449.01515 - “Mobile unit” defined.

449.01515  “Mobile unit” defined.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “mobile unit” means a motor vehicle that is specially designed, constructed and equipped to provide any of the medical services provided by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151.

      2.  “Mobile unit” does not include:

      (a) A motor vehicle that is operated by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151 which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association;

      (b) A motor vehicle that is operated by a health center that is funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 254b, as amended; or

      (c) A vehicle operated under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 1339; A 2003, 421)