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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 449B.470: Certain employees not liable for civil damages resulting from rendering emergency care or assistance.

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  1. TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
  2. CHAPTER 449B - AGENCIES TO PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE SERVICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
  3. AGENCIES TO PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE SERVICES IN THE HOME AND RELATED EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
  4. Miscellaneous Provisions

Any person who is employed by an agency to provide personal care services in the home who:

1. Has successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to the guidelines of the American National Red Cross or American Heart Association;

2. Has successfully completed the training requirements of a course in basic emergency care of a person in cardiac arrest conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Heart Association; or

3. Has successfully completed the training requirements of a course in the use and administration of first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation,

Ê and who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance in accordance with the person’s training, in the course of his or her regular employment or profession, to an elderly person or a person with a disability, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering that care.

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