(a) The statewide system of emergency medical service area telecommunications shall be developed by the department, which shall be responsible for the introduction and coordination of such system into the state emergency preparedness plan. The commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement and coordinate such a system.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-140-104

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
  • Emergency medical services: means the services used in responding to the perceived individual need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
  • Reviewing authority for applications: means that individual, or designated representative, capable of determining the validity of a request to any higher agency for a required permit or license. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Telecommunications: means those voice, data, and signaling transmissions and receptions between emergency medical service entities, including, but not limited to, ambulances, rescue vehicles, hospitals or other related emergency receiving facilities, emergency communications centers, physicians and emergency medical personnel, paging facilities, law enforcement agencies, fire control agencies, poison control centers, suicide prevention agencies, and disaster control centers. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
(b) The commissioner shall be designated as the reviewing authority for applications to operate in the emergency medical services telecommunications system. The commissioner may delegate the activities required by this designation.
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