Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2530.2: Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Trauma Systems Improvement and

Development Act:

1. "Ambulance" means any ground, air or water vehicle operated

by an ambulance service licensed pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1-2513 of this title;

2. "Ambulance service" means any private firm or governmental

agency which is licensed by the State Department of Health to

provide levels of medical care based on certification standards

promulgated by the State Board of Health;

3. "Board" means the State Board of Health;

4. "Classification" means an inclusive standardized

identification of stabilizing and definitive emergency services

provided by each hospital that treats emergency patients;

5. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;

6. "Council" means the Trauma and Emergency Response Advisory

Council created in Section 44 of this act;

7. "Department" means the State Department of Health;

8. "Emergency medical care" means bona fide emergency services

provided after the sudden onset of a medical or traumatic condition

manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity,

including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical

attention could reasonably be expected to result in:

a. a patient's health being placed in serious jeopardy,

b. serious impairment to bodily functions, or

c. serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part;

9. "Hospital" means a hospital licensed pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1-704 of this title;

10. "Regional trauma care system" means an arrangement of

available resources that are coordinated for the effective delivery

of emergency trauma services within a geographic region consistent

with an established plan;

11. "Trauma and emergency operative services facility" means a

hospital that is classified and recognized by the Department as

providing emergency trauma and operative surgical services on a

twenty-four-hour basis;

12. "Trauma patient" means a severely or seriously injured

person who has been:

a. evaluated by a physician, a registered nurse, or

emergency medical services personnel, and

b. found to require medical care in a hospital classified

as a trauma and emergency operative services facility;

and

13. "Trauma services" includes services provided to a severely

or seriously injured patient.