{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-36-4b-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 36-4B-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Terms used in this chapter mean:\n(1) \"Advanced life support,\" a level of emergency care consisting of basic life support procedures and definitive therapy;\n(2) \"Advanced life support personnel,\" a person licensed by the board as:\n(a) An emergency medical technician-intermediate/85;\n(b) An emergency medical technician-intermediate/99;\n(c) An advanced emergency medical technician; or\n(d) A paramedic;\n(3) \"Basic life support personnel,\" a person licensed by the board as:\n(a) An emergency medical responder; or\n(b) An emergency medical technician;\n(4) \"Board,\" the State Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners;\n(5) \"Direct control,\" real-time communications during an ambulance run between emergency medical services personnel and a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, licensed in this state;\n(6) \"Emergency medical services,\" health care provided to a patient by emergency medical services personnel;\n(7) \"Emergency medical services personnel,\" a person licensed by the board as:\n(a) An emergency medical responder;\n(b) An emergency medical technician;\n(c) An emergency medical technician-intermediate/85;\n(d) An emergency medical technician-intermediate/99;\n(e) An advanced emergency medical technician; or\n(f) A paramedic; and\n(8) \"Indirect control,\" the establishment and implementation of guidelines, policies, and protocols approved by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, licensed in this state.","path":["TITLE 36. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 36-4B. ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-4B-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"4c190b4312bb5fedf50710c48c0630eadca14a523a0db330ff2be406c6ff0ed7","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-36-4a-50","next":"us-sd/sdcl-36-4b-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}