Requirements for training and certification.
1. A program of training in intermediate emergency care of a patient in urgent need of medical care or observation must be conducted by a licensed physician and approved by the health authority.
2. A program of training for an intermediate emergency medical technician must include an approved curriculum in intravenous therapy and the management of a passage for air to the lungs. Only a certified emergency medical technician with experience as established by the board is eligible for this training.
3. In order to maintain his certification, each intermediate emergency medical technician must annually:
(a) Comply with the requirements established by the board for continuing medical education; and
(b) Demonstrate his skills as required by regulation of the board.
4. The board may by regulation prescribe the curriculum and other requirements for training and maintaining certification in intermediate emergency care. The curriculum must be at least equivalent to any curriculum prepared by the Department of Transportation as a national standard for intermediate emergency medical technicians.
5. A person shall not represent himself to be an intermediate emergency medical technician unless he has on file with the health authority a currently valid certificate demonstrating successful completion of the program of training required by this section.
6. Except as authorized by subsection 6 of NRS 450B.160, an attendant or fireman shall not perform, and the owner, operator, director or chief officer of an ambulance or a fire-fighting agency must not offer, intermediate emergency care without fulfilling the requirements established by the board.
Last modified: February 26, 2006