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

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 air ambulances and medical equipment and supplies to be carried in 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.  The health officers of this state shall jointly adopt regulations to establish the minimum standards for the certification of emergency medical technicians. 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 of emergency medical technicians 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.

      3.  A health officer may adopt regulations that impose additional requirements for the certification of emergency medical technicians in the jurisdiction of the health officer, but the health officer must accept the certification of an emergency medical technician from the jurisdiction of another health officer as proof that the emergency medical technician has met the minimum requirements for certification.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1142; A 1979, 69; 1981, 1553; 1985, 1693; 1993, 2829)