Emergency Medical Care or Treatment definition

Emergency Medical Care or Treatment means care or treatment for injury or acute illness, disease or condition, delay of which, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, would endanger the health or physical well-being of the patient.
Emergency Medical Care or Treatment means care or treatment for injury or acute illness, disease or condition, delay of which, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, would endanger the health or physical well-being of the patient. Licensed physicians, osteopathic physicians, emergency medical technicians and paramedics specified in section 743.064, Florida Statutes, are authorized to provide such treatment to a minor without parental consent if the minor is unable to name his parents or the parents cannot be immediately located by telephone. When applied to the administration of psychotropic medications, these medications may be provided prior to express and informed parental consent or authorization by order of the court, only under the circumstances outlined in s. 39.407(e), F.S., either when a child is an in-patient in a hospital, crisis stabilization unit, of psychiatric inpatient treatment program, or when the prescribing physician certifies in the required signed medical report that delay in providing the medication would more likely than not cause significant harm to the child.

Related to Emergency Medical Care or Treatment

  • Emergency medical care means such medical procedures as:

  • Emergency medical care provider means an individual who has been trained to provide emergency and nonemergency medical care at the first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, EMT-paramedic, paramedic specialist or other certification levels recognized by the department before 1984 and who has been issued a certificate by the department.

  • Behavioral health treatment means counseling and treatment programs, including applied behavior analysis, that are:

  • Emergency medical services or “EMS” means an integrated medical care delivery system to provide emergency and nonemergency medical care at the scene or during out-of-hospital patient transportation in an ambulance.

  • Emergency Medical Event means an event wherein an Insured Person’s medical condition and situation are such that, in the opinion of the Company’s affiliate or authorized vendor and the Insured Person’s treating physician, the Insured Person requires urgent medical attention without which there would be a significant risk of death, or serious impairment and adequate medical treatment is not available at the Insured Person’s initial medical facility.

  • Emergency medical service means [initial emergency medical

  • Emergency medical responder or “EMR” means an individual who has successfully completed a course of study based on the United States Department of Transportation’s Emergency Medical Responder Instructional Guidelines (January 2009), has passed the psychomotor and cognitive examinations for the EMR, and is currently certified by the department as an EMR.

  • Emergency Medical Transportation means the transportation, by ambulance, of sick, injured or otherwise incapacitated persons who require emergency medical care.

  • psychiatric emergency medical condition means a Mental Disorder that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity that it renders the patient as being either of the following:

  • Emergency medical condition means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of recent onset and sufficient severity (including severe pain), such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical care could result in:

  • Mental health treatment center means a treatment facility organized to provide care and treatment

  • Medical care means amounts paid for:

  • Psychiatric residential treatment facility means a facility which

  • Medical cannabis means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102.

  • Emergency medical technician means a person who is either an EMT-I, EMT-II, or EMT-P (paramedic), and possesses a valid certificate or license in accordance with the standards of Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code.

  • Medical cannabis card means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102.

  • Medical history means information regarding any:

  • Medical cannabis pharmacy means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102.

  • Emergency medical services provider means a person who has received formal training in prehospital and emergency care, and is licensed to attend any person who is ill or injured or who has a disability. Police officers, firefighters, funeral home employees and other persons serving in a dual capacity one of which meets the definition of “emergency medical services provider” are “emergency medical services providers” within the meaning of this chapter.

  • Respiratory care practitioner means a person who is

  • Substance abuse treatment means outpatient or inpatient services or participation in Alcoholics Anonymous or a similar program.

  • Inpatient treatment means mental health or substance abuse services delivered on a

  • Provider of health care means a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630, 630A or 633 of NRS, perfusionist, dentist, licensed nurse, dispensing optician, optometrist, practitioner of respiratory care, registered physical therapist, podiatric physician, licensed psychologist, licensed audiologist, licensed speech-language pathologist, licensed hearing aid specialist, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical professional counselor, chiropractor, licensed dietitian or doctor of Oriental medicine in any form.

  • Day Care Treatment means medical treatment, and/or surgical procedure which is:

  • Licensed health care practitioner means a physician, as defined in Section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act, a registered professional nurse, licensed social worker or other individual who meets requirements prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

  • Health care worker means a person other than a health care professional who provides medical, dental, or other health-related care or treatment under the direction of a health care professional with the authority to direct that individual's activities, including medical technicians, medical assistants, dental assistants, orderlies, aides, and individuals acting in similar capacities.