NRS450B.240. Engaging in operation of services relating to ambulances or air ambulances without permit prohibited; provision of certain medical care by fire-fighting agency without permit prohibited. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

      1.  A person or governmental entity shall not engage in the operation of any ambulance or air ambulance service in this state without a currently valid permit for that service issued by the health authority.

      2.  A fire-fighting agency shall not provide the level of medical care provided by an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to sick or injured persons at the scene of an emergency or while transporting those persons to a medical facility without a currently valid permit for that care issued by the health authority.

      3.  Nothing in this section precludes the operation of an aircraft in this state in a manner other than as an air ambulance.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1145; A 1985, 1699; 1993, 2836; 2001, 999; 2013, 620, 946, effective January 1, 2014)