NAC450B.510. Permits: Application; renewal.

     1. Within 30 days after receipt of an application to operate a service or a fire-fighting agency, including a voluntary service or agency, the Health Division shall:

     (a) Have an investigation made of the applicant, his or her proposed service or agency and the information contained in the application; and

     (b) Upon completion of the investigation, issue a permit authorizing him or her to operate the service or agency or a written rejection of the application on any ground set forth in NAC 450B.520, setting forth the reasons for the rejections and notifying the applicant of the right to appeal pursuant to NAC 439.300 to 439.395, inclusive.

     2. An applicant for a permit to operate a service or a fire-fighting agency must submit the following information:

     (a) The name and address of the owner of each unit or vehicle to be used in providing the service.

     (b) A description of each vehicle to be used in providing the service, including the manufacturer, model, year, serial number, color and identifying marks of those vehicles.

     (c) The base location of each unit or vehicle.

     (d) A list of the names of attendants staffing each vehicle.

     (e) A schedule of the proposed fees to be charged patients for:

          (1) Response and transportation;

          (2) Administering medication, oxygen or other such treatment;

          (3) Using an electrocardiograph monitor or defibrillator; and

          (4) Any other supplies, equipment and procedures provided by the service or fire-fighting agency.

     (f) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h), the name, address and one set of fingerprints of the person designated by the applicant to manage the operations of the service or fire-fighting agency providing emergency care.

     (g) The name, address and one set of fingerprints of the applicant.

     (h) In the case of a service, if the applicant is a corporation, partnership or sole proprietor engaged in the business to provide ambulance services of any type:

          (1) The names and addresses of all the corporate directors and officers or the partners or the sole proprietor and the managing agents and all their businesses. Each person so listed is, for the purposes of this section, an applicant.

          (2) A statement of the applicant’s financial worth.

     (i) If the application is for a permit to operate a volunteer service, proof of the applicant’s volunteer status verified by the local board of county commissioners.

     (j) In the case of a fire-fighting agency, if the applicant does not operate a service, a list of services which will take control of a patient at the scene of a medical emergency and provide transportation for the patient.

     3. The Health Division shall not issue an original permit to operate a service or a fire-fighting agency unless:

     (a) All the information required by subsection 2 is contained in the application;

     (b) The Health Division is satisfied that all of the applicant’s attendants who will operate or serve any vehicle or aircraft pursuant to the permit are licensed or in the process of being licensed in the appropriate category; and

     (c) The service or fire-fighting agency has appointed a medical director as required by NAC 450B.505.

     4. The same requirements, limitations, terms and conditions applicable to the issuance of an initial permit apply to the renewal of a permit.

     [Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. §§ 3.001 & 3.002, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as §§ 3.1-3.2.7 & 3.2.9-3.2.10, 2-28-80; § 3.004, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 3.4, 2-28-80; part § 3.005, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as §§ 3.5.1 & 3.5.2, 2-28-80]—(NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; 8-1-91; R045-97, 10-30-97; R182-01, 3-5-2002)