Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 449 - Medical and Other Related Facilities
Section 449.Sec. 13.1 - NEW

1. A clinical provider at a freestanding birthing center must be:

2. The director of a freestanding birthing center shall ensure that the freestanding birthing center maintains a personnel file for each member of the staff of the freestanding birthing center. The personnel file must include, without limitation, a statement of whether the member of the staff to whom the personnel file pertains has received an immunization for COVID-19 and, if the person has not received such an immunization, the reason that the person has not received the immunization.

3. The director of a freestanding birthing center shall ensure that each member of the staff of the freestanding birthing center who performs a task for which a license, certificate or registration is required by title 54 of NRS holds the applicable license, certificate or registration.

4. Each delivery of a newborn at a freestanding birthing center must be attended by at least two members of the staff of the freestanding birthing center approved by the director of the freestanding birthing center to attend a delivery. At least one of those attendants must be a clinical provider who is authorized under federal and state law to possess and administer dangerous drugs.

5. Each pregnant person, person who has given birth or newborn at a freestanding birthing center must be assigned a clinical provider who is primarily responsible for the care of the pregnant person, person who has given birth or newborn, as applicable.

6. A member of the staff of a freestanding birthing center may only provide care that he or she is competent to provide. While care is being provided at a freestanding birthing center, at least one member of the staff of the freestanding birthing center who is competent to provide that care and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, is authorized under federal and state law to administer dangerous drugs must be present on the premises of the freestanding birthing center.

7. A member of the staff of a freestanding birthing center who is authorized under federal and state law to administer dangerous drugs is not required to be on the premises of a freestanding birthing center while care is being provided under the circumstances identified in the publication adopted by reference in section 12 under which a nonlicensed birth assistant may be the only staff member present.

8. As used in this section, "dangerous drug" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 454.201.