1. To qualify as a registration system for volunteer health practitioners, a system must:

(a) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before an emergency and for the provisional registration of volunteer health practitioners while an emergency declaration is in effect;

(b) Include information about the licensure and standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;

(c) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before the practitioner provides health services or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter; and

(d) Meet one of the following conditions:

(1) Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health care practitioners established by a state and funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Section 319I of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 247d-7b, as amended;

(2) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health and medical personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300hh, as amended;

(3) Be operated by a:

(I) Disaster relief organization;

(II) Licensing board;

(III) National or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners;

(IV) Health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care services, including, without limitation, a hospital; or

(V) Governmental entity; or

(4) Be designated by the Division as a registration system for the purposes of this chapter.

2. While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Division, a person authorized to act on behalf of the Division or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this State are registered or provisionally registered with a registration system that complies with subsection 1. Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.

3. Upon the request of a person or entity in this State authorized to do so pursuant to subsection 2, or a similarly authorized person or entity in another state, a registration system located in this State must notify the person or entity of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.

4. A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered or provisionally registered with a registration system which indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.

5. The Division shall adopt regulations which provide for the expedited granting of provisional registration to volunteer health practitioners while an emergency declaration is in effect.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 943; A 2019, 209)