Tennessee Code 68-140-101 – Legislative intent
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-140-101
- Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Telecommunications: means those voice, data, and signaling transmissions and receptions between emergency medical service entities, including, but not limited to, ambulances, rescue vehicles, hospitals or other related emergency receiving facilities, emergency communications centers, physicians and emergency medical personnel, paging facilities, law enforcement agencies, fire control agencies, poison control centers, suicide prevention agencies, and disaster control centers. See Tennessee Code 68-140-102
It is the intention and purpose of the general assembly that a statewide system of emergency medical service area telecommunications be employed to provide effective and rapid emergency medical service to the general population. To this end, all emergency medical service entities within the state are directed to provide the department of health with information the department requests for the purpose of implementing § 68-140-103, and such entities shall comply with the resultant provisions established pursuant to this part.