Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.482 - Application to provide services; maintenance of protocols by Division; submission of revised protocols; holder of endorsement required to adopt quality improvement program; penalty for providing services without endorsement

1. A holder of a permit that wishes to provide community paramedicine services must submit an application to the Division in the form prescribed by the Division. The application must include:

(a) A statement of the level of care that the applicant intends to provide through community paramedicine services;

(b) A description of the community paramedicine services that the applicant intends to provide;

(c) A letter of support from the medical director of the applicant;

(d) Evidence that the applicant has implemented a system for charting patients;

(e) A list of vehicles that the applicant intends to use to provide community paramedicine services;

(f) Evidence that providing community paramedicine services will not adversely affect the capability of the applicant to respond to an emergency;

(g) Protocols that the applicant intends to use when providing community paramedicine services, which must have been approved by the medical director of the applicant;

(h) A statement that the applicant will submit the report required by NRS 450B.1996; and

(i) Any additional information required by the Division.

2. The Division shall maintain on file a copy of the protocols for providing community paramedicine services submitted by each holder of a service community paramedicine endorsement pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1. If the holder of a service community paramedicine endorsement revises its protocols, the holder shall submit a copy of the revised protocols to the Division. The holder of a service community paramedicine endorsement shall provide community paramedicine services as prescribed in the protocols on file with the Division.

3. A holder of a service community paramedicine endorsement shall adopt and implement a quality improvement program and a program to prevent waste, fraud and abuse.

4. The Division shall impose against any service that provides community paramedicine services without a service community paramedicine endorsement an administrative penalty of:

(a) For services provided on or after January 27, 2017, and before July 1, 2018, $300;

(b) For services provided on or after July 1, 2018, and before July 1, 2019, $400; and

(c) For services provided on or after July 1, 2019, $500, for each day that the service provides community paramedicine services without a service community paramedicine endorsement.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 450B.482

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R068-16A, eff. 1/27/2017

NRS 450B.120, 450B.1993 and 450B.900;