DEFINITIONS.

145.851 DEFINITIONS. In sections 145.851 to 145.858: (1) "disabled condition" means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent, or otherwise incapacitated to communicate; (2) "disabled person" means a person in a disabled condition; (3) "the emergency symbol" means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American Medical Association to denote emergency information; (4) "identifying device" means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag, or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency; (5) "medical practitioner" means a person licensed or authorized to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, and the healing arts. History: 1973 c 428 s 1; 2016 c 119 s 7