Section 163-21-1 - Definitions1. "Certificate of Immunization" means documentation from a health official of the administration of an immunization, specifying the vaccine administered and the date it was administered. Electronic health records, having been compiled and maintained as an official document based on certificates of immunization, which provide at a minimum the month and year that the immunization was administered may also be accepted as proof of immunization.2. "Covered Emergency Medical Services Person" means an advanced emergency medical services person, a basic emergency medical services person or any person licensed by this board who routinely provides Direct Patient Care. For the purposes of this definition, EMS students that provide Direct Patient Care are Covered Emergency Medical Services Persons.3. "Direct Patient Care" means any activity that places an individual within 6 feet of a patient for a period of 15 minutes or more.4. "Disease" means the following conditions which may be preventable by immunization:5. "Effective Date" means thirty (30) days after publication of this chapter by the Secretary of State for COVID-19 and by November 1, 2023 for Influenza.6. "Entity" means an organization which holds a license issued by the Board that authorizes it as an organization to provide emergency medical services, or a training center licensed by the Board.7. "Exemption" means a formal procedure to procure discharge from the requirement to vaccinate under this rule in accordance with Section 3 below.8. "Immunization" means a vaccine, antitoxin or other substance used to increase an individual's immunity to Disease.9. "Primary Series" means the first dose of a one-dose series vaccine, and the first and second doses of a two-dose series vaccine.16-163 C.M.R. ch. 21, § 1