477.090 - Proposed training and certification programs: Submission; evaluation; contents; effect of approval.

477.090  Proposed training and certification programs: Submission; evaluation; contents; effect of approval.

      1.  A fire department or other fire service training agency or organization of the State may submit to the Chair of the Committee a proposed training and certification program for any of the fire service personnel who serve in positions for which the Committee has adopted regulations pursuant to NRS 477.080. The proposed program must be submitted not less than 30 days before the next scheduled meeting of the Committee.

      2.  At that meeting, the Committee shall evaluate the proposed program and determine whether it meets the standards for training and certification prescribed in the regulations adopted by the Committee pursuant to NRS 477.080.

      3.  A proposed training and certification program submitted pursuant to this section must include:

      (a) A description of the fire service personnel positions which will be covered by the program;

      (b) A description of the training which the program will provide;

      (c) A procedure for the renewal of certification; and

      (d) A procedure for the revocation of certification.

      4.  If a training and certification program is approved by the Committee, the program constitutes the standard for state certification of fire service personnel.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 821)