NAC449.61324. Standards of care; policy for authentication.

     1. The governing body of an independent center for emergency medical care or, if there is no governing body, the medical director, shall ensure that:

     (a) Each patient of the center receives care which is supervised by a physician licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;

     (b) Each patient of the center has a comfortable and clean environment which protects him or her from injury or accident;

     (c) At least one physician and one registered nurse are on the premises of the center during all hours of its operation;

     (d) An annual operating budget and plan for capital expenditures are established;

     (e) The center is adequately staffed and equipped; and

     (f) The center maintains documents concerning the qualifications of all consultants under contract with the center and all employees of the center.

     2. The governing body or, if there is no governing body, the medical director, shall establish a policy for authentication that:

     (a) Authorizes the use of rubber stamps and prohibits the use of any stamp by any person other than the person whose signature the stamp represents;

     (b) Approves a method for identifying the person making an entry in any record or chart; and

     (c) Requires that the professional title of the person making such an entry and the date of that entry is included with the entry.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 11-1-95)