Whenever hospital care is furnished to a person on account of an injury suffered by the person in a motor vehicle crash, the hospital shall use reasonable diligence to collect the amount of the charges for that care from the patient or any other person responsible for the support of the patient. The hospital may request the board of county commissioners of the county in which:
1. The crash occurred, if the person is not a resident of this state and the crash occurred in this state; or
2. The person resides, if the person is a resident of this state,
to determine whether the person who received the care is an indigent person.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1940; A 1989, 758; 2015, 1674)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons
NRS 428.010 - Duty of county to provide aid and relief to indigents; duties of county commissioners.
NRS 428.020 - Determination of county of residence.
NRS 428.040 - Indigent person to provide information and cooperation when applying for relief.
NRS 428.080 - Expenditure for transportation of nonresident indigent to place of residence.
NRS 428.095 - Liability insurance for persons rendering medical care.
NRS 428.110 - Criminal and civil penalties for bringing nonresident indigent into county.
NRS 428.125 - "Board" defined.
NRS 428.145 - "Hospital" defined.
NRS 428.155 - "Hospital care" defined.
NRS 428.165 - "Injury in a motor vehicle crash" defined.
NRS 428.175 - Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons.
NRS 428.185 - Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to Fund.
NRS 428.195 - Board of Trustees of Fund: Composition; terms; vacancies; designees.
NRS 428.205 - Board of Trustees of Fund: Powers.
NRS 428.215 - Collection of charges for care by hospital; request for determination of indigency.
NRS 428.225 - Certification of indigency.
NRS 428.235 - Application for reimbursement of charges; hospitals eligible for reimbursement.
NRS 428.255 - Reimbursement of Fund by counties.
NRS 428.275 - Fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.
NRS 428.295 - Allocation of money in budget; payment of excess from fund.