38-1224 Duties and activities authorized; limitations. - Nebraska Statutes

38-1224. Duties andactivities authorized; limitations.(1) An out-of-hospitalemergency care provider other than a first responder or an emergency medical responder as classifiedunder section 38-1217 may not assume the duties incident to the title or practicethe skills of an out-of-hospital emergency care provider unless he or sheis employed by or serving as a volunteer member of an emergency medical servicelicensed by the department.(2) An out-of-hospital emergency care provider may only practicethe skills he or she is authorized to employ and which are covered by thelicense issued to such provider pursuant to the Emergency Medical ServicesPractice Act.(3) An emergency medical technician-intermediate, an emergency medical technician-paramedic, an advanced emergency medical technician,or a paramedic may volunteer or be employed at a hospital as definedin section 71-419 or a health clinic as defined in section 71-416 to performactivities within his or her scope of practice within such hospital or healthclinic under the supervision of a registered nurse, a physician assistant,or a physician. Such activities shall be performed in a manner establishedin rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, with therecommendation of the board. SourceLaws 1997, LB 138, § 13; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 147; Laws 2002, LB 1033, § 2; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5184; Laws 2007, LB463, § 508; Laws 2009, LB195, § 17.