As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Applicant” means any individual seeking Arkansas emergency medical services personnel licensure or relicensure;
(2) “Bureau” means the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police;
(3) “Care” means treatment, services, assistance, education, training, instruction, or supervision in the prehospital emergency medical systems environment;
(4) “Division of Emergency Medical Services” means the organization within the Department of Health responsible for the enforcement of emergency medical services legislation within the State of Arkansas;
(5) “Emergency medical services personnel” means the individual who has been licensed as an EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic and who may perform those services equivalent to level of licensure;
(6) “Emergency medical services system” means the transportation and medical care provided to the ill or injured before arrival at a medical facility by a licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare provider and the continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility;
(7) “Index” means the database maintained by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police of criminal records checks that have been conducted on applicants for emergency medical services personnel licensure and relicensure;
(8) “Licensing agency” means the government agency charged with licensing the qualified individual to provide prehospital care;
(9) “Licensure” means the official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules and standards adopted by the State Board of Health upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council;
(10) “National criminal history check” means a review of national criminal records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or other positive identification methods;
(11) “Relicensure” means the official acknowledgment by the Division of Emergency Medical Services that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for relicensure under Arkansas EMS Rules;
(12) “Report” means a statement of the criminal history of an applicant issued by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police; and
(13) “State criminal history check” means a review of state criminal records conducted by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police using the Arkansas Crime Information Center.