(1) To ensure quality emergency medical services, the committee shall establish designation requirements for:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2d-403

  • Bureau: means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Committee: means the Trauma System and Emergency Medical Services Committee created by Section 53-2d-104. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Emergency medical service providers: means :
         (14)(a) licensed ambulance providers and paramedic providers;
         (14)(b) a facility or provider that is required to be designated under Subsection 53-2d-403(1)(a); and
         (14)(c) emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Emergency medical services: means :
         (15)(a) medical services;
         (15)(b) transportation services;
         (15)(c) behavioral emergency services; or
         (15)(d) any combination of the services described in Subsections (15)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Nonemergency secured behavioral health transport: means an entity that:
         (22)(a) provides nonemergency secure transportation services for an individual who:
              (22)(a)(i) is not required to be transported by an ambulance under Section 53-2d-405; and
              (22)(a)(ii) requires behavioral health observation during transport between any of the following facilities:
                   (22)(a)(ii)(A) a licensed acute care hospital;
                   (22)(a)(ii)(B) an emergency patient receiving facility;
                   (22)(a)(ii)(C) a licensed mental health facility; and
                   (22)(a)(ii)(D) the office of a licensed health care provider; and
         (22)(b) is required to be designated under Section 53-2d-403. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section 26B-4-119. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
     (1)(a) emergency medical service providers in the following categories:

          (1)(a)(i) quick response provider;
          (1)(a)(ii) resource hospital for emergency medical providers;
          (1)(a)(iii) emergency medical service dispatch center;
          (1)(a)(iv) emergency patient receiving facilities; and
          (1)(a)(v) other types of emergency medical service providers as the committee considers necessary; and
     (1)(b) nonemergency secured behavioral health transport providers.
(2) The bureau shall, based on the requirements in Subsection (1), issue designations to emergency medical service providers and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport providers listed in Subsection (1).
(3) As provided in Section 53-2d-602, an entity issued a designation under Subsection (2) may only function and hold itself out in accordance with its designation.