{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-39","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-39","heading":"Definitions","body":"1.  As used in this act:\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Health.\n\"Emergency medical service\" means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours-a-day by a licensed physician trained in emergency medicine.\n\"Emergency medical technician\" means a person trained in basic life support services as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) and who is certified by the Department of Health to perform these services.\n\"EMT-D\" means an emergency medical technician who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation.\n\"First Responder\" means a police officer, firefighter or other person who has been trained to provide emergency medical first response services in a program recognized by the commissioner.\n\"First Responder-D\" means a First Responder who is certified by the commissioner to perform cardiac defibrillation.\n\"Pre-hospital care\" means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients at the scene of a traffic accident or other emergency and during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those facilities.\nL.1989,c.314,s.1; amended 1996,c.136,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":"f18993ff4f736f6e5c7ee65069e882801134171b0b3dea25f8501e363d71ba40","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-38","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}