Nevada § 450B.191 - Program of training for certification as advanced emergency medical technician; maintenance of certification; advanced emergency medical technician services prohibited without certification; exceptions

§ 450B.191. Program of training for certification as advanced emergency medical technician; maintenance of certification; advanced emergency medical technician services prohibited without certification; exceptions

1. A program of training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician

must be supervised by a licensed physician and approved by the health authority. 2. A program of training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician

must include an approved curriculum in intravenous therapy and the management of a

passage for air to the lungs. Only a certified emergency medical technician with experience as established by

the board is eligible for this training. 3. In order to maintain certification, each advanced emergency medical technician

must annually: (a) Comply with the requirements established by the board for continuing medical education;

and (b) Demonstrate his or her skills as required by regulation of the board. 4. The board may by regulation prescribe the curriculum and other requirements for

training and maintaining certification as an advanced emergency medical technician. The curriculum must be at least equivalent to any curriculum or educational standards

prepared by the United States Department of Transportation as a national standard

for advanced emergency medical technicians. 5. A person shall not represent himself or herself to be an advanced emergency medical

technician unless the person has on file with the health authority a currently valid

certificate demonstrating successful completion of the program of training required

by this section or is practicing under the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services

Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145 . 6. Except as authorized by subsection 7 of NRS 450B.160 and the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate

Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145 , an attendant or firefighter shall not perform, and the owner, operator, director

or chief officer of an ambulance or a fire-fighting agency shall not offer, emergency

care as an advanced emergency medical technician without fulfilling the requirements

established by the board.