Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-28.36 - Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases

• Disability: means a condition of physical incapacity to perform any assigned duty or duties in the fire department or emergency medical service. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Emergency medical technician: means a person licensed pursuant to chapter 4. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Fire department: means service groups (paid or volunteer) that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire or other emergency. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Fire fighter: means an individual who is assigned to fire fighting activity and is required to respond to alarms and perform emergency action at the location of a fire, hazardous materials, or other emergency incident. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Infectious disease: means interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs transmissible by association with the sick or their secretions or excretions, excluding the common cold. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Licensed facility: means a hospital, nursing home, dialysis center, physician's office operatory, or the like, as may be licensed by the state to provide medical care. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Police officer: means any permanently employed city or town police officer, state police officer, committing squad member, or other permanent law enforcement officer as defined in § 12-7-21; provided, however, this shall not include the highest ranking officer of any of the departments. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• Strike force member: means any member of the statewide strike force of the department of attorney general. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.36-2
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9