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(41) “gross misconduct” means the knowing violation of AS 18.08 or this chapter;

(42) “high-risk maternal transport team” means a team of two or more health care workers who are trained and equipped to provide care to women with potentially serious complications of pregnancy during transport;

(43) “high-risk newborn transport team” means a team of two or more health care workers who are trained and equipped to provide care to newborns during transport;

(44) “hours of instruction” means hours devoted to the didactic, clinical, and psychomotor training of the course participants, but does not include hours used for the certification testing of students;

(45) “inflight patient care form” means a preprinted form that includes spaces for recording information, including the patient’s name; date of flight; name of air carrier; diagnosis; originating and terminating points and patient’s condition upon departure and arrival; an inflight medical attendant’s report of the patient’s status, including vital signs, level of consciousness, drugs administered, and details of therapeutic intervention; unusual circumstances encountered during the flight, including inordinate altitudes flown, turbulence, and times associated with these abnormal conditions; and other information, such as billing information for medical and transportation expenses;

(46) “intervener physician” means a physician who has not previously established a doctor-patient relationship with the emergency patient, but who is willing to accept responsibility for a medical emergency, and who can provide proof of a valid medical license;

(47) “local trauma stabilization center” means a health care facility that is designated by the department as having met the essential standards for area trauma hospitals as specified in the department’s level IV trauma center designation criteria, contained in Level IV/V Trauma Center Applicants, Essential or Desirable Resources/Services Available, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.720;

(48) “local trauma stabilization clinic” means a clinic that

(A) provides advanced trauma life support before a patient is transferred to a higher level of care; and

(B) is designated by the department as having met the essential standards for Level V trauma centers as specified in the department’s level V trauma center designation criteria, contained in Level IV/V Trauma Center Applicants, Essential or Desirable Resources/Services Available, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.720;

(49) “medevac service” means an organization or entity that provides aeromedical evacuation or medically assisted transportation and usually provides transportation from the scene of the emergency, or a remote village or occupation site, to the initial treatment hospital;

(50) “medical director” means, except in 7 AAC 26.620, an individual who meets the applicable qualifications in 7 AAC 26.630 and who agrees to perform the responsibilities