{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-21","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-21","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this act:\na.   \"Board\" means the State Board of Medical Examiners;\nb.   \"Basic life support\" means a basic level of pre-hospital care which includes patient stabilization, airway clearance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, initial wound care and fracture stabilization and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner;\nc.   \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of the State Department of Health;\nd.   \"Department\" means the State Department of Health;\ne.   \"Emergency service\" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours a day by licensed physicians trained in emergency medicine;\nf.   \"EMT-intermediate\" means a person trained in intermediate life support services and certified by the commissioner to render intermediate life support services as part of an authorized pre-hospital intermediate life support pilot program;\ng.   \"Inter-hospital care\" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients in preparation for transportation and during transportation between emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities;\nh.   \"Intermediate life support program\" means a program authorized under this act to provide pre-hospital intermediate life support services;\ni.   \"Intermediate life support services\" means an intermediate level of pre-hospital, inter-hospital, and emergency service care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, the use of the esophageal obturator airway, and the use of military anti-shock trousers and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner;\nj.   \"Pre-hospital care\" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients before and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities.\nL. 1985, c. 351, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"c5998cd1fcd43cfc4b0214a8a94c8d40980f184adb9fa8d1b1861929f14d3b9e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-20","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}