SB227

Senate Bill No. 227–Senators Rhoads, McGinness,
Amodei and Jacobsen

February 22, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

SUMMARY—Allows person who is not licensed as attendant to drive ambulance under certain circumstances. (BDR 40-1246)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; allowing a person who is not licensed as an attendant to drive an ambulance under certain circumstances; 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. NRS 450B.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 450B.050 "Attendant" means a person responsible for the care of a

1-3 sick or injured person in an ambulance or air ambulance, and [~~includes]~~

1-4 may include the driver of an ambulance but not the pilot of an air

1-5 ambulance.

1-6 Sec. 2. NRS 450B.260 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-7 450B.260 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the public

1-8 or private owner of an ambulance or air ambulance or a fire-fighting agency

1-9 which owns a vehicle used in providing medical care at the scene of an

1-10 emergency shall not permit its operation and use by any person not licensed

1-11 under this chapter.

1-12 2. An ambulance carrying a sick or injured patient must be occupied by

1-13 [a] :

1-14 (a) A driver and an attendant, each of whom is licensed as an attendant

1-15 pursuant to this chapter or exempt from licensing pursuant to subsection 6

1-16 of NRS 450B.160 [,] ; or

2-1 (b) A driver and, if the driver is not licensed as an attendant
2-2 pursuant to this chapter, two attendants who are licensed pursuant
2-3 to this chapter or are exempt from licensing pursuant to subsection 6 of

2-4 NRS 450B.160,

2-5 except in geographic areas which may be designated by the board and for

2-6 which the board may prescribe lesser qualifications.

2-7 3. An air ambulance carrying a sick or injured patient must be occupied

2-8 by a licensed attendant, or a person exempt from licensing pursuant to

2-9 subsection 6 of NRS 450B.160, in addition to the pilot of the aircraft.

2-10 4. The pilot of an air ambulance is not required to have a license under

2-11 this chapter.

2-12 5. A person who operates or uses a vehicle owned by a fire-fighting

2-13 agency is not required to be licensed under this chapter, except that such a

2-14 vehicle may not be used to provide intermediate or advanced medical care

2-15 at the scene of an emergency unless at least one person in the vehicle is

2-16 licensed to provide the care.