1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations providing for the licensure and regulation of providers of nonemergency secure behavioral health transport services by the Division.
2. As used in this section, "nonemergency secure behavioral health transport services" means the use of a motor vehicle, other than an ambulance, as defined in NRS 450B.040, or other emergency response vehicle, that is specifically designed, equipped and staffed to transport a person with a mental illness or other behavioral health condition in a manner that:
(a) Allows observation of the person being transported; and
(b) Prevents the person being transported from escaping from the vehicle or accessing the driver or the means of controlling the vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1923, effective January 1, 2020)