Nevada Code § 706.248

Duty of motor carriers and other persons providing transportation for compensation to certain persons with disabilities to ensure vehicles equipped with first-aid kit and drivers trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; requirements related to provision of training to drivers; exception
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, a common motor carrier of passengers, contract motor carrier of
passengers or other person or entity providing a means of public conveyance and
transportation operating within this State which, pursuant to the requirements
of 49 C.F.R. 37.121, transports for compensation within this State persons
with disabilities who are eligible pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 37.123 for the
transportation shall ensure that:
(a) Each vehicle used for the transport is
equipped with a first-aid kit; and
(b) Each driver of a vehicle used for the
transport receives training in the use and administration of first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is conducted in accordance with the
standards of the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross or any
similar organization that includes certification in:
(1) First aid; and
(2) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
2. A common motor carrier of passengers,
contract motor carrier of passengers or other person or entity who employs a
driver required to receive the training required pursuant to paragraph (b) of
subsection 1 must:
(a) Provide the training or arrange for its
provision for the driver;
(b) Pay for the training; and
(c) Compensate each driver who receives the
training at his or her regular rate of pay for the time the driver spent
attending the training.
3. The provisions of this section do not
apply to a taxicab motor carrier or transportation network company as defined
in NRS 706A.050 , who undertakes the
transportation described in subsection 1 under a contract with an entity
required by 49 C.F.R. 37.121 to provide such transportation.

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