1. 1. 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. 2. A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against the person’s employer and obtain:

   1. (a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;
   2. (b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;
   3. (c) Damages equal to the amount of lost wages and benefits; and
   4. (d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court.
3. 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. 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:

   1. (a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or
   2. (b) A political subdivision of this State.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 467)