Tennessee Code 68-140-105 – Director
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-140-105
- Commissioner: means the commissioner 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
- 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
The commissioner is designated the director of the statewide telecommunications system for emergency medical services and, for the purpose of carrying out this part, may delegate the activities required by this designation.