NRS450B.860. Volunteer ambulance drivers and attendants: Discharge from employment; civil action; disclosure to employer.

      1.  Any person or other entity who is an employer or is vested with the power to discharge or recommend the discharge of a person who serves as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant shall not deprive the person performing that service of his or her employment as a consequence of his or her action as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant.

      2.  A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against the person’s employer and obtain:

      (a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;

      (b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;

      (c) Damages equal to the amount of lost wages and benefits; and

      (d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court.

      3.  Any applicant for employment who is, and any employee who becomes, a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant must disclose that fact to his or her prospective or present employer.

      4.  As used in this section, “volunteer ambulance driver or attendant” means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by:

      (a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or

      (b) A political subdivision of this State.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 467)