Nevada Code § 439.256

Program to improve response to medical emergencies: Establishment; requirements; activities of Division
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1. The Division shall establish and
operate a program to improve:
(a) The ability of persons in this State to
respond to medical emergencies; and
(b) The access of persons in this State to
resources for responding to a medical emergency.
2. The program must:
(a) Assist volunteers in receiving training in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, training through the Community Emergency
Response Team program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United
States Department of Homeland Security or similar training for responding to a
medical emergency.
(b) Allow volunteers who are certified in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a nationally recognized organization to
register to authorize the Division to notify persons described in paragraph (c)
of the location of the volunteers.
(c) Provide multiple means to notify a person who
is experiencing a medical emergency or assisting a person who is experiencing a
medical emergency of the location of volunteers who have registered pursuant to
paragraph (b), health facilities and kits to provide first aid or stop the loss
of blood. Such means must include, without limitation, signage, applications
for mobile devices and access to information through quick response codes.
(d) Provide resources to assist communities in
this State in achieving the HEARTSafe Community designation, or any successor
designation, awarded by the Citizen CPR Foundation, or its successor
organization, and incentives to encourage communities in this State to achieve
that designation.
3. In carrying out the provisions of this
section, the Division may:
(a) Contract with or collaborate with any public
or private person or entity, including, without limitation:
(1) Providers of the training described in
paragraph (a) of subsection 2;
(2) Federal, state and local governmental
agencies;
(3) The Stop the Bleed program of the
American College of Surgeons, or any successor program;
(4) The American Heart Association, or its
successor organization;
(5) Providers of emergency medical
services;
(6) Local emergency response
organizations;
(7) Community health organizations;
(8) Homeowners associations;
(9) Insurers; and
(10) Health facilities and providers of
health care.
(b) Establish one or more advisory committees.
(c) Apply for and accept gifts, grants and
donations from any source.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Health facility means a facility in or
through which health services are provided.
(b) Mobile device includes, without limitation,
a smartphone or a tablet computer.
(c) Provider of health care has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .

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