Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 39 > Chapter 74 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Critical incident: means an event that results in acute or cumulative psychological stress or trauma to an emergency service provider as a result of response to the incident. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Critical incident stress: means an unusually strong emotional, cognitive, or physical reaction that has the potential to interfere with normal functioning and that results from the response to a critical incident. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Critical incident stress management: means a process of crisis intervention designed to assist emergency service personnel in coping with the psychological trauma resulting from response to a critical incident. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Critical incident stress management and response services: means consultation, counseling, debriefing, defusing, intervention services, management, prevention, and referral provided by a critical incident stress management team member to emergency service personnel. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Critical incident stress management team: means the group of one or more trained volunteers or paid professionals who offer critical incident stress management and response services following a critical incident. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• emergency service personnel: means a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, dispatcher, rescue service provider, or other personnel who provide emergency response services. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• team member: means an individual specially trained to provide critical incident stress management and response services as a member of an organized team or emergency services provider agency. See Montana Code 39-74-104
• Usual: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206