Section 450B.265 - Offering level of emergency care provided by paramedic without permit prohibited; exception1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a fire-fighting agency or an owner, operator, director or chief officer of an ambulance shall not represent, advertise or imply that it:(a) Is authorized to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic; or(b) Uses the services of a paramedic, unless the service has a currently valid permit to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic issued by the health authority.
2. Any service in a county whose population is less than 700,000, that holds a valid permit for the operation of an ambulance but is not authorized by the health authority to provide the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic may represent, for billing purposes, that its ambulance provided emergency care by a paramedic if: (a) A registered nurse employed by a hospital rendered the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic to a patient being transferred from the hospital by the ambulance; and(b) The equipment deemed necessary by the health authority for the provision of the level of emergency care provided by a paramedic was on board the ambulance at the time the registered nurse rendered the emergency care.3. A hospital that employs a registered nurse who renders the care described in subsection 2 is entitled to reasonable reimbursement for the services rendered by the nurse.Added to NRS by 1979, 71; A 1985, 1700; 1987, 2213; 1989, 286, 1936; 1993, 2836; 2011, 1274; 2013, 947Added to NRS by 1979, Ch. 53, § 5, eff. 3/12/1979 [Ch. 53]; A 1985, Ch. 558, § 18 [Ch. 558]; 1987, Ch. 800, § 16 [Ch. 800]; 1989, Ch. 130, § 2, eff. 5/10/1989 [Ch. 129], 1989, Ch. 796, § 91 [Ch. 796]; 1993, Ch. 650, § 31 [Ch. 650]; 2011, Ch. 253, § 242 [Ch. 253]; 2013, Ch. 226, § 29 [Ch. 226]