Current through June 11, 2024
Section 450B.600 - Air ambulance: Equipment and operation of aircraft; staff1. An aircraft used by a service which has received a permit issued by the Division to operate a service using an air ambulance must be equipped to provide advanced life support and must be operated by a pilot certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.2. An air ambulance used to transport a patient must be staffed with an emergency medical services registered nurse or a physician and have the capability of being staffed with two air attendants.3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an air ambulance used to transfer a patient must be staffed with at least one air attendant and must have the capability of being staffed with two air attendants. An air ambulance used to transfer a patient must be staffed with at least two air attendants, one of which is an emergency medical services registered nurse or a physician, if it is determined by the physician requesting the transfer that the presence of two air attendants is in the best interest of the care of the patient.4. An air attendant or emergency medical services registered nurse staffing an air ambulance must be examined biennially by a licensed physician and found to be free from physical defects or disease which might impair the ability to attend a patient in an air ambulance. The operator of the air ambulance shall maintain documentation of such examinations.Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.600
Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. § 11.013, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as § 14.4, 2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; 8-1-91; 5-18-92; R045-97, 10-30-97; A by R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014