Montana Code 50-6-501. Definitions
50-6-501. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-6-501
- 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.
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-6-501
- Emergency medical service: means an emergency medical service as defined by 50-6-302. See Montana Code 50-6-501
- 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.
(1)”Automated external defibrillator” or “AED” means a medical device that:
(a)has received approval for marketing from the U.S. food and drug administration;
(b)is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed;
(c)upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and indicates that it is ready to deliver an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart; and
(d)may be used by an operator of the device to deliver an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart.
(2)”Department” means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201.
(3)”Emergency medical service” means an emergency medical service as defined by 50-6-302.
(4)”Entity” means a public agency, department, office, board, or commission or other governmental organization or a private corporation, partnership, group, or business or other private organization.
(5)”Physician” means an individual licensed to practice medicine pursuant to Title 37, chapter 3, part 3.
(6)”Public safety answering point” means a communications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that first receives 9-1-1 calls from persons in a 9-1-1 service area and that may, as appropriate, directly dispatch public or private safety services or transfer or relay 9-1-1 calls to appropriate public safety agencies.