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D.C. Code § 5-651: Definitions.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.
- Chapter 6A. Police and Firefighters Limited Duty.
- Subchapter II. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Employee Presumptive Disability.
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1)
"Department" means the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(2)
"Director" means the medical services officer for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(3)
"Documented" means the member or EMS employee gave notice to the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, in writing, of his or her occupational exposure to blood or bodily fluids.
(4)
"EMS employee" means a person that qualifies as an "emergency medical services personnel" as defined by § 7-2341.01(7), is employed by the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and is not a sworn member of the Department.
(5)
"Full range of duties" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 5-631(5).
(6)
"Member " means a sworn member of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who is employed by the Department.
(7)
"Pre-employment physical examination" means the physical examination required under § 5-451.
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