NRS 41.507 - Volunteer emergency medical dispatchers and volunteer medical directors of agencies which employ emergency medical dispatchers.

NV Rev Stat § 41.507 (2019) (N/A)

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1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the dispatcher in the use of a medical priority dispatch system, if:

(a) The dispatcher has, in good faith, followed the protocols of such a system to establish the priority of calls for medical help or to provide preliminary instructions to a person calling for such help;

(b) The protocols for the system have been approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical service; and

2. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer medical director of a public or private agency, including a health facility, which employs an emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the agency if:

(a) The agency uses a medical priority dispatch system;

(b) The agency maintains a quality assurance program for that system; and

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Emergency medical dispatcher” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 450B.063.

(b) “Health facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.015.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2117)

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