10-7F-2: Definitions.

As used in the Hazardous Duty Officers' Employer-Employee Relations Act:

A. "compelled statement" means a statement provided by an officer to the officer's employer if the statement is compelled under threat of dismissal from employment or any other employment sanction;

B. "emergency medical technician" means an individual who has been licensed by the department of health as an emergency medical technician;

C. "firefighter" means an individual who is employed as a non-volunteer firefighter and who has taken the oath prescribed for firefighters;

D. "hazardous duty officer" or "officer" means an individual who is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as a firefighter, emergency medical technician or paramedic, provided that "hazardous duty officer" does not include an individual who has not completed the probationary period established by the individual's employer as a condition of employment; and

E. "paramedic" means an individual who has been licensed by the department of health as a paramedic.