NevadaNevada health boards may require care training for emergency responders
Nevada health boards may require emergency medical certification applicants to complete care training, which can count toward certain existing training programs.
What it does
Health boards may require emergency medical certification applicants to train in caring for older adults and people with cognitive impairments. The training may count as part of certain existing training programs.
Responders who receive training required by health board rules are not held to a higher standard of care or greater duty because of that training.
Argument forIf required, the training could help responders recognize cognitive impairment and use calming strategies while caring for older adults and people with cognitive impairments.
Argument againstIf a health board adopts the rules, applicants may need extra training before certification, which could add to their preparation even when it fits into an existing course.
More detail
A health board may adopt rules requiring emergency medical certification applicants to complete training on caring for older adults and people with cognitive impairments. The possible requirement applies to applicants for certification as emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, or paramedics. Before adopting rules, the board consults with ambulance owners or operators and fire-fighting agencies. The training must cover recognizing and interacting with older adults, recognizing cognitive impairment and using communication and calming strategies, and providing care tailored to the person. The training must be delivered by, developed by, or developed with an accredited or certified program with expertise in this care. Rules must allow the training to count as part of specified existing training programs; applicants who complete it that way cannot be required to take separate training.
Emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics who receive training required by these rules are not held to a higher standard of care or greater duty because of that training. This applies to emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics who receive training required by rules adopted under section 1.5.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 6Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 385.Became Law
- Jun 4Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 2To enrollment.Major
- Jun 1In Senate.
- May 31Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 30Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 29Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 28From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 23In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.Minor
- May 22From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 463.) Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Mar 12From printer. To committee.
- Mar 11Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.Introduced
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