Nevada § 450B.130 - Establishment of minimum standards and additional requirements

§ 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.