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NRS 450B.670 – “Roving emergency medical technician team” defined.

“Roving emergency medical technician team” means a team at the site of a special event that: 1. Consists of two or more licensed attendants who are emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and 2. Has the medical supplies necessary to provide emergency medical care. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1870; A 2015, […]

NRS 450B.680 – “Significant number” defined.

“Significant number” means, with regard to: 1. Contacts by emergency medical personnel with persons who attended a special event, the number of contacts is 0.7 percent or more of the total number of persons who attended the special event; and 2. Patients transported to a hospital, the number of patients transported from the special event […]

NRS 450B.685 – “Special event” defined.

“Special event” means a temporary event, including, without limitation, a concert or sporting event, at which 2,500 or more persons are projected to be in attendance at the same time. The term does not include a temporary event held at a location which is designed to host concerts, sporting events, conventions, trade shows and any […]

NRS 450B.650 – Definitions.

As used in NRS 450B.650 to 450B.700, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 450B.655 to 450B.685, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1869)

NRS 450B.655 – “Dedicated advanced life support ambulance” defined.

“Dedicated advanced life support ambulance” means an ambulance equipped to provide advanced life support that: 1. Is capable of transporting a patient from a special event to a hospital but, upon delivering the patient, immediately returns to the site of the special event; and 2. Is staffed by: (a) At least one licensed attendant who […]

NRS 450B.530 – Revocation of authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450B.525, a qualified patient who possesses a do-not-resuscitate identification may revoke his or her authorization to withhold life-resuscitating treatment by removing or destroying or requesting the removal or destruction of his or her identification or otherwise indicating to a person that the patient wishes to have the identification removed […]

NRS 450B.540 – Person not guilty of unprofessional conduct or subject to liability for withholding or providing life-resuscitating treatment under certain circumstances.

1. A person is not guilty of unprofessional conduct or subject to civil or criminal liability if the person: (a) Is a physician or advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) Causes the withholding of life-resuscitating treatment from a qualified patient who possesses a do-not-resuscitate identification in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol; or (2) While the […]