Existing law generally provides for the certification and regulation of advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and paramedics in this State. (Chapter 450B of NRS) Section 2 of this bill ratifies the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. The Compact authorizes: (1) emergency medical service personnel who are certified in this State to perform their professional duties in any other state that has ratified the Compact; and (2) emergency medical service personnel who are certified in another state that has ratified the Compact to perform their professional duties in this State. Sections 1, 3-7 and 9-21 of this bill make various changes to clarify that a person who is authorized to practice as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic under the Compact, including by serving as an attendant on an ambulance or air ambulance: (1) is not prohibited from doing so because he or she is not licensed or certified in this State; and (2) is legally equivalent to an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic who is certified in this State for certain purposes. Section 8 of this bill provides that a person who is authorized to practice as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic under the Compact is not eligible for an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services. Section 21.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to cover certain fees related to the coordinated database established under the Compact.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 441A.195, 450B.025, 450B.065, 450B.095, 450B.191, 450B.195, 450B.199, 450B.225, 450B.255, 450B.260, 450B.655, 450B.660, 450B.670, 450B.675, 450B.712, 41.139, 41.504, 432B.220, 484B.767, 629.031
Reprint 1: 441A.195, 450B.025, 450B.065, 450B.095, 450B.191, 450B.195, 450B.199, 450B.225, 450B.255, 450B.260, 450B.655, 450B.660, 450B.670, 450B.675, 450B.712, 41.139, 41.504, 432B.220, 484B.767, 629.031
As Enrolled: 441A.195, 450B.025, 450B.065, 450B.095, 450B.191, 450B.195, 450B.199, 450B.225, 450B.255, 450B.260, 450B.655, 450B.660, 450B.670, 450B.675, 450B.712, 41.139, 41.504, 432B.220, 484B.767, 629.031
BDR: 386.120, 386.165, 386.180, 386.190, 386.200, 386.205, 386.225, 386.240, 386.250, 386.260, 386.270, 386.275, 386.300, 386.310, 239C.210