NAC450B.497. Expiration and renewal of endorsement; fee not required.

     1. An endorsement issued pursuant to NAC 450B.493 expires on the date of expiration of the person’s certificate as an intermediate emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician or on the date the certificate is suspended or revoked.

     2. To renew such an endorsement, the person who holds the endorsement must, before the endorsement expires:

     (a) Submit an application and meet the requirements to renew his or her certificate as an intermediate emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician pursuant to NAC 450B.380 or 450B.420, as applicable;

     (b) Demonstrate, under the direct supervision of a person who is licensed as a physician or physician assistant pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS or as an advanced practitioner of nursing pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS, the administration of an injection of normal saline to a patient or volunteer, or demonstrate, under the direct supervision of the local health officer or his or her designee, the administration of an injection of actual influenza vaccine; and

     (c) Submit an application to renew his or her endorsement to administer immunizations evidencing that he or she has met the requirements of this section.

     3. The Health Division shall not renew an endorsement to administer immunizations unless the Health Division also renews the applicant’s certificate as an intermediate emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician.

     4. An applicant is not required to pay a fee to renew an endorsement pursuant to this section.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R143-09, eff. 5-7-2010)