Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 21.1 > Article 3 - Automated External Defibrillators

• Ambulance attendant: means any of the following:

  (a) An emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician I-99 or a paramedic whose primary responsibility is the care of patients in an ambulance and who meets the standards and criteria adopted pursuant to section 36-2204. See Arizona Laws 36-2201

• Ambulance service: means a person who owns and operates one or more ambulances. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Automated external defibrillator: means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

  (a) Is approved for premarket modification by the United States food and drug administration pursuant to 21 United States Code § 360(k). See Arizona Laws 36-2261

• Bureau: means the bureau of emergency medical services and trauma system in the department. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
• Defibrillation: means the administration of a controlled electrical charge to the heart to restore a viable cardiac rhythm. See Arizona Laws 36-2261
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
• Emergency medical care technician: means an individual who has been certified by the department as an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician I-99 or a paramedic. See Arizona Laws 36-2201
• Emergency medical services: means those services required following an accident or an emergency medical situation:

  (a) For on-site emergency medical care. See Arizona Laws 36-2201

• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Physician: means a physician who is licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17, and who provides medical oversight services pursuant to section 36-2262. See Arizona Laws 36-2261
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Trained user: means a person who is the expected user of an automated external defibrillator and who has completed training in its use. See Arizona Laws 36-2261
• Training: means a state approved course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator for the lay rescuer and first responder, including the course adopted by the American heart association and in effect as of December 31, 1998. See Arizona Laws 36-2261
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215