165.875 Public safety peer counseling.

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(1)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Agency” means a law enforcement agency, a tribal law enforcement agency, a fire protection or emergency medical services agency, or any other agency or entity, including a nonprofit organization, that employs, represents, or serves law enforcement officers, tribal law enforcement officers, correctional officers, jail officers, juvenile detention officers, fire fighters, dispatchers, emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, public safety personnel, or ambulance service provider personnel.

(b)“Ambulance service provider” has the meaning given in s. 256.01

(3).

(c)“Communication” means an oral statement, written statement, note, record, report, or document made during or arising out of a meeting between a recipient of peer support services or critical incident stress management services and a peer support team member or a critical incident stress management services team member.

(d)“Correctional officer” has the meaning given in s. 301.28

(1).

(e)“Critical incident” means an actual or perceived event or situation that involves a crisis, disaster, trauma, or emergency.

(f)“Critical incident stress management services” means services provided by a critical incident stress management services team or a critical incident stress management services team member to any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, or civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency affected by a critical incident and designed to assist the individual affected by a critical incident to cope with critical incident stress or to mitigate reactions to critical incident stress. “Critical incident stress management services” includes any of the following:

1. Critical incident stress defusings.

2. Critical incident stress debriefings.

3. On-scene support services.

4. One-on-one support services.

(g)“Critical incident stress management services team member” means any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency, or other person who has been trained in critical incident stress management services and officially designated by the agency head or the agency head’s designee to be a member of the agency’s critical incident stress management services team.

(h)“Emergency medical responder” has the meaning given in s. 256.01

(4p).