Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-8801

  • EMS: means emergency medical services. See Idaho Code 67-8806
  • EMS provider: means an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic licensed by the department of health and welfare pursuant to sections 56-1011 through 56-1018B, Idaho Code, and an ambulance-based clinician as defined in the rules governing emergency medical services as adopted by the department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 67-8806
  • Firefighter: means a volunteer member or paid employee whose primary duty is preventing, extinguishing, or investigating fires and who prevents, extinguishes, or investigates fires as part of a fire district, fire department, or agency that is a part of or administered by the state or any political subdivision thereof. See Idaho Code 67-8806
  • Law enforcement officer: means a volunteer member or a paid employee of a police or law enforcement agency that is a part of or administered by the state, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any political subdivision of the state whose primary duties are the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this state or any of its political subdivisions. See Idaho Code 67-8806
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
There is hereby established a decoration of the Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor, referred to in this chapter as the "Idaho medal of honor," with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances for award by the governor in the name of the state to any law enforcement officer, firefighter or EMS provider who has been killed or seriously injured in the performance of duty, or who has been distinguished by exceptionally meritorious conduct, upon nomination of the Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor commission.