Nevada Revised Statutes 450B.265 – Offering level of emergency care provided by paramedic without permit prohibited; exception
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a fire-fighting agency or an owner, operator, director or chief officer of an ambulance shall not represent, advertise or imply that it:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 450B.265
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- 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 Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) Is authorized to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic; or
(b) Uses the services of a paramedic, unless the service has a currently valid permit to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic issued by the health authority.
2. Any service in a county whose population is less than 700,000, that holds a valid permit for the operation of an ambulance but is not authorized by the health authority to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic may represent, for billing purposes, that its ambulance provided emergency care by a paramedic if:
(a) A registered nurse employed by a hospital rendered the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic to a patient being transferred from the hospital by the ambulance; and
(b) The equipment deemed necessary by the health authority for the provision of the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic was on board the ambulance at the time the registered nurse rendered the emergency care.
3. A hospital that employs a registered nurse who renders the care described in subsection 2 is entitled to reasonable reimbursement for the services rendered by the nurse.