NRS 450B.850 Programs for training.

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1. The health authority may operate training programs and may contract with others to operate training programs for ambulance attendants, ambulance service operators, firefighters, law enforcement officers, physicians, nurses and others in emergency first aid, emergency care and any other techniques associated with emergency care, transportation and treatment of the sick and injured and the proper operation of an ambulance service.

2. The health authority may establish a program of evidence-based training which focuses on the identification of and proper response to victims of human trafficking, including, without limitation, sex trafficking.

3. Any program of training established pursuant to subsection 2 must:

(a)Be developed in coordination with an institution of higher education that:

(1)Has met the standards required by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education; or

(2)Is recognized as accredited by the United States Department of Education;

(b)Utilize curriculum which:

(1)Is consistent with the standards of care for anti-trafficking providers published by the Office for Victims of Crime of the United States Department of Justice and the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, if such standards have been published; and

(2)Includes instruction on the core components of responding and providing services to victims of human trafficking, including, without limitation:

(I)Outreach to persons affected by human trafficking;

(II)Identifying victims of human trafficking;

(III)Protocols for screening victims of human trafficking;

(IV)Delivering services to victims of human trafficking using trauma-informed methods;

(V)Pathways for referrals; and

(VI)Best practices for ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of victims of human trafficking;

(c)Provide not less than 1 hour of instruction to persons attending the program; and

(d)Be offered by the health authority to:

(1)Any emergency response employee, including, without limitation, a person who currently holds a license or certificate, as applicable, as an ambulance attendant, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic; or

(2)An applicant for a license or certificate described in subparagraph (1), as applicable.