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6 <br />assistant medical director. The medical director and the assistant medical director shall <br />meet the criteria defined in the "North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians: <br />Standards of Medical Oversight and Data Collection," which is incorporated by reference <br />in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.6, including subsequent amendments and editions. <br />1.25. Non-Emergency Transportation Services. The term "non-emergency transportation <br />service" shall mean the operation of an ambulance for any purpose other than <br />transporting emergency or emergent patients. <br />1.26 Operation Protocols. "Operation Protocols" shall mean the administrative policies and <br />procedures of EMS that provides guidance for the day-to-day operations of the system. <br />1.27 Operator. The term "operator" shall mean a person in actual physical control of an <br />ambulance or rescue service vehicle which is in motion or which has the engine running. <br />1.28 Owner. The term "owner" shall man any person or entity who owns an ambulance or <br />provides a service covered by this Ordinance. <br />1.29 Patient. The term "patient" shall mean an individual who is sick, injured, wounded, or <br />otherwise incapacitated or helpless such that the need for some medical assistance might <br />be anticipated while being transported to or from a medical facility. <br />1.30 Person. The term "person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, association, <br />corporation, company, group of individuals acting together for a common purpose, or <br />organization of any kind, including any governmental agency other than the United <br />States. <br />1.31 Practical Examination. "Practical Examination means a test where an applicant for <br />credentialing as an emergency medical technician, or medical responder, emergency <br />medical technician -intermediate, or emergency medical technician -paramedic <br />demonstrates the ability to perform specified emergency medical care skills. <br />1.32 Rescue. The term "rescue" shall mean the removal of individuals facing external, non- <br />medical, and non-patient related peril to areas of relative safety. <br />1.33 Rescue Squad or Rescue Unit. The term "rescue squad" or "rescue unit" shall mean a <br />group of individuals who are not necessarily trained in emergency medical services, fire <br />fighting, or law enforcement, but who expose themselves to an external, non-medical, <br />and non-patient related peril to effect the removal of individuals facing the same type of <br />peril to areas of relative safety. <br />1.34 Secondary Ambulance Provider. The term "secondary ambulance provider" shall mean <br />the system of personnel and equipment meeting the same criteria as a primary ambulance <br />provider, but not normally dispatched on first call response. <br />1.35 Service. The term "service" shall mean the same as owner. <br />Page 4 of 18 <br />