Nevada Revised Statutes 41.507 – Volunteer emergency medical dispatchers and volunteer medical directors of agencies which employ emergency medical dispatchers
1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the dispatcher in the use of a medical priority dispatch system, if:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 41.507
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) The dispatcher has, in good faith, followed the protocols of such a system to establish the priority of calls for medical help or to provide preliminary instructions to a person calling for such help;
(b) The protocols for the system have been approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical service; and
(c) The act or omission of the dispatcher does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer medical director of a public or private agency, including a health facility, which employs an emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the agency if:
(a) The agency uses a medical priority dispatch system;
(b) The agency maintains a quality assurance program for that system; and
(c) The act or omission of the agency does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
3. As used in this section:
(a) ’Emergency medical dispatcher’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 450B.063.
(b) ’Health facility’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.015.