Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 450B.860 - Volunteer ambulance drivers and attendants: Discharge from employment; civil action; disclosure to employer1. Any person or other entity who is an employer or is vested with the power to discharge or recommend the discharge of a person who serves as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant shall not deprive the person performing that service of his or her employment as a consequence of his or her action as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant.2. A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against the person's employer and obtain:(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;(c) Damages equal to the amount of lost wages and benefits; and(d) Reasonable attorney's fees fixed by the court.3. Any applicant for employment who is, and any employee who becomes, a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant must disclose that fact to his or her prospective or present employer.4. As used in this section, "volunteer ambulance driver or attendant" means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by: (a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or(b) A political subdivision of this State.Added to NRS by 1997, 467Added to NRS by 1997, Ch. 180, § 1, eff. 6/25/1997 [Ch. 179]