Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.720 - Programs of training

1. The Division shall, within the limits of its appropriated money, conduct or contract with other persons to conduct the programs of training necessary to bring each service, including a volunteer service, and each attendant into compliance with the requirements of this chapter for training.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person proposing to conduct a program within this state for training for certification issued under this chapter must apply to the Division for approval at least 20 working days before the program is to begin. The Division shall not issue a certificate of completion of the program to any trainee unless the Division has approved the program. The person conducting the program shall not start the program until approval by the Division has been granted.

3. The Division shall not issue retroactive approval for a program which has been conducted without its approval.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, curriculum and procedures for testing submitted as part of a request for approval of a program must not be changed after approval has been granted for the program except upon prior written approval from the Division. The proposed change or modification, with an alternative acceptable to the Division, must be submitted in writing to the Division not less than 15 working days before the effective date of the use of the changed or modified curriculum or test.

5. The provisions of subsections 2 and 4 do not apply to a program of continuing education offered by a training center.

6. Conferences, online courses and continuing education that are approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education or the Division are deemed to qualify for use to satisfy the requirements of this chapter relating to training for the renewal of a license or certificate if the conference, online course or continuing education is appropriate to the license or certificate.

7. A person who conducts a program of training shall retain documentation of courses completed by students for at least 5 years after the date on which the course was completed.

8. A person must:

(a) Be certified as an emergency medical technician before receiving training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic.

(b) Maintain the certification described in paragraph (a) until the completion of training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic, as applicable.

9. A person who does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 8 on the first day of a program of training for certification as an advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic is ineligible to be tested for certification upon completing the program of training.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.720

Bd. of Health, Ambulance Reg. § 21.001, eff. 12-3-73; renumbered as § 23.1, 2-28-80-NAC A 10-14-82; 8-22-86; R182-01, 3-5-2002; A by R024-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by R068-16A, eff. 1/27/2017; A by R079-22A, eff. 12/16/2022

NRS 450B.120, 450B.155, 450B.191 and 450B.195