REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE (§ 2)                 

                                          

 

Senate Bill No. 455–Committee on Human
Resources and Facilities

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Requiring licensure of emergency medical technicians by Committee on Emergency Medical Services. (BDR 40‑105)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; providing in skeleton form for the licensure of emergency medical technicians by the Committee on Emergency Medical Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 450B of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3  Sec. 2.  1.  A person may apply to the Committee for

1-4  licensure as an emergency medical technician if he:

1-5  (a) Is 18 years of age or older; and

1-6  (b) Has an associate degree in emergency medical services, a

1-7  baccalaureate degree or a graduate degree from an accredited

1-8  college or university.

1-9  2.  An applicant for licensure as an emergency medical

1-10  technician must:

1-11      (a) Submit proof that he has satisfactorily completed a course

1-12  in emergency medical services;

1-13      (b) Submit a nonrefundable application fee of $100;

1-14      (c) Submit a certified copy of his transcript from a college or

1-15  university; and

2-1  (d) Pass the written examination of the Committee or the

2-2  written examination of the National Registry of Emergency

2-3  Technicians.

2-4  Sec. 3.  1.  Each license issued to an emergency medical

2-5  technician pursuant to section 2 of this act expires 4 years after

2-6  the last day of the calendar month in which it was issued and must

2-7  be renewed on or before that date.

2-8  2.  The Committee shall establish requirements for continuing

2-9  education for a person who is licensed as an emergency medical

2-10  technician pursuant to section 2 of this act. The requirements for

2-11  continuing education established pursuant to this section must

2-12  include the completion of 96 hours of continuing education every

2-13  4 years.

2-14      Sec. 4.  NRS 450B.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-15      450B.090  “License” means the license issued by [the] :

2-16      1.  The health authority [under] pursuant to the provisions of

2-17  this chapter to an attendant of an ambulance or an air ambulance or

2-18  to a fireman employed by or serving as a volunteer with a fire-

2-19  fighting agency[.] ; or

2-20      2.  The Committee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter

2-21  to an emergency medical technician.

2-22      Sec. 5.  NRS 450B.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-23      450B.130  [1.] The board shall adopt regulations establishing

2-24  reasonable minimum standards for:

2-25      [(a)] 1.  Sanitation in ambulances and air ambulances;

2-26      [(b)] 2.  Medical and nonmedical equipment and supplies to be

2-27  carried in ambulances and air ambulances and medical equipment

2-28  and supplies to be carried in vehicles of a fire-fighting agency;

2-29      [(c)] 3.  Interior configuration, design and dimensions of

2-30  ambulances placed in service after July 1, 1979;

2-31      [(d)] 4.  Permits for operation of ambulances, air ambulances

2-32  and vehicles of a fire-fighting agency;

2-33      [(e)] 5.  Records to be maintained by an operator of an

2-34  ambulance or air ambulance or by a fire-fighting agency; and

2-35      [(f)] 6.  Treatment of patients who are critically ill or in urgent

2-36  need of treatment.

2-37      [2.  The health officers of this state shall jointly adopt

2-38  regulations to establish the minimum standards for the certification

2-39  of emergency medical technicians. Upon adoption of the

2-40  regulations, each health authority shall adopt the regulations for its

2-41  jurisdiction. After each health authority adopts the regulations, the

2-42  standards established constitute the minimum standards for

2-43  certification of emergency medical technicians in this state. Any

2-44  changes to the minimum standards must be adopted jointly by the

2-45  health officers and by each health authority in the manner set forth

3-1  in this subsection. Any changes in the minimum standards which are

3-2  not adopted in the manner set forth in this subsection are void.

3-3  3.  A health officer may adopt regulations that impose

3-4  additional requirements for the certification of emergency medical

3-5  technicians in his jurisdiction, but he must accept the certification of

3-6  an emergency medical technician from the jurisdiction of another

3-7  health officer as proof that the emergency medical technician has

3-8  met the minimum requirements for certification.]

3-9  Sec. 6.  NRS 450B.025, 450B.070 450B.085, 450B.180,

3-10  450B.1905, 450B.191, 450B.1915, 450B.195 and 450B.197 are

3-11  hereby repealed.

3-12      Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective on January 1, 2004.

 

3-13  LEADLINES OF REPEALED SECTIONS

 

3-14      450B.025  “Advanced emergency medical technician”

3-15   defined.

3-16      450B.070  “Emergency medical technician certificate”

3-17   defined.

3-18      450B.085  “Intermediate emergency medical technician”

3-19   defined.

3-20      450B.180  Certification and authority of emergency medical

3-21   technicians; maintenance of central registry of certificates

3-22   issued; regulations.

3-23      450B.1905  Requirements for training and certification.

3-24      450B.191  Requirements for training and certification.

3-25      450B.1915  Authorized activities.

3-26      450B.195  Requirements for training and certification.

3-27      450B.197  Authorized activities.

 

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