{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-3.5-903","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25-3.5-903","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Emergency medical services organization\" means:\n\n(a) Local emergency medical and trauma service providers, as defined in section 25-3.5-602 (4), excluding a health-care facility licensed or certified by the department pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a) that has a quality management program pursuant to section 25-3-109;\n\n(b) Regional emergency medical and trauma services advisory councils, as defined in section 25-3.5-703 (6.8) and established under section 25-3.5-704 (2)(c); and\n\n(c) Public safety answering points, as defined in section 29-11-101 (23), performing emergency medical dispatch.\n\n(2) \"Prehospital medical director\" or \"medical director\" means a licensed physician who supervises certified or licensed emergency medical service providers who provide prehospital care.\n\n(3) \"Quality management assessment\" means a review and assessment of the performance of prehospital care provided by emergency medical service providers operating under a medical director.\n\n(4) (a) \"Quality management program\" means a program established under this part 9 that is designed to perform quality management assessments for the purpose of improving patient care and includes:\n\n(I) Quality assurance and risk management activities;\n\n(II) Peer review of emergency medical service providers; and\n\n(III) Other quality management functions.\n\n(b) \"Quality management program\" does not include review or assessment of the licensing, use, or maintenance of vehicles used by an emergency medical services organization.","path":["Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT","Article 3.5 - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services","Part 9 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"a213c03c48950a40986dac654054b50f02b69c1778f910c7fe8c74ab563159b2","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-3.5-902","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-3.5-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}