Section 450B.360 - Certification of emergency medical technicians: Requirements1. To be certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic, an applicant must:(a) Submit an application to the Division on a form prepared by it;(b) Maintain a certificate to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association or an equivalent certificate approved by the Division;(c) Submit a statement indicating compliance with the provisions of NRS 450B.183;(d) Submit proof that the applicant has successfully completed a course that is at least equivalent to the national standard prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as a national standard for emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics, as appropriate, or an equivalent standard approved by the Administrator of the Division;(e) Submit proof that the applicant has successfully passed an assessment developed by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians for emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics, as appropriate;(f) Submit the fee prescribed in NAC 450B.700;(g) Submit the fingerprints and written permission required by NRS 450B.800; and(h) Satisfy the Division that the applicant has not been convicted of:(1) Murder, voluntary manslaughter or mayhem;(2) Assault or battery with intent to kill or to commit sexual assault or mayhem;(3) Sexual assault, statutory sexual seduction, incest, lewdness or indecent exposure, or any other sexually related crime;(4) Abuse or neglect of a child or contributory delinquency;(5) A violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution or use of any controlled substance or any dangerous drug as defined in chapter 454 of NRS, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application;(6) Abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons, including, without limitation, a violation of any provision of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, or a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct;(7) Any offense involving fraud, theft, embezzlement, burglary, robbery, fraudulent conversion or misappropriation of property, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application;(8) Any other felony involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against the victim or the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon, within the 6 years immediately preceding the date of application; or(9) Any felony or misdemeanor for committing an act which, in the judgment of the Division, indicates that the applicant may not be able to function properly as an emergency medical responder or to care for patients for whom he or she would become responsible.2. An emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic who is registered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, or its successor organization, shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 1.3. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, to be certified as a paramedic, the applicant must maintain:(a) A certificate to provide Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support issued by the American Heart Association or an equivalent certificate approved by the Division;(b) A certificate to provide Pediatric Advanced Life Support issued by the American Heart Association or an equivalent certificate approved by the Division; and(c) A certificate to provide International Trauma Life Support or an equivalent certificate approved by the Division.4. The Division shall impose against any person serving as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic without a valid certificate issued pursuant to this section or subsection 8 of NRS 450B.160 an administrative penalty of: (a) For services provided on or after January 27, 2017, and before July 1, 2018, $100;(b) For services provided on or after July 1, 2018, and before July 1, 2019, $200; and(c) For services provided on or after July 1, 2019, $300.5. The Division shall impose against a service for whom any person serves as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic without a valid certificate issued in accordance with this section or subsection 8 of NRS 450B.160 an administrative penalty of: (a) For services provided on or after January 27, 2017, and before July 1, 2018, $20;(b) For services provided on or after July 1, 2018, and before July 1, 2019, $30; and(c) For services provided on or after July 1, 2019, $50, ïfS per day for each such person.Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.360
Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. §§ 14.001 & 14.002, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §§ 16.2 & 16.3, 2-28-80-NAC A 8-22-86; 11-12-87; 8-1-91; 11-1-95; R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by R068-16A, eff. 1/27/2017; A by R105-22A, eff. 9/18/2023