NAC450B.320. Licensing of attendants: Qualifications.

     1. The Health Division may not issue a license to an applicant unless all the information required by NAC 450B.330 is contained in the application and the Health Division is satisfied that the applicant meets the following criteria:

     (a) Is 18 years of age or older as of the date of the application.

     (b) If applying to become an attendant:

          (1) Holds a class 3 driver’s license or its equivalent issued in this state; or

          (2) Is employed in Nevada, makes his or her residence in a contiguous state and is required by reason of residence to maintain a driver’s license issued by that state equivalent to a class 3 license in this state.

     (c) Is able to read, speak and understand the English language.

     (d) Has been found by a licensed physician within the 6 months immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted to be of sound physical and mental health and free of physical defects or diseases which may impair the applicant’s ability to drive or attend an ambulance, air ambulance or agency’s vehicle and that determination is verified by the physician on a form approved by the Health Division for that purpose.

     (e) Has not been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor for committing an act which, in the judgment of the Health Division, indicates that the applicant may not be able to function properly as a licensee or to care for patients for whom he or she would become responsible.

     (f) Possesses a certificate evidencing successful completion of a program of training with testing for competency in the procedures for emergency care which is equivalent to the national standard course for a basic, intermediate or advanced emergency medical technician.

     (g) Submits evidence satisfactory to the Health Division of verification of the applicant’s skills.

     2. In addition, an applicant for a license as an air attendant must:

     (a) Meet all the prerequisites for an attendant set forth in NAC 450B.310 to 450B.350, inclusive.

     (b) Possess the following:

          (1) A certificate as an intermediate emergency medical technician or as an advanced emergency medical technician which was issued pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS; or

          (2) A license as a registered nurse issued pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS.

     (c) Provide to the Health Division documentation verifying successful completion of a course of training approved by the medical director of the service employing the applicant. The course must include:

          (1) Special considerations in attending a patient in an air ambulance;

          (2) Aircraft safety and orientation;

          (3) Altitude physiology and principles of atmospheric physics;

          (4) Familiarization with systems for air-to-ground communications;

          (5) Familiarization with the system of emergency medical services in the service area;

          (6) Survival procedures in an air ambulance crash;

          (7) Response procedures to accidents involving hazardous materials;

          (8) Use of modalities for in-flight treatment;

          (9) Infection control;

          (10) Oxygen therapy in relation to altitude;

          (11) Patient assessment in the airborne environment; and

          (12) Vital sign determination in the airborne environment.

     3. In addition to the qualifications listed in subsections 1 and 2, an advanced emergency medical technician or a registered nurse providing advanced life support care in an air ambulance must possess a valid certification of completion of a course in Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by the American Heart Association or an equivalent course approved by the Health Division.

     [Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. § 13.005 subsecs. (a)-(g) & (i), eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §§ 15.5-15.5.7.7 & 15.5.9-15.5.9.4, eff. 2-28-80]—(NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; 8-1-91; 5-18-92; R045-97, 10-30-97; R182-01, 3-5-2002)