Creation; membership; terms of members; alternate members; vacancies.
1. The Committee on Emergency Medical Services, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.
2. Upon request of the Governor, employee associations that represent persons that provide emergency medical services, including, without limitation, physicians and nurses that provide emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, ambulance attendants, firemen, fire chiefs and employees of rural hospitals, shall submit to the Governor written nominations for appointments to the Committee.
3. After considering the nominations submitted pursuant to subsection 2, the Governor shall appoint to the Committee:
(a) One member who is a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS and who has experience providing emergency medical services;
(b) One member who is a registered nurse and who has experience providing emergency medical services;
(c) One member who is a volunteer fireman;
(d) One member who is employed by a fire-fighting agency at which some of the firemen are employed and some serve as volunteers;
(e) One member who is employed by an urban fire-fighting agency;
(f) One member who is employed by or serves as a volunteer with a medical facility that is located in a rural area and that provides emergency medical services;
(g) One member who is employed by an organization that provides emergency medical services in an air ambulance and whose duties are closely related to such emergency medical services;
(h) One member who is employed by a privately owned entity that provides emergency medical services; and
(i) One member who is employed by an operator of a service which is:
(1) Provided for the benefit of the employees of an industry who become sick or are injured at the industrial site; and
(2) Staffed by employees who are licensed attendants and perform emergency medical services primarily for the industry.
4. In addition to the members set forth in subsection 3, the following persons are ex officio members of the Committee:
(a) An employee of the Health Division, appointed by the Administrator of the Health Division, whose duties relate to administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter;
(b) The county health officer appointed pursuant to NRS 439.290 in each county whose population is 100,000 or more, or his designee; and
(c) A physician who is a member of a committee which consists of directors of trauma centers in this state and who is nominated by that committee.
5. The term of each member appointed by the Governor is 2 years, and such a member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
6. The Governor shall not appoint to the Committee two persons who are employed by or volunteer with the same organization, except the Governor may appoint a person who is employed by or volunteers with the same organization of which a member who serves ex officio is an employee.
7. Each member of the Committee shall appoint an alternate to serve in his place if he is temporarily unable to perform the duties required of him pursuant to NRS 450B.151 to 450B.154, inclusive.
8. A position on the Committee that becomes vacant before the end of the term of the member must be filled in the manner prescribed by this section for the remainder of the term.
Last modified: February 26, 2006