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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.625 - "Authorized provider" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Authorized provider" means a provider of health care who has
			 been approved by the Secretary of State for access to the Registry pursuant to
			 NAC 449A.695.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999814)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.630 - "Provider access application and agreement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Provider access application and agreement" means a document in
			 the format prescribed by the Secretary of State which is filed with the
			 Secretary of State by a provider of health care who wishes to become an
			 authorized provider and which sets forth the rights and responsibilities of an
			 authorized provider with respect to his or her use of the Registry.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.99982)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.635 - "Provider of health care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in
			 NRS
			 629.031.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999821)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.640 - "Registrant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Registrant" has the meaning ascribed to it in
			 NRS
			 449A.706.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999822)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.645 - "Registrant's file" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Registrant's file" means the individual file of a registrant
			 which is maintained in the Registry and which:
1. Contains the registration information and
		  advance directive of the registrant; and
2. May contain an advance directive locator,
		  any amendment, suspension or revocation of an advance directive or advance
		  directive locator, any other document submitted by a registrant concerning his
		  or her health care preferences and any other document authorized by a specific
		  statute or regulation.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999823)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.650 - "Registration agreement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Registration agreement" means a document in the format
			 prescribed by the Secretary of State which is submitted by a registrant to the
			 Secretary of State and which authorizes the Secretary of State to scan and
			 store electronically the advance directive of the registrant in the Registry
			 for retrieval in accordance with the provisions of
			 NRS 449A.700 to
			 449A.739, inclusive,
			 and NAC 449A.600 to
			 449A.705, inclusive.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999824)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.655 - "Registry" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Registry" has the meaning ascribed to it in
			 NRS
			 449A.709.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999825)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.660 - "Request for registration access form" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Request for registration access form" means a document in the
			 format prescribed by the Secretary of State which is submitted by a registrant
			 to the Secretary of State and which requests that the registrant be provided
			 with a duplicate registration card or other access to the registration number
			 and password assigned to the registrant by the Secretary of State.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999826)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.665 - Secretary of State to prescribe format of necessary forms, applications and agreements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Secretary of
		  State will prescribe the format of:
(a)
		  Advance directive locators;
(b)
		  Authorization to change forms;
(c)
		  Provider access applications and agreements;
(d) Registration agreements; and
(e) Request for registration access
		  forms.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.670 - Storage of electronic reproductions of certain documents in registrant's file in Registry; Internet access to Registry

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A registrant
		  may store in the registrant's file in the Registry an electronic reproduction
		  of an advance directive, advance directive locator or other document which
		  amends, suspends or revokes an advance directive or advance directive locator
		  or which provides information regarding the health care preferences of the
		  registrant.
2. The Registry may be
		  accessed on the Internet at
www.LivingWillLockbox.com
or
www.NVSOS.gov
.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999831)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.675 - Filing of advance directive or advance directive locator; issuance of registration card; registrant to keep file current

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
		  person who wishes to file an advance directive or advance directive locator in
		  the Registry must submit to the Secretary of State:
(a) A copy of the advance directive or
		  advance directive locator; and
(b)
		  A properly executed registration agreement.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.680 - Amendment, suspension or revocation of advance directive or advance directive locator; precedence of documentation; validity

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
		  registrant or an agent of a registrant who wishes to amend, suspend or revoke
		  an advance directive or advance directive locator filed in the Registry must
		  execute and submit to the Secretary of State an authorization to change form
		  containing the registration number of the registrant or other information
		  sufficient to ensure identification of the registrant.
2. Upon receipt of a properly executed
		  authorization to change form, the Secretary of State will file the
		  documentation in the Registry, and the amendment, suspension or revocation
		  takes precedence over any previously submitted document.
3. The validity of a properly executed
		  amendment, suspension or revocation of an advance directive or advance
		  directive locator is not affected by the lack of notification or filing with
		  the Secretary of State.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999833)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.685 - Removal, deletion or replacement of registrant's file in Registry

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A registrant or the registrant's agent may
		  remove or delete the registrant's file in the Registry by submitting to the
		  Secretary of State an authorization to change form.
2. A registrant or the registrant's agent may
		  replace the registrant's file in the Registry by submitting to the Secretary of
		  State a new and properly executed advance directive or advance directive
		  locator accompanied by an authorization to change form.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999834)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.690 - Submission of authorization to change form by agent must include declaration for agent to act on behalf of registrant

Current through June 11, 2024
An authorization to change form submitted by an agent must
			 include a declaration that the agent is legally authorized to represent or act
			 on behalf of the registrant to make decisions concerning the health care of the
			 registrant.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999835)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.695 - Authorized provider: Submission of application and agreement; issuance of unique identification number and access code

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A
		  provider of health care who wishes to become an authorized provider must submit
		  to the Secretary of State a provider access application and
		  agreement.
2. Upon approval of an
		  authorized provider, the Secretary of State will issue to the authorized
		  provider a unique identification number and access code for the
		  Registry.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999836)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.700 - Authorized provider: Establishment of internal controls to limit access to unique identification number and access code; training of employees; audit by Secretary of State authorized

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An
		  authorized provider who is issued a unique identification number and access
		  code pursuant to NAC
		  449A.695 shall protect the
		  identification number and access code and establish internal controls which
		  limit access to the identification number and access code to his or her
		  employees who have authorization to access the Registry.
2. An authorized provider shall train his or
		  her employees on the proper use of the Registry and access to registrants'
		  files and report to the Secretary of State any unauthorized access or misuse of
		  information in the Registry.
3. The
		  Secretary of State may audit the use of the Registry by an authorized provider
		  and his or her employees.
(Added to NAC by Sec'y of
			 State by R006-08, eff. 4-17-2008) - (Substituted in revision for NAC
			 449.999837)
NRS
				449A.739
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 449A - Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care › Section 449A.705 - Access to Registry and information therein; confidentiality; record of access to registrant's file

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Access to the
		  Registry or information contained therein will be provided only in accordance
		  with the provisions of
		  NRS
		  449A.718 or any other specific statute,
		  including, without limitation, for purposes relating to any study of the
		  Registry required by the Legislature. Any natural person or entity that is
		  provided with access to the Registry for statistical or analytical purposes
		  relating to such a study shall ensure that all identifying information
		  contained in the Registry concerning registrants remains confidential and that
		  no laws concerning privacy are violated.
2. A person shall not access the Registry for
		  any unauthorized purpose.
3. The
		  Secretary of State will ensure that each instance of access of a registrant's
		  file in the Registry is entered in a record maintained in the Registry under
		  the name of the registrant. The record must contain:
(a) The date and time of access;
		  and
(b) If the registrant's file is
		  accessed by any means other than the registration number and password of the
		  registrant, the identification number of the natural person or entity accessing
		  the registrant's file.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.010 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in:
1. NAC
			 450B.013 to 450B.280, inclusive, and sections 2 to 5, inclusive ; and
2.NRS 450B.025, 450B.030, 450B.040 and
			 450B.060 to 450B.110, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
			 sections.
Supplied in
				codification; A by Bd. of Health, 8-22-86; 11-12-87; 8-1-91; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS
				450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.013 - "Advanced emergency care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Advanced emergency care" means care which includes the
				activities of intermediate emergency care and is provided:
1. Under the direction of a physician or a
			 registered nurse supervised by a physician through direct communication to the
			 hospital where the physician is based or, in the absence of direct
			 communication, by means of a protocol issued to the registered nurse by the
			 physician; and
2. Pursuant to a
			 national standard prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety
			 Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as a national
			 standard for paramedics or an equivalent standard approved by the Administrator
			 of the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.015 - "Agency's vehicle" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Agency's vehicle" means a vehicle operated by a service
				agency under a permit issued pursuant to this chapter, which is staffed and
				equipped to respond to a medical emergency and which is not used for the
				transportation of patients.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-22-86; A by R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.040 - "Air attendant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Air attendant" means a qualified person licensed under this
				chapter whose primary responsibility is attending any patient or other person
				being transported in an air ambulance.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.002, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.3,
				2-28-80
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.050 - "Applicant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Applicant" means a person who applies for:
1. A permit, endorsement, license or
			 certification; or
2. Training,
			 under the applicable provisions of this chapter.
[Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.004, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.5, 2-28-80; + Life
				Support Reg. § 1.3, eff. 1-1-76]-(NAC A
				10-14-82)
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.055 - "Attendant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Attendant" means a person, including a firefighter or a
				volunteer, who is licensed under the applicable provisions of this chapter to
				perform the duties of a driver, attendant or air attendant pursuant to this
				chapter.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.057 - "Attendant community paramedicine endorsement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Attendant community paramedicine endorsement" means an
				endorsement of a license issued to an emergency medical provider, as defined in
				NRS 450B.199, that authorizes the holder of the endorsement to provide
				community paramedicine services.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS 450B.120 and
				450B.1993
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.061 - "Basic emergency care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Basic emergency care" means care which is provided:
1. Under the direction of a physician or
			 registered nurse supervised by a physician through direct communication to the
			 hospital where the physician is based or, in the absence of direct
			 communication, by means of a protocol issued to the registered nurse by the
			 physician; and
2. Pursuant to a
			 national standard prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety
			 Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as a national
			 standard for emergency medical technicians or an equivalent standard approved
			 by the Administrator of the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.070 - "Certificate" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Certificate" means the certificate issued by the Division
				under this chapter to a person certifying him or her to be qualified as an
				emergency medical dispatcher, an emergency medical responder, an emergency
				medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, a paramedic or an
				instructor in a program of training in emergency medical services.
Bd. of
				Health, Life Support Reg. § 1.5, eff. 1-1-76; A 2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82;
				8-22-86; 11-12-87; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.085 - "Division" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health
				of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R045-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by R024-14, 10-24-2014 - Substituted in
				revision for NAC 450B.125
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.090 - "Driver" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Driver" means a qualified person, as determined by the
				Department of Motor Vehicles, who:
1.
			 Is responsible for the operation of an ambulance over the streets, roads and
			 highways within this state; and
2.
			 Possesses evidence that the person has successfully completed training pursuant
			 to a national standard for the operation of an emergency vehicle or an
			 equivalent standard approved by the Division.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.007, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.8, 2-28-80-NAC A by R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.100 - "Emergency" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emergency" means:
1.
			 An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls
			 for immediate action;
2. An
			 unlooked for or sudden occasion;
3.
			 An accident; or
4. An urgent or
			 pressing medical need.
[Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.008, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.9, 2-28-80; + Life
				Support Reg. § 1.7, eff. 1-1-76]-(NAC A
				8-22-86)
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.103 - "Emergency call" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86; R by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
450B.120 and
				450B.900
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.105 - "Emergency care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emergency care" means basic, intermediate or advanced medical
				care given to a patient in an emergency. The term includes treatment or
				evaluation that is provided when no transportation to a medical facility is
				determined to be necessary.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-14-82; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.115 - "Emergency medical responder" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emergency medical responder" means a person who has
				successfully completed training for emergency medical responders pursuant to a
				national standard prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety
				Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as a national
				standard for emergency medical responders or an equivalent standard approved by
				the Administrator of the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-22-86; A 11-12-87; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.117 - "Emergency medical services registered nurse" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emergency medical services registered nurse" means a
				registered nurse who holds a valid certificate of completion of training as an
				attendant pursuant to subsections 7 and 8 of
				NRS
				450B.160.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.119 - "Endorsement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Endorsement" means an endorsement to provide additional
				services beyond those authorized by an initial certification for an emergency
				medical dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician,
				advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, critical care paramedic,
				instructor or service. Available endorsements include:
1. The attendant community paramedicine
			 endorsement;
2. The service
			 community paramedicine endorsement;
3. Endorsement as a critical care
			 paramedic;
4. Endorsement to
			 administer immunizations;
5.
			 Endorsement as an instructor; and
6. An endorsement in a subject area for which
			 the applicant has been awarded an equivalent endorsement by an agency of
			 another state, if approved by the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS 450B.120 and
				450B.1993
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.125 - "Health Division" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health
				of the Department of and Human Services.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by R045-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.140 - "Health Officer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Health Officer" means the State Health Officer.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.012 eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §§ 1.14 &
				1.14.1, 2-28-80; + Life Support Reg. § 1.11, eff. 1-1-76; A
				2-28-80
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.143 - "Industrial operator" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Industrial operator" means an operator of a service which
				is:
1. Provided for the benefit of the
			 employees of an industry who become sick or are injured at the industrial site;
			 and
2. Staffed by employees who are
			 licensed attendants and perform emergency care primarily for the
			 industry.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 10-14-82
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.147 - "Instructor" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Instructor" means a person who has a valid teacher's license
				issued in accordance with chapter 391 of NRS or has successfully completed
				training for instructors pursuant to a national standard prepared by the
				National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department
				of Transportation as a national standard for instructors or an equivalent
				standard approved by the Administrator of the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 11-12-87; A by R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS
				450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.148 - "Intermediate emergency care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Intermediate emergency care" means care which includes the
				activities of basic emergency care and is provided:
1. Under the direction of a physician or a
			 registered nurse supervised by a physician either through direct communication
			 to the hospital where the physician is based or, in the absence of direct
			 communication, by means of a protocol issued to the registered nurse by the
			 physician; and
2. Pursuant to a
			 national standard prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety
			 Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as a national
			 standard for advanced emergency medical technicians or an equivalent standard
			 approved by the Administrator of the Division.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.150 - "License" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"License" means the license issued by, or on behalf of, the
				Division to a person certifying him or her as qualified to perform the duties
				of a driver, attendant or air attendant pursuant to this chapter.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.013, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.15, 2-28-80; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.160 - "Licensee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Licensee" means one who holds a license issued under this
				chapter.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.014, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.16,
				2-28-80
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.170 - "Local authority" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Local authority" means a district health officer or other
				person charged with administering the duties of a health officer.
Bd. of Health, Life
				Support Reg. § 1.12, eff. 1-1-76
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.175 - "Municipal operator" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Municipal operator" means an operator of a service which
				is:
1. Provided primarily as a public
			 service by an agency of local government; and
2. Staffed by employees of the agency who are
			 licensed attendants.
Such a service may be a public service even if charges are
				imposed to offset the cost of operation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 10-14-82
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.177 - "National standard course" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"National standard " means a program of training in procedures
				and skills for emergency medical care as prepared and authorized by the
				National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department
				of Transportation, National Association of EMS Educators, Federal Aviation
				Administration, American Heart Association or another professional
				organization, as appropriate.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-22-86; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS
				450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.178 - "Nevada Trauma Registry" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nevada Trauma Registry" means the standardized system for the
				collection of information concerning the treatment of trauma developed pursuant
				to NAC 450B.764.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS 450B.120 and
				450B.237
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.180 - "Patient" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Patient" means any person who is sick, injured, wounded, or
				otherwise incapacitated or helpless and who is carried in an ambulance or air
				ambulance or is cared for at the scene of an emergency by an emergency medical
				dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced
				emergency medical technician, paramedic, emergency medical services registered
				nurse, physician or physician assistant.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.015, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.17, 2-28-80; + Life Support Reg. § 1.13, eff. 1-1-76; A 2-28-80-NAC A
				8-22-86; R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS
				450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.205 - "Physician" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630
				of NRS or an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 633 of
				NRS.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-1-91
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.210 - "Pilot" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Pilot" means the operator of an aircraft who is certified by
				the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.019, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.21, 2-28-80-NAC A
				8-22-86
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.215 - "Registered nurse" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Registered nurse" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				632.019.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 10-14-82
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.219 - "Report of emergency care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Report of emergency care" means the record of the care given
				to a person at the scene of an emergency and the transportation or transfer of
				any patient to Nevada from a location within another state, within Nevada or
				from Nevada to a location in another state.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-1-91; A by
				
				R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.230 - "Service" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Service" means an organization which provides ambulance or
				air ambulance service or which provides units upon request or to provide
				coverage for a special event, including, without limitation, a fire-fighting
				agency issued a permit by the Division or a volunteer service, whether or not
				the service is conducted pursuant to a business license issued by a local
				government.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.021, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.23, 2-28-80; + Life Support Reg. § 1.17, eff. 1-1-76; A 2-28-80-NAC A
				10-14-82; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.235 - "Service community paramedicine endorsement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Service community paramedicine endorsement" means an
				endorsement of a permit that authorizes the holder of the endorsement to
				provide community paramedicine services.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS 450B.120 and
				450B.1993
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.240 - "State" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"State" includes all the incorporated and unincorporated areas
				within the geographic boundaries of the State of Nevada, except those areas
				under the jurisdiction of the United States Government.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 1.022, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 1.24, 2-28-80; + Life
				Support Reg. § 1.18, eff. 1-1-76
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.245 - "State radio system for emergency medical services" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"State radio system for emergency medical services" means the
				radio system of two-way vocal communications between ambulances or agency's
				vehicles and hospitals which operates throughout this state on the ultrahigh
				frequencies allocated for this purpose by the Federal Communications
				Commission.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 10-14-82; A 8-22-86
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.251 - "Training center" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Training center" means a program that offers continuing
				education concerning emergency medical services and is approved by the Division
				as described in section 6 .
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R068-16A,
				eff. 1/27/2017
NRS 439.150, 450B.120,
				450B.155, 450B.160, 450B.1905, 450B.191 and
				450B.195
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.253 - "Transfer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Transfer" means the movement of a patient by ambulance or air
				ambulance from one medical facility to another medical facility. As used in
				this section, "medical facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				449.0151.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86; A 5-18-92
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.255 - "Transport" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Transport" means the movement of a patient by ambulance or
				air ambulance from the scene of an emergency to a medical facility, as defined
				in
				NRS
				449.0151.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86; A by R182-01, 3-5-2002
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.260 - "Unit" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Unit" means an agency's vehicle, an ambulance or an air
				ambulance.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.024, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.26, 2-28-80-NAC A by R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.280 - "Volunteer service" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Volunteer service" means a service approved by the Division
				for the operation of any ambulance or air ambulance, or other motor vehicle
				which is not used for the transportation of patients, for the purpose of
				responding to emergencies or transporting sick or injured persons or dead
				bodies without compensation other than reimbursements to defray the actual
				expenses of providing the service. A "volunteer service" may be wholly or
				partly subsidized and may be operated under the auspices of a governmental or
				public agency or an industrial or nonprofit corporation.
Bd. of
				Health, Ambulance Reg. § 1.026, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §
				1.28, 2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82; R045-97, 10-30-97; A by
				R024-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.295 - Variances by local authorities

Current through June 11, 2024
A local authority may grant a variance to the provisions of
				this chapter pursuant to subsection 3 of
				NRS
				439.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.297 - Standards for licensing, certification, applicants for training and programs of training

Current through June 11, 2024
The standards adopted by the board for the qualifications for
				licensing and certification, the eligibility of applicants for training and the
				approval of programs of training are the sole standards applied in
				Nevada.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 8-22-86
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 450B.300 - Severability

Current through June 11, 2024
If any of the provisions of this chapter or any application
				thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, it is intended
				that such invalidity not affect the remaining provisions, or their application,
				that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
				application.
Bd. of Health, Ambulance
				Reg. § 22.001, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 24.1, 2-28-80;
				renumbered as § 25.1, 10-15-81; + Life Support Reg. § 13.1, eff.
				1-1-76
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.305 - Verification of certification by National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

Current through June 11, 2024
Upon payment of the fee prescribed in NAC 450B.700, the
				  Division may issue documents verifying certification by the National Registry
				  of Emergency Medical Technicians.
Added to
				  NAC by Bd. of Health by
				  R068-16A,
				  eff. 1/27/2017
NRS
				  450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.310 - Licensing of attendants required

Current through June 11, 2024
Unless exempted by subsection 6 of NRS NRS
				  NRS
				  450B.160 or NRS NRS NRS
				  NRS
				  450B.830, no person may act in the capacity
				  of an attendant of a service or unless the person possesses a currently valid
				  card evidencing that he or she holds a license issued by the Division and
				  authorizing him or her to act in that capacity.
Bd. of
				  Health, Ambulance Reg. § 13.001, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 15.1,
				  2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; 8-1-91; A by
				  R024-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 450B.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.330 - Licensing of attendants: Application; renewal

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An
				application for a license must be made upon the form prepared and prescribed by
				the Division. The Division shall, within 30 days after receipt of an
				application, have an investigation made of the applicant and the information
				contained on the application. Upon completion of the investigation, the
				Division shall issue the license for which the application was made or notify
				the applicant in writing, in the manner prescribed in NAC 450B.710, that the
				application is rejected, setting forth the reasons for the rejection and the
				right to appeal to the Division in the manner prescribed in NAC
				439.300 to
				439.395, inclusive.
2. On an initial application for a license,
				the applicant must submit the following:
(a)
				His or her complete name;
(b) His
				or her date of birth;
(c) His or
				her social security number;
(d) The
				address of his or her current residence;
(e) The name and address of the applicant's
				employer and the employer immediately preceding his or her current employment
				if the previous employment related to providing emergency medical
				services;
(f) A description of the
				last two jobs he or she held immediately before the application is made if
				those jobs related to providing emergency medical services;
(g) A statement of whether the applicant,
				within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, has been
				convicted of, or forfeited bail for, a traffic violation other than a parking
				violation and, if so, when, where and under what circumstances the violation
				occurred;
(h) A statement of
				whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor other
				than a traffic violation and, if so, when and where the conviction occurred and
				a description of the offense;
(i) A
				description of the applicant's training and experience relating to the
				transportation and care of patients;
(j) A statement of whether the applicant has
				previously been licensed as a driver, attendant, attendant-driver or air
				attendant in a service and, if so, where and by what authority that license was
				issued;
(k) A statement of whether
				such a license has ever expired or been revoked or suspended and, if so, for
				what cause;
(l) A statement
				indicating compliance with the provisions of NRS 450B.183; and
(m) The appropriate fee prescribed in NAC
				450B.700.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.340 - Licensing of attendants: Provisional license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upon
				the request of a holder of a permit to operate a service, the Division may
				issue a provisional license as an attendant to an applicant who has not
				completed the required training for licensure.
2. A provisional license as an attendant is
				valid for the period necessary for the applicant to comply with the
				requirements prescribed in this chapter for a regular license as an attendant,
				but not more than 6 months. Upon completion of the training for the attendant,
				the operator of the service must submit to the Division the information
				required in subsection 1 of NAC 450B.320 and NAC 450B.330.
3. A person who holds a provisional license
				as an attendant issued under this section may serve in a training capacity if,
				during any period in which the person:
(a) Is
				at the scene of an emergency, he or she is accompanied by an attendant who is
				licensed at or above the level of licensure of the attendant as an emergency
				medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or or paramedic; or
				paramedic; or
(b) Transports a
				patient to a medical facility, he or she is accompanied by at least two
				attendants, one of whom is licensed at or above the level of licensure of the
				attendant an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical
				technician or paramedic.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.350 - Licensing of attendants: Terms; renewal; responsibility of service or fire-fighting agency; alteration of official entry

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The license
				of an attendant is not assignable or transferable.
2. A license expires on the date of
				expiration appearing on the license. The date of expiration for a license must
				be the same as the date of expiration specified on the licensee's certificate
				as an emergency medical technician. The Division may designate the same year of
				expiration for the licenses of all attendants in a particular
				service.
3. An attendant must renew
				his or her license on or before its expiration date.
4. The Division shall renew an attendant's
				license if the Division is satisfied that, in addition to complying with the
				other requirements for a renewal, the applicant has complied with the
				requirements, limitations, terms and conditions applicable to obtaining an
				initial license.
5. A service shall
				ensure that each of its attendants holds a valid license.
6. An official entry made upon any license
				must not be defaced, removed or obliterated. If any such defacement, removal or
				obliteration occurs on any portion of a license, the license is void.
Bd. of
				  Health, Ambulance Reg. §§ 13.007-13.010, eff. 12-3-73; A and
				  renumbered as §§ 15.6-15.9, 2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86;
				  11-12-87; 8-1-91; R045-97, 10-30-97; R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by
				  R024-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 450B.120,
					 450B.160
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 450B - Emergency Medical Services › EMERGENCY CARE › Licensing and Certification › Section 450B.355 - Certification of first responders

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To be certified as an emergency medical responder, an applicant must:
(a) Be 16 years of age or older;
(b) Have successfully completed the national standard for emergency medical responders developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation and approved by the Division;
(c) Maintain a certificate to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association or an equivalent certificate approved by the Division;
(d) Submit a statement indicating he or she has complied with the provisions of NRS 450B.183;
(e) Submit the appropriate form and the fee prescribed in NAC 450B.700;
(f) Submit the fingerprints and written permission required by NRS 450B.800; and
(g) Satisfy the Division that the applicant has not been convicted of:
(1) Murder, voluntary manslaughter or mayhem;
(2) Assault or battery with intent to kill or to commit sexual assault or mayhem;
(3) Sexual assault, statutory sexual seduction, incest, lewdness or indecent exposure, or any other sexually related crime;
(4) Abuse or neglect of a child or contributory delinquency;
(5) A violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any controlled substance or any dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application;
(6) Abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons, including, without limitation, a violation of any provision of NRS 200.5091  to 200.50995, inclusive, or a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct;
(7) Any offense involving fraud, theft, embezzlement, burglary, robbery, fraudulent conversion or misappropriation of property, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application;
(8) Any other felony involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against the victim or the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
(9) Any felony or misdemeanor for committing an act which, in the judgment of the Division, indicates that the applicant may not be able to function properly as an emergency medical responder or to care for patients for whom he or she would become responsible.