Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Critical incident stress," the acute or cumulative psychological stress or trauma that an emergency service provider may experience by providing services during a critical incident, crisis, disaster, or emergency. Critical incident stress is a strong emotional, cognitive, or physical reaction that has the potential to interfere with normal functioning, such as: (a) Physical, mental, or emotional illness; (b) Failure of usual coping mechanisms; (c) Loss of interest in the job or in usual social relationships; (d) Personality changes; or (e) Loss of ability to function; (2) "Critical incident stress management," any consultation, incident briefing and debriefing, on-site crisis intervention, counseling, risk assessment, case management services, harm prevention, and referral, provided by any person designated by an appropriate state or local governmental unit or agency to an emergency service provider affected by critical incident stress by: (a) Any person designated by this state or a political subdivision of this state; or (b) A health care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 34-12; (3) "Critical incident stress management team," any person designated by an appropriate state or local governmental unit or agency who is: 25 (a) Designated by this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a health care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 34-12, to provide professional critical incident stress management to an emergency service provider affected by critical incident stress, and certified; and (b) Certified by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation as a Critical Incident Stress Managementcritical incident stress management provider; (4) "Peer support team member," any person, who isa : (a) A peer of the emergency service provider, designated by an appropriate state or local government unitthis state, a political subdivision of this state, or a health care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 34-12, to provide critical incident stress management services to the provider, and certified; and (b) Certified by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation as a Critical Incident Stress Management critical incident stress management provider; and (5) "Emergency service provider" or "provider," any person who provides response services during a critical incident, by or on behalf of a state or local governmental unitthis state, a political subdivision of this state, or a health care facility that is licensed in accordance with chapter 34-12 and provides emergency medical services. 20