2. As used in P.L.2025, c.272 (C.34:11E-1 et al.):
"Employee" means a first responder holding a position of paid employment with an employer.
"Employer" means a public entity that employs paid first responders.
“First responder” means a law enforcement officer; paid firefighter; paid member of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad association; paid emergency medical technician; paid paramedic; or paid 9-1-1 first responder dispatcher.
“Law enforcement officer” means a person employed as a permanent full-time member of any federal, State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, department, or division of those governments who is statutorily empowered to act for the detection, investigation, arrest, conviction, detention, or rehabilitation of persons violating the criminal laws of this State or of the United States and statutorily required to successfully complete a training course approved by the Police Training Commission pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), or certified by the commission as being substantially equivalent to an approved course.
“Mental health professional” means a person who maintains a clinical practice and has been approved by an employer and employee and is a professional licensed by the Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee, the State Board of Creative Arts and Activities Therapies, the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, the State Board of Medical Examiners, the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee, the Certified Psychoanalysts Advisory Committee, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, the State Board of Social Work Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, or any other entity created hereafter under Title 45 to license or otherwise regulate a mental health profession.
“Public entity” means the State, any county, municipality, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public body in the State.