1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:

(a) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, if a special event is to be held and 2,500 or more persons but less than 15,000 persons are projected to be in attendance at the event at the same time, the host organization shall provide at least one dedicated advanced life support ambulance at the special event if the special event:

(1) Is located more than 5 miles from the closest hospital; or

(2) Has been held before and there is a history of a significant number of:

(I) Contacts by emergency medical personnel with persons who attended the special event to provide emergency medical care to those persons; or

(II) Persons who attended the special event who were transported as patients from the special event to a hospital.

(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, if the host organization meets the requirements of subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (a) and 15,000 or more persons but less than 50,000 persons are projected to be in attendance at the special event at the same time, the host organization shall provide at least two dedicated advanced life support ambulances at the special event.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a special event held within the boundaries of a city whose population is less than 25,000 if there is a fire-fighting agency within the city other than a volunteer fire department and the city has adopted a plan for providing emergency medical services at special events.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 1871; A 2015, 523)