NAC450B.330. Licensing of attendants: Application; renewal.

     1. An application for a license must be made upon the form prepared and prescribed by the Health Division. The Health Division shall, within 30 days after receipt of an application, have an investigation made of the applicant and the information contained on the application. Upon completion of the investigation, the Health Division shall issue the license for which the application was made or notify the applicant in writing, in the manner prescribed in NAC 450B.710, that the application is rejected, setting forth the reasons for the rejection and the right to appeal to the Health Division in the manner prescribed in NAC 439.300 to 439.395, inclusive.

     2. On an initial application for a license, the applicant must submit the following:

     (a) His or her complete name;

     (b) His or her date of birth;

     (c) His or her social security number;

     (d) The address of his or her current residence;

     (e) The name and address of the applicant’s employer and the employer immediately preceding his or her current employment if the previous employment related to providing emergency medical services;

     (f) A description of the last two jobs he or she held immediately before the application is made if those jobs related to providing emergency medical services;

     (g) A statement of whether the applicant, within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, has been convicted of, or forfeited bail for, a traffic violation other than a parking violation and, if so, when, where and under what circumstances the violation occurred;

     (h) A statement of whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor other than a traffic violation and, if so, when and where the conviction occurred and a description of the offense;

     (i) A description of the applicant’s training and experience relating to the transportation and care of patients;

     (j) A statement of whether the applicant has previously been licensed as a driver, attendant, attendant-driver or air attendant in a service, fire-fighting agency or volunteer service or agency and, if so, where and by what authority that license was issued;

     (k) A statement of whether such a license has ever expired or been revoked or suspended and, if so, for what cause;

     (l) A statement indicating compliance with the provisions of NRS 450B.183; and

     (m) The appropriate fee prescribed in NAC 450B.700.

     3. An applicant for an initial license as an attendant must file with the Health Division, in addition to the information and fee specified in subsection 2, a valid certificate designating him or her as an emergency medical technician, intermediate emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician.

     4. An application for renewal of a license must:

     (a) Be made on an abbreviated form of application prescribed by the Health Division;

     (b) Include information relating to any conviction of the applicant for any felony or misdemeanor occurring after the submission of the application for the initial license; and

     (c) Include the appropriate fee prescribed in NAC 450B.700.

     5. The Health Division shall not renew a license if:

     (a) An applicant fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 4; or

     (b) In the judgment of the Health Division, the applicant is not able to function properly as an attendant or to provide care for patients for whom he or she would become responsible.

     [Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. §§ 13.002-13.004, eff. 12-3-73; A and renumbered as §§ 15.2-15.4, 2-28-80]—(NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; 11-12-87; 8-1-91; R045-97, 10-30-97; R182-01, 3-5-2002)