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.

NV Rev Stat § 450B.240 (2019) (N/A)

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1. A person or governmental entity shall not engage in the operation of any ambulance or air ambulance service in this state without a currently valid permit for that service issued by the health authority.

2. A fire-fighting agency shall not provide the level of medical care provided by an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to sick or injured persons at the scene of an emergency or while transporting those persons to a medical facility without a currently valid permit for that care issued by the health authority.

3. A person or governmental entity shall not provide community paramedicine services or represent, advertise or otherwise imply that it is authorized to provide community paramedicine services without a currently valid permit with an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services issued by the health authority pursuant to NRS 450B.1993.

4. Nothing in this section precludes the operation of an aircraft in this state in a manner other than as an air ambulance.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1145; A 1985, 1699; 1993, 2836; 2001, 999; 2013, 620, 946; 2015, 652)

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