SECTION 6. DHS 110.04 (10) is re-numbered to DHS 110.04 (11).
SECTION 7. DHS 110.04 (12) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (12) “CPR organization" means an entity whose program is authorized to provide CPR certification or training based on national standards and is approved by the department to fulfill the CPR requirement for certified first emergency medical responders and licensed EMT’ emergency medical services practitioners.
SECTION 8. DHS 110.04 (14e), (14m), and (14s) are created to read:
DHS 110.04 (14e) “Community emergency medical services provider” or “CEMS provider” has the meaning given under s. 256.215(1)(a), Stats. DHS 110.04 (14m) “Community emergency medical services practitioner” or “CEMS practitioner” has the meaning given under s. 256.21 (1), Stats. DHS 110.04 (14s) “Community paramedic” has the meaning given under s. 256.205 (1), Stats. SECTION 9. DHS 110.04 (16) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (16) “Credential" means written authorization by the service director and medical director of a licensed emergency medical services provider permitting a certified first emergency medical responder or licensed emergency medical technician services practitioners to perform specified emergency medical care while in the service of the provider. To be “credentialed" means to hold a credential issued by a licensed emergency medical services provider.
SECTION 10. DHS 110.04 (17) is amended to read:
DHS 110.04 (20) “Critical care paramedic" means an emergency medical technician- paramedic who is licensed and endorsed by the department to provide an advanced level of paramedic care based on completion of an advanced level of paramedic training.
SECTION 11. DHS 110.04 (21e), (21m), and (21s) are created to read:
DHS 110.04 (21e) “Emergency medical dispatch” means a policy or protocol used by a public safety answering point or dispatch center to determine whether to dispatch an advanced life support or basic life support ambulance based on information obtained from a 9-1-1 caller.
DHS 110.04 (21m) “Emergency medical responder" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (4p), Stats. 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:
