Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 401 > Part II - Emergency Medical Services Grants

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Health. See Florida Statutes 401.107
• Emergency medical services: means the activities or services to prevent or treat a sudden critical illness or injury and to provide emergency medical care and prehospital emergency medical transportation to sick, injured, or otherwise incapacitated persons in this state. See Florida Statutes 401.107
• Emergency medical services organizations: means public or private entities involved in emergency medical services systems. See Florida Statutes 401.107
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means any individual, firm, company, agency, organization, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or other business entity of any kind whatsoever. See Florida Statutes 316.193
• roadway: refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively. See Florida Statutes 316.003
• Rural emergency medical services: means emergency medical services in a county with a total population of 100,000 or fewer people and density of less than 100 people per square mile. See Florida Statutes 401.107
• school: includes all preelementary, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools. See Florida Statutes 316.003