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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.635 - Closed meetings of board of trustees.

1. A board of trustees may hold a closed meeting exempt from the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS to discuss:
(a) Providing a new health care service in the county hospital district or materially expanding a health care service that is currently provided in the county hospital district;
(b) The acquisition of an additional facility by the county hospital district or the material expansion of an existing facility of the county hospital district;
(c) Matters before a review committee to deliberate the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of a provider of health care; or
(d) Matters related to a medical audit or the quality assurance programs of the county hospital district.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 must not be construed to:
(a) Authorize the board of trustees to hold a closed meeting to discuss a change of management or ownership or the dissolution of the county hospital district; or
(b) Prohibit the public from obtaining a report that is otherwise available to the public pursuant to state or federal law.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, minutes of a closed meeting held pursuant to subsection 1, any supporting material and any recording or transcript of the closed meeting become public records 5 years after the date on which the meeting is held or when the board of trustees determines that the matters discussed no longer require confidentiality, whichever occurs first. Minutes of a closed meeting held pursuant to subsection 1, any supporting material and any recording or transcript of the closed meeting that contains privileged information are not public records. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the disclosure of information that is discoverable as part of a legal proceeding or pursuant to court order.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
(b) "Review committee" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 49.117.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 866)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.640 - Employees and staff of hospital: Appointment to board of chief of staff of physicians for district hospital; appointment by board of chief executive officer and necessary assistants for hospital; compensation; removal; admission.

The board of trustees may:
1. After the board is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.620 or 450.625, increase the number of members who serve on the board by appointing, as a voting member of the board, one physician who is the chief of staff of physicians for a district hospital. The term of office of a member who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is 2 years, commencing on the date of appointment by the board of trustees. A vacancy in the term of a member appointed pursuant to this subsection must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
2. Appoint a chief executive officer and necessary assistants for each hospital, and fix the compensations of such persons.
3. Employ physicians, surgeons and interns, as the board determines necessary, and fix their compensation.
4. Remove such appointees and employees.
5. Remove persons who are appointed or employed pursuant to this section.
6. Control the admission of physicians, surgeons and interns to the staff by promulgating rules, regulations and standards governing such appointments.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1987, 390; 2001, 469)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.660 - Tax levies; disposition of proceeds.

1. At the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, each board of trustees shall levy a tax sufficient, together with the revenue which will result from application of the rate to the net proceeds of minerals, to raise the amount so budgeted upon any real and personal property that is subject to taxation within the boundaries of the district. Any tax levied on interstate or intercounty telephone lines, power lines and other public utility lines pursuant to this section must be based upon valuations as established by the Nevada Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 361.315 to 361.330, inclusive.
2. When levied, the tax must be:
(a) Entered upon the assessment rolls of each county that is included within the district; and
(b) Collected in the same manner as state and county taxes.
3. When the tax is collected it must be:
(a) Placed in the treasury of the county in which the district hospital is located;
(b) Credited to the current expense fund of the district; and
(c) Used only for the purpose for which it was raised.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1989, 49; 1993, 1976; 1997, 3103, 3138; 1999, 639; 2013, 3139)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.665 - Powers of board of trustees: Borrowing of money and incurrence or assumption of indebtedness; limitations and conditions.

1. The board of trustees may borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness on behalf of the county hospital district if the total amount of the indebtedness, excluding revenue bonds and other securities constituting special obligations which are not debts, does not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the total of the last assessed valuation of taxable property, excluding motor vehicles, located within the district.
2. The board of trustees shall not borrow money or issue securities to evidence such borrowing until the board has obtained the approval of the:
(a) Debt management commission; and
(b) Board of county commissioners,
of each county in which the hospital district is located.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1011; A 1995, 774; 1997, 3103, 3138; 1999, 639)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.670 - Powers of board of trustees: Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes.

The board of trustees may issue and sell, for each district in its jurisdiction:
1. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes;
2. General obligation bonds, payment of which is additionally secured by a pledge of gross or net revenues derived from the operation of hospital facilities; and
3. Special obligation bonds, payable solely from gross or net revenues derived from the operation of hospital facilities,
for the purpose of providing funds for the purchase of hospital equipment, the acquisition of property, the construction of buildings and improvement of property owned by the district for use in any one county hospital district.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1989, 1011)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.675 - Powers of board of trustees: Mortgage or pledge of personal property and acquisition of real property.

The board of trustees, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, if the board of county commissioners is not the board of hospital trustees, or, if the district in which the hospital is located includes territory within more than one county, with the approval of the board of county commissioners of each of those counties, may, by resolution:
1. Mortgage or pledge the personal property of the hospital, including accounts receivable, and enter into agreements for the sale and leasing back to the hospital of its personal property to provide security for acquiring money for the operation of the hospital; and
2. Acquire real property for the expansion of the hospital by entering into a contract for purchase of a type and duration and on such terms as the governing body determines, including a contract secured by a mortgage or other security interest in the real property.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.680 - Election concerning issuance of bonds; applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

1. If a board of trustees desires to avail itself of the power conferred by NRS 450.670 and submission to the voters is required by the provisions of NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclusive, the board shall submit the question of issuing the bonds to the registered voters of the district in accordance with those provisions.
2. The provisions of the Local Government Securities Law apply to any bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to NRS 450.670, except to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1981, 964; 1989, 1012)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.690 - Donations.

Any person, firm, organization, corporation or society desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real property for the benefit of any district hospital may make such donations to the district. Any such donation is effective when accepted by the board of trustees according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.700 - Board of trustees to determine status of patient and fix charges.

1. The board of trustees may determine whether patients presented to the district hospital for treatment are subjects of charity. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 439B.330, the board of trustees shall establish the criteria and procedures to be used in the determination of eligibility for medical care as medical indigents or subjects of charity.
2. The board of trustees shall fix the charges for treatment of those persons who are able to pay for the treatment. The receipts for those charges must be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the district hospital is located and credited to the fund for the district.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1987, 390, 881; 1997, 3104, 3138; 1999, 639)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.710 - Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital.

1. A board of county commissioners may create a hospital district in an area where no hospital district exists for the sole purpose of contracting with a public agency or a privately owned hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the district. If such a contract is executed, the board of trustees:
(a) Shall prepare a budget pursuant to NRS 450.650;
(b) Shall levy a tax pursuant to NRS 450.660;
(c) May accept donations pursuant to NRS 450.690;
(d) May determine medical indigency pursuant to NRS 450.700; and
(e) May borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness pursuant to NRS 450.665.
2. A board of county commissioners shall not create a hospital district pursuant to this section unless it determines that:
(a) The proposed hospital district constitutes a geographic area of the county that is not served by adequate medical services;
(b) There is no county hospital or the county hospital is not capable of providing the necessary services; and
(c) The proposal is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the issue by persons in the proposed hospital district.
3. If a hospital district is created pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners may be designated by ordinance as, ex officio, the board of trustees of the hospital district, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 450.620.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.715 - Authority of board of trustees to contract for services of hospital.

The board of trustees may contract with a public agency or a privately owned hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the hospital district if it determines that:
1. There is a need to provide medical services to the residents of the district which are not being provided by the district; or
2. It is less costly or more efficient to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the district by contracting with a public agency or a privately owned hospital.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.720 - Contract for management of district hospital.

1. The board of trustees may contract with a company which manages hospitals for the rendering of management services in a district hospital.
2. The agreement may provide:
(a) That the chief executive officer of the hospital must be an employee of the company which manages the hospital; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, that the hospital may, in accordance with the requirements of NRS 450.730, purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services through the purchasing contracts of the company which manages the hospital, or through a purchasing group, without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS. The hospital may not purchase services or otherwise enter into an agreement pursuant to this paragraph for:
(1) The hiring of temporary or permanent staff through a vendor or employment agency to perform any medical or nursing care.
(2) Any work for which a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required.
The provisions of this paragraph do not prohibit the hospital from purchasing specialty equipment which requires installation services that must be performed by a person who holds a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS and which are specific to a particular project and are not commonly used in public works projects.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2076; A 2019, 3581)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.725 - Membership of district hospital in purchasing group.

1. A district hospital may, with the approval of the board of trustees, become a member of a purchasing group for the purpose of purchasing supplies, materials, equipment and services used by the district hospital.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a district hospital that becomes a member of a purchasing group may, in accordance with the requirements of NRS 450.730, purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services through the purchasing group without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS. A district hospital may not purchase services or otherwise enter into an agreement pursuant to this subsection for:
(a) The hiring of temporary or permanent staff through a vendor or employment agency to perform any medical or nursing care.
(b) Any work for which a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required.
The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a district hospital from purchasing specialty equipment which requires installation services that must be performed by a person who holds a contractor’s license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS and which are specific to a particular project and are not commonly used in public works projects.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2076; A 2019, 3581)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.730 - Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding.

A district hospital that is authorized pursuant to NRS 450.720 or 450.725 to purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services in accordance with this section through the purchasing contracts of the company that manages the hospital or through a purchasing group may purchase the supplies, materials, equipment and services without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS if:
1. The documents pertaining to the proposed purchase, including, without limitation, the prices available to the company or purchasing group, are summarized in writing and, together with a sworn statement by an officer or agent of the company or purchasing group that the prices were obtained by the company or purchasing group through a process of competitive bidding, are presented to the board of trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting; and
2. The board of trustees, after reviewing the summary and statement, finds that the proposed purchase will be made at a lower price than the lowest price reasonably obtainable by the hospital through competitive bidding pursuant to chapter 332 of NRS or available to the hospital pursuant to NRS 333.470 and approves the proposed purchase.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2076; A 2019, 3582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.750 - Board of county commissioners in certain districts deemed local government responsible for transferring certain payments of money.

For the purposes of NRS 422.380 to 422.390, inclusive, if a hospital district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, includes territory within more than one county, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the hospital is located shall be deemed to be the local government responsible for transferring payments of money to the Department for treatment of patients pursuant to the provisions of NRS 422.380 to 422.390, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3099; A 2009, 2299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.751 - Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Determination that dissolution is in best interest required; ordinance of board of county commissioners; considerations; duties of county clerk.

In a county whose population is less than 700,000:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners determine that it is in the best interests of the county and of the hospital district that the hospital district be dissolved, the board of county commissioners shall so determine by ordinance, after there is first found, determined and recited in the ordinance that:
(a) All outstanding indebtedness and bonds of all kinds of the hospital district have been paid; and
(b) The services of the hospital district are no longer needed or can be more effectively performed by an existing unit of government.
2. If the hospital district includes territory within more than one county, the hospital district may be dissolved only if a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners of each county included within the district take the actions described in subsection 1.
3. In determining pursuant to subsection 1 whether the dissolution of a hospital district is in the best interests of the county and of the hospital district, a board of county commissioners must consider, without limitation, whether:
(a) The hospital district is capable of providing sufficient health care services to the residents of the county or counties within the territory of the hospital district in an economical manner;
(b) The basic health care needs of the residents of the county or counties within the territory of the hospital district will be met if the hospital district is dissolved;
(c) There have been substantial changes in the financial status of the hospital district during the immediately preceding 2 years; and
(d) There has been an increased tax burden on the residents of the county or counties within the territory of the hospital district during the immediately preceding 2 years.
4. The county clerk of each county within which any territory of the hospital district is located shall thereupon certify a copy of the ordinance to the board of trustees of the hospital district and shall mail written notice to all qualified electors who reside within the hospital district in his or her county, containing:
(a) The adoption of the ordinance;
(b) The determination of the board of county commissioners of that county that the district should be dissolved; and
(c) The time and place for the hearing on the dissolution.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1446; A 2011, 1266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.753 - Dissolution of hospital district: Right of qualified electors to protest; dissolution prohibited if majority of qualified electors protest; dissolution by final ordinance; recital of protests.

1. On or before the date fixed for the hearing on the dissolution of a hospital district, any qualified elector who resides within the hospital district may protest against the dissolution of the hospital district by filing a written protest with the county clerk of the county in which the elector resides.
2. If, at or before the time fixed by the ordinance and notice, written protest is filed pursuant to subsection 1 by a majority of the qualified electors who reside within the hospital district, the hospital district must not be dissolved. If any written protests are filed and:
(a) If the hospital district does not include territory within more than one county, the board of county commissioners determines that the protests so filed represent less than a majority of the qualified electors who reside within the hospital district, the board may complete the dissolution by the adoption of a final ordinance of dissolution, which ordinance must contain a recital of the protests, and the recital is binding and conclusive for all purposes; or
(b) If the hospital district includes territory within more than one county, the board of county commissioners of each county included within the hospital district determines that the protests so filed represent less than a majority of the qualified electors who reside within the hospital district, the dissolution may be completed by the adoption of a final ordinance of dissolution by the board of county commissioners of each county included within the hospital district, which ordinance must contain a recital of the protests, and the recital is binding and conclusive for all purposes.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1446)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.755 - Dissolution of hospital district: Hearing; full consideration of all protests required; adoption of final ordinance of dissolution or ordinance of nondissolution by board of county commissioners.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 450.753, at the place, date and hour specified for the hearing on the dissolution of a hospital district in the notice mailed pursuant to NRS 450.751 or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of county commissioners of each county within which any territory of the hospital district is located shall give full consideration to all protests which have been filed pursuant to NRS 450.753 and shall hear all persons desiring to be heard and shall thereafter adopt either the final ordinance of dissolution or an ordinance determining that the hospital district must not be dissolved. The dissolution may be completed by the adoption of a final ordinance of dissolution by the board of county commissioners of each county included within the hospital district.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1447)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.757 - Dissolution of hospital district: County clerk must file final ordinance of dissolution; locations.

Within 30 days after the effective date of each ordinance which is required for the dissolution of a hospital district pursuant to NRS 450.753 or 450.755, each county clerk shall file a copy of the ordinance in his or her office and shall cause to be filed an additional copy of the ordinance in the Office of the Secretary of State, which filings must be without fee and must otherwise be filed in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under chapter 78 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1447)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.759 - Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Unpaid taxes, levies and assessments are lien on property; power of board of county commissioners to collect.

In a county whose population is less than 700,000:
1. All outstanding and unpaid tax sales and levies and all special assessment liens of a dissolved hospital district are valid and remain a lien against the property against which they are assessed or levied until paid, subject to the limitations of liens provided by general law. Taxes and special assessments paid after the dissolution of a hospital district must be placed in the general fund of the county in which the district hospital was located.
2. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the district hospital was located has the same power to enforce the collection of all special assessments and outstanding tax sales of the hospital district as the hospital district had if it had not been dissolved.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1447; A 2011, 1267)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts › NRS 450.800 - County or district hospital may contract for services.

1. In addition to having the powers conferred under chapter 277 of NRS, a county or district hospital may contract with a private hospital or other organization for emergency medical services, including the transportation of patients, or any other services performed in connection with or related to the operation of a hospital. The services may be performed by the parties to the contract or the parties may establish a separate organization for that purpose.
2. A county or district hospital may enter into a contract to provide services:
(a) For persons, whether or not admitted to the hospital, if those services are performed in connection with or related to the operation of the hospital.
(b) Necessary for the health and welfare of the general public.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 511; A 1987, 391)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 450B.025 to 450B.110, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1141; A 1985, 1693; 1987, 1043, 2207; 1993, 2118, 2828; 1995, 725; 1999, 1172; 2009, 913; 2013, 937, 1872, 3061; 2015, 650, 1728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.025 - "Advanced emergency medical technician" defined.

"Advanced emergency medical technician" means a person who is:
1. Certified by the health officer as having satisfactorily completed a program of training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician pursuant to NRS 450B.191; or
2. Practicing as an advanced emergency medical technician in this State under the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2206; A 1993, 2828; 2013, 937; 2023, 2286)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.040 - "Ambulance" defined.

"Ambulance" means a motor vehicle which is specially designed, constructed, equipped and staffed to provide emergency medical care for one or more:
1. Sick or injured persons; or
2. Persons whose medical condition may require special observation during transportation or transfer,
including, without limitation, such a vehicle of a fire-fighting agency.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1141; A 1985, 1726, 2117; 2001, 998; 2013, 937)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.0505 - "Automated external defibrillator" and "defibrillator" defined.

"Automated external defibrillator" or "defibrillator" means a medical device that:
1. Has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
2. Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia in a patient;
3. Is capable of determining, without intervention by the operator of the device, whether defibrillation should be performed on a patient;
4. Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed on a patient, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to the patient’s heart; and
5. Upon appropriate action by the operator of the device, delivers an appropriate electrical impulse to the patient’s heart.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1869)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.060 - "Board" defined.

"Board" means:
1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the State Board of Health.
2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1141; A 1993, 2828; 1995, 2547; 2005, 2471; 2011, 1269)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.0615 - "Community paramedicine services" defined.

"Community paramedicine services" means services provided by an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to patients who do not require emergency medical transportation and provided in a manner that is integrated with the health care and social services resources available in the community.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 649)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.063 - "Emergency medical dispatcher" defined.

"Emergency medical dispatcher" means a person who:
1. Has completed a training program in emergency medical dispatching which has been approved by the board; and
2. Has been certified as having satisfactorily completed such a training program by an entity approved by the board to provide such training.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.064 - "Emergency medical services registered nurse" defined.

"Emergency medical services registered nurse" means a registered nurse who is issued a certificate to serve as an attendant by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 450B.160.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1727; A 2019, 2090)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.065 - "Emergency medical technician" defined.

"Emergency medical technician" means a person who is:
1. Certified by the health officer as having satisfactorily completed a program of training for certification as an emergency medical technician pursuant to NRS 450B.1905; or
2. Practicing as an emergency medical technician in this State under the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2206; A 1993, 2828; 2013, 938; 2023, 2286)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.0703 - "Emergency response employee" defined.

"Emergency response employee" means a firefighter, attendant, volunteer attendant, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical dispatcher, paramedic, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, other peace officer or person who is employed by an agency of criminal justice, including, without limitation, a law enforcement dispatcher, county coroner or medical examiner or any of their employees, any other public employee whose duties may require him or her to come into contact with human blood or bodily fluids or any other person who, in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to emergencies in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 911; A 2013, 938; 2021, 338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.072 - "Fire-fighting agency" defined.

"Fire-fighting agency" means a fire department or fire protection district of the State or a political subdivision which holds a permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1692; A 1987, 718; 2001, 998; 2015, 650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.077 - "Health authority" defined.

"Health authority" means:
1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the Division.
2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2827; A 1995, 2547; 2005, 2471; 2011, 1269)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.082 - "Health officer" defined.

"Health officer" means:
1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the Chief Medical Officer.
2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district health officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2827; A 1995, 2547; 2005, 2471; 2011, 1269)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.090 - "License" defined.

"License" means the license issued by the health authority under the provisions of this chapter to an attendant of an ambulance or an air ambulance or to a firefighter employed by or serving as a volunteer with a fire-fighting agency.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1141; A 1985, 1693; 1993, 2828; 2005, 330)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.095 - "Paramedic" defined.

"Paramedic" means a person who is:
1. Certified by the health officer as having satisfactorily completed a program of training for certification as a paramedic pursuant to NRS 450B.195; or
2. Practicing as a paramedic in this State under the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 277; A 1993, 2828; 2013, 938; 2023, 2286)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.100 - "Permit" defined.

"Permit" means the permit issued by the health authority under the provisions of this chapter to:
1. A person, agency of the State or political subdivision to own or operate an ambulance or air ambulance in the State of Nevada; or
2. A fire-fighting agency to provide:
(a) Medical care by emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics to sick or injured persons:
(1) At the scene of an emergency; or
(2) At the scene of an emergency and while transporting those persons to a medical facility; and
(b) Community paramedicine services, but only if the fire-fighting agency has obtained an endorsement on the permit to provide such services pursuant to NRS 450B.1993.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1141; A 1985, 1693; 1993, 2829; 2001, 998; 2013, 938; 2015, 650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.130 - Establishment of minimum standards and additional requirements.

1. The board shall adopt regulations establishing reasonable minimum standards for:
(a) Sanitation in ambulances and air ambulances;
(b) Medical and nonmedical equipment and supplies to be carried in ambulances and medical equipment and supplies to be carried in air ambulances and vehicles of a fire-fighting agency;
(c) Interior configuration, design and dimensions of ambulances placed in service after July 1, 1979;
(d) Permits for operation of ambulances, air ambulances and vehicles of a fire-fighting agency;
(e) Records to be maintained by an operator of an ambulance or air ambulance or by a fire-fighting agency; and
(f) Treatment of patients who are critically ill or in urgent need of treatment.
2. Any regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subsection 1 establishing reasonable minimum standards for a permit for the operation of an air ambulance or records to be maintained by an operator of an air ambulance must:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), be based on the medical aspects of the operation of an air ambulance, including, without limitation, aspects related to patient care; and
(b) Not be based on economic factors, including, without limitation, factors related to the prices, routes or nonmedical services of an air ambulance.
3. The health officers of this state shall jointly adopt regulations to establish the minimum standards for the certification or licensure of persons who provide emergency medical care. Upon adoption of the regulations, each health authority shall adopt the regulations for its jurisdiction. After each health authority adopts the regulations, the standards established constitute the minimum standards for certification or licensure of persons who provide emergency medical care in this state. Any changes to the minimum standards must be adopted jointly by the health officers and by each health authority in the manner set forth in this subsection. Any changes in the minimum standards which are not adopted in the manner set forth in this subsection are void.
4. A health officer may adopt regulations that impose additional requirements for the certification or licensure of persons who provide emergency medical care in the jurisdiction of the health officer, but the health officer must accept the certification or licensure of a person who provides emergency medical care from the jurisdiction of another health officer as proof that the person who provides emergency medical care has met the minimum requirements for certification or licensure.
5. As used in this section, "person who provides emergency medical care" means an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, attendant of an ambulance or air ambulance or firefighter employed by or serving with a fire-fighting agency.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1142; A 1979, 69; 1981, 1553; 1985, 1693; 1993, 2829; 2013, 617, 938)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.140 - Sources for standards and regulations; standards may differ for different categories.

1. In adopting regulations under NRS 450B.120 and 450B.130, the board may use standards and regulations proposed by:
(a) The Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons;
(b) The United States Department of Transportation;
(c) The United States Public Health Service;
(d) The Bureau of Health Insurance of the Social Security Administration;
(e) The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons;
(f) The National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council;
(g) The American Heart Association; and
(h) Regional, state and local emergency medical services committees and councils.
2. The board may establish different standards for commercial, volunteer, industrial and other categories of ambulances and fire-fighting agencies to reflect different circumstances and in the public interest.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1142; A 1985, 1693; 1993, 2829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.150 - Administration and enforcement; inspections.

1. The health authority shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
2. The health authority and its authorized agents shall enter upon and inspect, in a reasonable manner and during reasonable business hours, the premises and vehicles of persons and governmental entities providing services regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
3. If, pursuant to subsection 2, the health authority or its authorized agents conduct an inspection of the premises or aircraft of persons or governmental entities providing air ambulance services, the inspection must be related only to the medical aspects of the operation of the air ambulance.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1142; A 1985, 1694; 1987, 2207; 1989, 1505, 1928; 1993, 2830; 2013, 618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.1505 - Use of certain money received by Division from fees, administrative penalties and appropriations.

1. Any money the Division receives from a fee set by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 439.150 for the issuance or renewal of a license pursuant to NRS 450B.160, an administrative penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 450B.900 or an appropriation made by the Legislature for the purposes of training related to emergency medical services:
(a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund;
(b) May be used to:
(1) Carry out a training program for emergency medical services personnel who work for a volunteer ambulance service or firefighting agency, including, without limitation, equipment for use in the training; and
(2) Create and maintain a system containing the records of persons who have completed such a training program; and
(c) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
2. Any interest or income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid in the manner that other claims against the State are paid.
3. The Administrator of the Division shall administer the account.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2513; A 2013, 3061; 2023, 1964)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.152 - Chair; meetings; rules for management; compensation of members.

1. The Committee shall elect a Chair from among its members. The term of the Chair is 1 year.
2. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chair at least four times each year.
3. The Committee shall adopt rules for its own management.
4. A member of the Committee serves without compensation, except that, for each day or portion of a day during which a member attends a meeting of the Committee or is otherwise engaged in the business of the Committee, the member of the Committee is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. The per diem allowance and travel expenses must be paid by the Division from money not allocated by specific statute for another use.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.153 - Duties.

The Committee shall:
1. Review and advise the Division regarding the management and performance of emergency medical services in this State and regarding statewide emergency medical protocols;
2. Advise the Division on matters of policy relating to emergency care, including, without limitation, the qualifications of persons who provide emergency medical services;
3. Advise the board and Division with respect to the preparation and adoption of regulations regarding emergency care;
4. Review periodically the budget of the Division that relates to emergency medical services;
5. Encourage the training and education of emergency medical service personnel to improve the system of public safety in this State; and
6. Perform such other duties as may be required by law or regulation.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.155 - Training and certification.

1. An educational institution, public or private agency or other entity may provide a training program for emergency medical dispatchers and issue certificates of completion if the program meets the requirements set forth in the regulations of the board and is approved by the board.
2. The board shall adopt regulations:
(a) Prescribing the requirements for a program for training and certifying an emergency medical dispatcher;
(b) Prescribing the procedures for an educational institution, public or private agency or other entity to obtain the approval of the board to provide such a program; and
(c) Establishing such fees as are necessary to cover the cost of administering the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.165 - Applicant for issuance or renewal of license or certificate to attest to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines concerning safe and appropriate injection practices.

The health authority shall not issue or renew:
1. A license to an attendant or firefighter; or
2. A certificate,
unless the applicant for issuance or renewal of the license or certificate attests to knowledge of and compliance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the prevention of transmission of infectious agents through safe and appropriate injection practices.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2053; A 2013, 940)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.171 - Relative of patient or other person may ride with attendants.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unlicensed relatives of a sick or injured patient and other persons may ride in an ambulance if there are two attendants in the ambulance, each of whom is licensed pursuant to this chapter or exempt from licensing pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 450B.160.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 286; A 1993, 318; 2019, 2092)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › NRS 450B.183 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license or certificate; grounds for denial of license or certificate; duty of health authority. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license as an attendant or firefighter employed by a fire-fighting agency or a certificate shall submit to the health authority the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The health authority shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license or certificate; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the health authority.
3. A license or certificate described in subsection 1 may not be issued or renewed by the health authority if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the health authority shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2055; A 2005, 332; 2013, 941)