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.

NV Rev Stat § 450B.250 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not serve as an attendant on any ambulance or air ambulance and a firefighter 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 unless the person holds a currently valid license issued by the health authority under the provisions of this chapter.

2. A person shall not provide community paramedicine services unless the person:

(a) Is certified as an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic;

(b) Is employed by or serves as a volunteer for a person or governmental entity which has a currently valid permit with an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services issued by the health authority pursuant to NRS 450B.1993; and

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1145; A 1985, 1699; 1993, 2836; 2001, 999; 2005, 334; 2013, 946; 2015, 652)

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