) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (26) “Emergency medical technician" or EMT services practitioner” or “EMS practitioner” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (5), Stats. SECTION 15. DHS 110.04 (27) and DHS 110.04 (28) are amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (27) “Emergency medical technician - basic" or “EMT-B" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (6), Stats. DHS 110.04 (28) “Emergency medical technician — intermediate" or “EMT-I EMT-Intermediate" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (7), Stats. SECTION 16. DHS 110.04 (29) and (30) are repealed.
SECTION 17. DHS 110.04 (31) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (31) “Endorsement" means validation by the department that a licensed EMT EMS practitioner has received the training and education required to be a specialist within a license level.
SECTION 18. DHS 110.04 (33) and (34) are repealed.
SECTION 19. DHS 110.04 (35) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (35) “Hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) (a) Stats. SECTION 20. DHS 110.04 (40) (intro.) and (c) are amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (40) (intro) “Medical control consultation" means all of the following:
DHS 110.04 (40) (c) Coordination of all medical-related activities of EMS personnel professionals in a pre-hospital setting or interfacility transport of a patient.
SECTION 21. DHS 110.04 (41) is repealed.
SECTION 22. DHS 110.04 (42) amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (42) “Medical director" means a physician with the qualifications specified under this chapter who is associated with an EMS service provider and trains, medically coordinates, directs, supervises, establishes standard operating procedures for, designates physicians for direction and supervision of, and reviews the performance of the service’s first emergency medical responders or emergency medical technicians services practitioners and ambulance service providers, as required under s. 256.15 (8m), Stats. SECTION 23. DHS 110.04 (43m) is created to read:
DHS 110.04 (43m) “National emergency medical service information system” or “NEMSIS” is the national database system used to aggregate, store, and share emergency medical service data from multiple states and federal territories administered through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
SECTION 24. DHS 110.04 (45) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (45) “National standard curriculum for training EMS personnel professionals" or “national standard curriculum" means the most recent edition of the first emergency medical responder or emergency medical technician services practitioner national standard curriculum published by the national highway traffic safety administration of the U.S. department of transportation.
SECTION 25. DHS 110.04 (47) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (47) “Non-transporting EMT EMS provider" means an emergency medical service provider that provides emergency medical care with staff licensed as EMTs EMS practitioners to sick, disabled or injured individuals before hospitalization and the arrival or an ambulance, but that does not transport patients.
SECTION 26. DHS 110.04 (48) is repealed.
SECTION 27. DHS 110.04 (49) and DHS 110.04 (50) are amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (49)“On-line medical control consultation" means direct voice contact between a medical consultation physician or physician assistant or advanced practice nurse practitioner at the medical control hospital and EMS professionals for the purpose of medical direction. Physician assistants or advanced practice nurse practitioners shall only act within their credentialed or licensed scope of practice for the facility in which they are employed in providing on-line medical consultation.
DHS 110.04 (50) “On-site medical direction consultation" means that a service medical director or designee is located at a special event and directs EMS professionals in the treatment of patients.
SECTION 28. DHS 110.04 (51m) is created to read:
DHS 110.04 (51m) “Paramedic” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (14), Stats.
SECTION 29. DHS 110.04 (59) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (59) “Preceptor" means any of the following who provides direct supervision of clinical or field training for EMT EMS practitioner students: an EMT EMS practitioner licensed at or above the level of the training he or she provides, a physician, a registered nurse or a physician assistant.
SECTION 30. DHS 110.04 (61m) is created to read:
DHS 110.04 (61m) “Public safety answering point” has the meaning given in s. 256.35(1)(gm), Stats. SECTION 31. DHS 110.04 (72) is amended to read:
DHS 100.04 (72) “Training center" means an entity certified by the department to provide first emergency medical responder and emergency medical technician services practitioner training.
SECTION 32. DHS 110.04 (74m) is created to read:
DHS 110.04 (74m) “Triennial licensing period" or “triennium" means the 3-year period beginning on July 1 of the first year and ending on June 30 of the third year.
SECTION 33. DHS 110.04 (77) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (77) “Wisconsin first emergency medical responder curriculum" means the course of study approved by the department for training first emergency medical responders.
SECTION 34. DHS 110.04 (78) is amended to read:
