Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 24 > Chapter 71 > Subchapter 1 - Emergency Medical Services Districts

• Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all the amounts deducted for Municipal Employees' Retirement System purposes from the compensation of a member with interest thereon, as provided in subsection 5063(b) of this title. See
• Advanced emergency medical treatment: means those portions of emergency medical treatment as defined by the Department of Health, which may be performed by licensed emergency medical services personnel acting under the supervision of a physician within a system of medical control approved by the Department of Health. See
• Affiliated agency: means an ambulance service or first responder service licensed under this chapter, including a fire department, rescue squad, police department, ski patrol, hospital, or other entity licensed to provide emergency medical services under this chapter. See
• Ambulance: means any vehicle, whether air, ground, or water, that is designed, constructed, used, or intended for use in transporting ill or injured persons. See
• Ambulance service: means a person licensed by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment and transportation to ill or injured persons. See
• Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Basic emergency medical treatment: means those portions of emergency medical treatment, as defined by the Department of Health, which may be exercised by licensed emergency medical services personnel acting under their own authority. See
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means any person in receipt of a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or other benefit as provided by this chapter. See
• Board: means the Board of Trustees of the System provided for in section 5062 of this title to administer the System. See
• Continuous service: means those periods of service as an employee with all employers, provided all of the following conditions are met:

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Creditable service: means that period of continuous service subsequent to an employee joining the System and prior to his or her termination of service, during which an employee makes contributions. See
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• District board: means the board of directors of a district appointed under section 2653 of this title. See
• Earnable compensation: means the total amounts paid to an employee for his or her position. See
• Emergency medical personnel: means persons, including volunteers, licensed by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment on behalf of an affiliated agency whose primary function is the provision of emergency medical treatment. See
• Emergency medical services: means an integrated system of personnel, equipment, communication, and services to provide emergency medical treatment. See
• Emergency medical services district: means a political subdivision established to facilitate the provision of pre-hospital emergency medical treatment within a given area. See
• Emergency medical treatment: means pre-hospital, in-hospital, and interhospital medical treatment rendered by emergency medical personnel given to individuals who have experienced sudden illness or injury in order to prevent loss of life, the aggravation of the illness or injury, or to alleviate suffering. See
• Employee: means the following persons employed on a regular basis by a school district or by a supervisory union for no fewer than 1,040 hours in a year and for no fewer than 30 hours a week for the school year, as defined in 16 V. See
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• First responder service: means a person licensed by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment. See
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Group A member: means a person employed by a participating municipality who does not elect to become a Group B, C, or D member under section 5068 of this title or does not become a Group B or C member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. See
• Group B member: means a person employed by a municipality who elects to become a Group B member under section 5068 of this title or becomes a Group B member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. See
• Group C member: means a person employed by a municipality who elects to become a Group C member under section 5068 of this title or becomes a Group C member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. See
• Group D member: means a person employed by a participating municipality who elects to become a Group D member under section 5068 of this title. See
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Medical Board: means the board of physicians provided for in section 5062 of this title. See
• Medical control: means the entire system of quality assurance and medical accountability for basic and advanced emergency medical treatment as prescribed by this chapter. See
• Medical facilities: means a hospital providing emergency services to an emergency medical services district. See
• Member: means any employee included in the membership of the Retirement System under section 5053 of this title. See
• Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
• Municipality: means a city, town, county, incorporated village, fire district, consolidated water district, housing authority, union municipal district, school district, incorporated school district, union school district, or any of their instrumentalities. See
• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Normal retirement date: means :

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Pension: means annual payments for life derived from contributions by the State and municipality. See
• Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, or political subdivision, including emergency medical services districts as provided for in this subchapter. See
• Probate: Proving a will
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this chapter. See
• Service: means service as an employee for which compensation is paid by an employer as defined in subdivision (11) of this section, service recognized under section 5054 of this title, or service prior to the effective date of the plan. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• sworn: shall include affirmed. See
• System: means the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont, as defined in section 5052 of this title. See