Title 40

NRS 450B.1915 Authorized activities of advanced emergency medical technician. An advanced emergency medical technician may perform any procedure and administer any drug: 1. Approved by regulation of the board; or 2. Authorized pursuant to NRS 450B.1975, if the advanced emergency …

NRS 450B.195 Program of training for certification as paramedic; maintenance of certification; paramedic services prohibited without certification; exceptions. 1. Only a certified emergency medical technician with experience as established by the board is eligible for training as…

NRS 450B.197 Authorized activities of certain paramedics and emergency medical services registered nurses. An attendant or a firefighter who is a paramedic or emergency medical services registered nurse may perform any procedure and administer any drug: 1. Approved by regulation …

NRS 450B.1975 Endorsement to administer immunizations, dispense medication and respond to public health needs. 1. An advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic who holds an endorsement to administer immunizations, dispense medication and prepare and respond to certain p…

NRS 450B.199 “Emergency medical provider” defined. As used in this section and NRS 450B.1993 and 450B.1996, unless the context otherwise requires, “emergency medical provider” means an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic who is certifi…

NRS 450B.1993 Endorsement to provide community paramedicine services: Regulations; application; expiration; circumstances under which emergency medical provider may provide community paramedicine services. 1. The board shall adopt regulations to provide for the issuance of an end…

NRS 450B.1996 Reports. 1. Each holder of a permit who has obtained an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services pursuant to NRS 450B.1993 shall submit a quarterly report to the health authority that issued the endorsement which must include, without limitation: (a) I…

NRS 450B.200 Permit for operation; fees; renewal; disciplinary or legal action for violations; maintenance of central registry of permits issued; regulations. 1. The health authority may issue a permit for: (a) The operation of an ambulance or an air ambulance; or (b) The operati…

NRS 450B.210 Provisional permit. 1. The board may issue provisional permits limited as to time, place and purpose, based on the need therefor. No provisional permit may be issued for a period of longer than 6 months. The board may establish a reasonable fee for such provisional p…

NRS 450B.215 Administrative sanctions: Failure to comply with requirements concerning electronic health information; failure to pay assessment. 1. If the health authority receives notification from the Nevada Health Authority pursuant to NRS 439.5895 that the holder of a permit t…

NRS 450B.220 Periodic inspections. 1. Subsequent to issuance of any permit under NRS 450B.200 and 450B.210, the health authority shall cause to be inspected the ambulances, aircraft, vehicles, medical supplies, equipment, personnel, records, premises and operational procedures of…

NRS 450B.225 Staffing of air ambulance; regulations; letter of endorsement and identification card for staff that meet requirements. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or as otherwise authorized by the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Int…

NRS 450B.230 Owner not to allow operation without required equipment; exception. 1. The public or private owner of an ambulance or air ambulance or the fire-fighting agency who owns a vehicle used in providing emergency medical care shall not permit its operation and use without …

NRS 450B.235 Filing and maintenance of schedule of rates of ambulance. 1. Each public and private owner of an ambulance shall file his or her schedule of rates with the health authority. Any change in a schedule of an ambulance must be filed before the change becomes effective. 2…

NRS 450B.236 Approval required for operation of center for treatment of trauma; representation as center for treatment of trauma requires designation as such. A person shall not: 1. Operate a center for the treatment of trauma without first applying for and obtaining the written …

NRS 450B.237 Establishment of program for treatment of trauma; designation of hospital as trauma center; levels of treatment; approval of designation; compliance with certain requirements. 1. The district board of health in a county whose population is 700,000 or more or the Stat…

NRS 450B.238 Regulations requiring hospital to record and maintain information. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations which require each hospital to record and maintain information concerning the treatment of trauma in the hospital. The Board shall consider the guidel…

NRS 450B.239 Division to cooperate with American College of Surgeons. In addition to the education and training required by this chapter, the Division shall cooperate with the American College of Surgeons to provide training in the treatment of trauma. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1043…

NRS 450B.240 Engaging in operation of services relating to ambulances or air ambulances without permit prohibited; provision of certain medical care by fire-fighting agency without permit prohibited; provision of community paramedicine services without endorsement prohibited. 1. …

NRS 450B.250 Service as attendant for ambulance or air ambulance without license prohibited; provision of certain medical care by firefighter without license prohibited; requirements for person to provide community paramedicine services. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this ch…

NRS 450B.255 Representation as emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic without credentials prohibited. A person shall not represent himself or herself to be an emergency medical responder, emergency medical tec…

NRS 450B.260 Operation of ambulance, air ambulance or fire-fighting vehicle used to provide certain medical care without licensed driver and attendant prohibited; exceptions; prohibition on requiring certain persons receiving training to be licensed attendants. 1. Except as other…

NRS 450B.265 Offering level of emergency care provided by paramedic without permit prohibited; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a fire-fighting agency or an owner, operator, director or chief officer of an ambulance shall not represent, advertise or imp…

NRS 450B.340 Designation of officer to receive notifications and responses and make requests on behalf of emergency response employees. Each employer of emergency response employees in this State shall designate at least one employee to serve as a designated officer to receive no…

NRS 450B.350 Duty of medical facility or county coroner or medical examiner to notify designated officer if victim transported has infectious disease; time and contents for notification. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.195, if a victim of an emergency is transported b…

NRS 450B.360 Determination of possible exposure of emergency response employee to infectious disease; request for response from medical facility or county coroner or medical examiner. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.195, if an emergency response employee believes that…

NRS 450B.370 Response of medical facility or county coroner or medical examiner. 1. If a medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner, as applicable, receives a written request for a response pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 450B.360, the medical facility, county coroner o…

NRS 450B.375 Procedure upon notification that insufficient information exists to determine whether emergency response employee was exposed to infectious disease; request for further evaluation; duties of health officer. 1. If a designated officer receives a notice from a medical …

NRS 450B.380 Notice to emergency response employee of possible exposure to infectious disease. 1. If a designated officer receives a notice from a medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner, as applicable, pursuant to NRS 450B.370 that an emergency response employee may…

NRS 450B.390 Limitations on effect of NRS 450B.340 to 450B.390, inclusive. The provisions of NRS 450B.340 to 450B.390, inclusive, must not be construed to: 1. Authorize any cause of action for damages or any civil penalty against a medical facility, county coroner, medical examin…

NRS 450B.400 Definitions. As used in NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 450B.402 to 450B.475, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 287; A 2001, 815; 2017…

NRS 450B.402 “Advanced practice registered nurse” defined. “Advanced practice registered nurse” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.406. (Added to NRS by 2017, 1768)

NRS 450B.404 “Attending advanced practice registered nurse” defined. “Attending advanced practice registered nurse” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.409. (Added to NRS by 2017, 1768)

NRS 450B.405 “Attending physician” defined. “Attending physician” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.412. (Added to NRS by 2001, 814)

NRS 450B.410 “Do-not-resuscitate identification” defined. “Do-not-resuscitate identification” means: 1. A form of identification approved by the health authority, which signifies that: (a) A person is a qualified patient who wishes not to be resuscitated in the event of cardiac o…

NRS 450B.420 “Do-not-resuscitate order” defined. “Do-not-resuscitate order” means a written directive issued by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse licensed in this state that emergency life-resuscitating treatment must not be administered to a qualified patient. Th…

NRS 450B.430 “Do-not-resuscitate protocol” defined. “Do-not-resuscitate protocol” means the standardized procedure and guidelines established by the board for the withholding of emergency life-resuscitating treatment in compliance with a do-not-resuscitate order or a do-not-resus…

NRS 450B.440 “Health care facility” defined. “Health care facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740. (Added to NRS by 1997, 288; A 2009, 210)

NRS 450B.450 “Life-resuscitating treatment” defined. “Life-resuscitating treatment” means cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including chest compressions, defibrillation, cardioversion, assisted ventilation, airway intubation or adminis…

NRS 450B.460 “Person who administers emergency medical services” defined. “Person who administers emergency medical services” means a paid or volunteer firefighter, law enforcement officer, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical tech…

NRS 450B.470 “Qualified patient” defined. “Qualified patient” means: 1. A patient 18 years of age or older who has been determined by the patient’s attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition and who: (a) Has executed a declar…

NRS 450B.475 “Terminal condition” defined. “Terminal condition” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.430. (Added to NRS by 2001, 814)

NRS 450B.480 Applicability. The provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive, apply only to emergency medical services administered to a qualified patient: 1. Before he or she is admitted to a medical facility; or 2. While the qualified patient is being prepared to be transf…

NRS 450B.490 Adoption of regulations; fee for do-not-resuscitate identification. 1. The board shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of NRS 450B.400 to 450B.590, inclusive. The regulations must establish: (a) A do-not-resuscitate protocol; and (b) The procedure to ap…

NRS 450B.500 Do-not-resuscitate identification: Contents. Each do-not-resuscitate identification issued by the health authority must include, without limitation: 1. An identification number that is unique to the qualified patient to whom the identification is issued; 2. The name …

NRS 450B.505 Do-not-resuscitate identification: Manufacture and issuance of bracelet or medallion. The board may enter into an agreement for the manufacture of a bracelet or medallion to be worn by a qualified patient which indicates that the qualified patient has been issued a d…