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NRS 439.005 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...
NRS 439.010 - Administration of chapter. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 439.5102 to 439.5108, inclusive,...
NRS 439.015 - Acceptance and disbursement of federal appropriations; deposit to State Division of Public and Behavioral Health Federal Account. - The Department, through the Division, may accept and direct the...
NRS 439.030 - State Board of Health: Creation; members; qualifications. - 1. The State Board of Health, consisting of seven members...
NRS 439.040 - State Board of Health: Term of office. - After the initial terms, the term of office of each...
NRS 439.060 - State Board of Health: Meetings; quorum. - 1. The State Board of Health may meet regularly at...
NRS 439.070 - State Board of Health: Secretary; Executive Officer. - The Administrator is the Executive Officer of the State Board...
NRS 439.080 - State Board of Health: Compensation of members and employees. - 1. Each appointive member of the State Board of Health...
NRS 439.085 - Chief Medical Officer: Appointment; unclassified service. - 1. The Director shall appoint a Chief Medical Officer. 2....
NRS 439.095 - Chief Medical Officer: Qualifications. - The Chief Medical Officer must: 1. Be a citizen of...
NRS 439.110 - Chief Medical Officer: Devotion of time to official duties; cooperation with Nevada System of Higher Education; maintenance of clinical practice. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 439.130 - Chief Medical Officer and Administrator: Duties. - 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall: (a) Enforce all laws...
NRS 439.135 - Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator. - As provided in chapter 585 of NRS, the Administrator shall...
NRS 439.140 - Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division. - 1. With the approval of the Director, the Administrator shall...
NRS 439.150 - State Board of Health supreme in matters concerning health; Department designated agency for federal cooperation; fees. - 1. The State Board of Health is hereby declared to...
NRS 439.155 - Contracts for cooperation with governmental entities and others; effect of payments to Division for such cooperation; immunity from and limitations on liability not waived. - 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the Department through...
NRS 439.160 - Uniform compliance with provisions of chapter. - 1. The Division is charged with: (a) The thorough and...
NRS 439.170 - Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations; provision of information concerning importance of annual physical examination for children. - 1. The Division shall take such measures as may be...
NRS 439.180 - Biennial report to Director by Administrator. - The Administrator shall make a biennial report to the Director,...
NRS 439.190 - Hearings and witnesses. - The State Board of Health may hold hearings and summon...
NRS 439.200 - Regulations of State Board of Health: Adoption; effect; variances; distribution. - 1. The State Board of Health may by affirmative vote...
NRS 439.230 - Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution. - 1. All superintendents or managers, or other persons in charge...
NRS 439.235 - Duties of Division to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding. - 1. The Division shall take reasonable steps to ensure that...
NRS 439.240 - State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports. - 1. The University of Nevada School of Medicine shall maintain...
NRS 439.245 - Data dashboard for data relating to telehealth access: Establishment; requirements; availability. - 1. To the extent that money is available for this...
NRS 439.249 - Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report. - 1. The Division shall, in collaboration with the United States...
NRS 439.255 - Masks and face shields for use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Regulations; provision to peace officers and firefighters; waiver of requirements; civil immunity for use. - 1. The State Board of Health shall adopt by regulation...
NRS 439.258 - Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations. - 1. The Division shall evaluate, certify and monitor programs for...
NRS 439.259 - Grants for addressing disparities in health care and health outcomes based on certain categories of persons; selection of nonprofit organization to serve as lead partner; establishment of advisory committee; annual report. - 1. The Division may apply for grants available from the...
NRS 439.261 - Grants for addressing race-based health disparities relating to kidney disease; establishment of advisory committee; annual report. - 1. The Division may apply for grants available from the...
NRS 439.263 - Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. [Effective through June 30, 2022.] Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry ou... - 1. It is the policy of this State to: (a)...
NRS 439.265 - Immunization Information System: Establishment and administration; duty to report information concerning immunization administered to child; contents and form of report; parent or guardian to be provided information concerning System; p... - 1. The Department shall establish an Immunization Information System to...
NRS 439.271 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.271 to 439.2794, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.2711 - "Advisory Committee" defined. - "Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee on the State Program...
NRS 439.2712 - "Program" defined. - "Program" means the State Program for Oral Health established by...
NRS 439.2713 - "Provider of oral health care" defined. - "Provider of oral health care" means a dentist or dental...
NRS 439.272 - State Dental Health Officer: Appointment by Division; classification; qualifications; duties; outside pursuits; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants. - [Replaced in revision by NRS 422.239.]
NRS 439.279 - State Public Health Dental Hygienist: Appointment; classification; qualifications; duties; outside pursuits; solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants. - 1. The Division shall appoint, with the consent of the...
NRS 439.2791 - State Program for Oral Health: Establishment; purpose. - There is hereby established within the Division the State Program...
NRS 439.2792 - Advisory Committee on the State Program for Oral Health: Creation; duties; appointment and terms of members; quorum; Chair; meetings. - 1. There is hereby created within the Division of Public...
NRS 439.2793 - Duties of Division. - To carry out the provisions of NRS 439.271 to 439.2794,...
NRS 439.2794 - Powers of Division to enter into contracts to apply for and accept gifts, donations, bequests and grants and to apply for federal waivers; disposition of money; administration of account. - 1. The Division may: (a) Enter into contracts for any...
NRS 439.280 - County board of health: Composition; officers; service without additional compensation. - 1. Each county shall establish a county board of health...
NRS 439.290 - County health officer: Appointment; qualifications; term. - 1. On or before January 1 next following each general...
NRS 439.300 - County health officer: Compensation. - For performing the duties prescribed by law, the county health...
NRS 439.310 - County health officer: Vacancy; appointment by Chief Medical Officer. - In the case of refusal or neglect of any board...
NRS 439.320 - County health officer: Executive officer of county board of health; may be county physician. - The county health officer is the executive officer of the...
NRS 439.330 - Deputy county health officer: Appointment; compensation; duties. - 1. With the approval of the board of county commissioners,...
NRS 439.340 - County board of health: Supervision by Division; reports. - The county board of health shall be subject to the...
NRS 439.350 - County board of health: Duties. - The county board of health shall: 1. Oversee all sanitary...
NRS 439.360 - County board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment. - 1. The county board of health may: (a) Abate nuisances...
NRS 439.361 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 439.361 to 439.3685, inclusive, apply to...
NRS 439.362 - Creation and composition of Health District; appointment and terms of members of district board of health and public health advisory board; duty of district board of health to maintain records; prohibition on local boards of health. - 1. A health district with a health department consisting of...
NRS 439.363 - Health district fund: Creation. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall create a health...
NRS 439.364 - District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties. - 1. The district board of health may meet at such...
NRS 439.365 - District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation. - 1. The district board of health shall prepare an annual...
NRS 439.366 - Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health. - 1. The district board of health has the powers, duties...
NRS 439.367 - District board of health: Powers. - 1. The district board of health may: (a) Receive and...
NRS 439.3675 - Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding. - 1. To the extent that money is available for these...
NRS 439.368 - Appointment, duties and compensation of district health officer; duties of district board of health concerning district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician. - 1. The district board of health shall appoint a district...
NRS 439.3685 - Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer. - 1. The district health officer shall, with the approval of...
NRS 439.369 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 439.369 to 439.410, inclusive, apply to...
NRS 439.370 - Health district: Creation. - By affirmative vote of: 1. The boards of county commissioners...
NRS 439.380 - County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health. - When any county and one or more incorporated cities within...
NRS 439.383 - County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health. - When two or more adjacent counties establish a district board...
NRS 439.385 - City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health. - When two or more cities or towns establish a district...
NRS 439.390 - District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members. - 1. A district board of health must consist of two...
NRS 439.400 - Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician. - 1. The district board of health shall appoint a district...
NRS 439.405 - Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding. - 1. To the extent that money is available for such...
NRS 439.410 - Powers and jurisdiction of district board of health and district health department; regulations of district board of health. - 1. The district board of health has the powers, duties...
NRS 439.420 - City board of health: Creation by ordinance. - 1. Every city of population categories one and two shall...
NRS 439.430 - City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer. - 1. The city board of health shall be composed of...
NRS 439.440 - Inclusion of city in county or district health department. - The governing authorities of any incorporated city may abolish the...
NRS 439.450 - Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department. - The governing authorities of any incorporated city which has consented...
NRS 439.460 - City board of health: Duties. - The city board of health shall: 1. Oversee all sanitary...
NRS 439.470 - City board of health: Powers; requirements for order for isolation, quarantine or treatment. - 1. The city board of health may: (a) Abate nuisances...
NRS 439.471 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 439.471 to 439.479, inclusive, apply to...
NRS 439.473 - Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions. - A district health officer or his or her designee who...
NRS 439.475 - Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order. - 1. A district health officer may issue an order requiring...
NRS 439.477 - Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien. - 1. All money expended by a health district in abating...
NRS 439.479 - Regulations; enforcement; notice to district board of health of failure to maintain rental dwelling unit in habitable condition. - 1. In addition to any other powers, duties and authority...
NRS 439.4797 - Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission. - 1. The board of health or its agent shall, for...
NRS 439.480 - Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction. - The county health officer has supervision over all matters pertaining...
NRS 439.490 - Abatement or removal of nuisance. - Every health officer or a designee of the health officer...
NRS 439.4905 - Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations. - 1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 3,...
NRS 439.4921 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.4921 to 439.4943, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.4923 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 439.4925 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439.4927 - "Sickle cell disease and its variants" defined. - "Sickle cell disease and its variants" means an inherited disease...
NRS 439.4929 - Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information. - 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall, pursuant to the regulations...
NRS 439.4931 - Regulations of State Board of Health. - The State Board of Health shall by regulation: 1. Prescribe...
NRS 439.4933 - Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; schedule of fees for abstracting; administrative penalty for violation of section. - 1. The chief administrative officer of each health care facility...
NRS 439.4935 - Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data. - 1. The Division shall publish reports based upon the information...
NRS 439.4937 - Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends. - 1. The Chief Medical Officer or a qualified person designated...
NRS 439.4939 - Gifts, grants and donations. - The Division shall apply for and accept any gifts, grants...
NRS 439.4941 - Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility. - The Division shall not reveal the identity of any patient,...
NRS 439.4943 - Limitation on civil and criminal liability. - A person or governmental entity that provides information to the...
NRS 439.495 - Establishment; purpose. - Within the limits of available money, the Division shall establish...
NRS 439.496 - Powers of Division to apply for and accept gifts, grants and bequests; disposition of money; administration of account. - 1. The Division may apply for and accept gifts, grants...
NRS 439.497 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.497 to 439.499, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.4972 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 439.4974 - "Lupus and its variants" defined. - "Lupus and its variants" means a chronic autoimmune disease that...
NRS 439.4976 - Establishment and maintenance of system for reporting information; objectives; persons required to report information. - 1. The Chief Medical Officer shall, pursuant to regulations adopted...
NRS 439.4978 - Regulations of State Board of Health. - The State Board of Health shall by regulation: 1. Prescribe...
NRS 439.498 - Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; administrative penalty for violation of section. - 1. The chief administrative officer of each health care facility...
NRS 439.4982 - Publication of reports; provision of data; fee to cover cost of providing data. - 1. The Division shall publish reports based upon the information...
NRS 439.4984 - Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends. - 1. The Chief Medical Officer or a qualified person designated...
NRS 439.4986 - Gifts, grants and donations. - The Division shall apply for and accept any gifts, grants...
NRS 439.4988 - Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility. - The Division shall not reveal the identity of any patient,...
NRS 439.499 - Limitation on civil and criminal liability. - A person or governmental entity that provides information to the...
NRS 439.501 - Establishment. - 1. Within the limitations of available funding, the Division shall...
NRS 439.505 - Duties of Division. - To carry out the purposes of the Arthritis Prevention and...
NRS 439.507 - Powers of Division to enter into contracts, to apply for and accept gifts, donations, bequests and grants and to apply for federal waivers; disposition of money; administration of account. - 1. The Division may: (a) Within the limitations of available...
NRS 439.5075 - Creation; membership; vacancies; compensation; Chair; meetings. - 1. The Rare Disease Advisory Council is hereby created within...
NRS 439.5077 - Duties. - 1. The Rare Disease Advisory Council created by NRS 439.5075...
NRS 439.508 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.508 to 439.5085, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.5081 - "State plan" defined. - "State plan" means the state plan to address Alzheimer’s disease...
NRS 439.5082 - "Task Force" defined. - "Task Force" means the Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease created...
NRS 439.5083 - Creation; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; members serve without compensation except per diem; alternates. - 1. The Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease is hereby created...
NRS 439.5084 - Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; quorum; members appointed by Director serve at pleasure of Director. - 1. The members of the Task Force shall elect a...
NRS 439.5085 - Duties; submission of annual report to Governor and Legislature; support and assistance of Department; gifts, grants and donations. - 1. The Task Force shall: (a) Develop a state plan...
NRS 439.5102 - "Committee" defined. - As used in NRS 439.5102 to 439.5108, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.5104 - Creation; appointment, qualification and terms of members; vacancies. - 1. The Committee to Review Suicide Fatalities is hereby created...
NRS 439.5106 - Powers and duties. - 1. The Committee: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this...
NRS 439.5108 - Powers; submission of annual report to Director; confidentiality of information and records. - 1. The Committee may: (a) Conduct investigations and hold hearings...
NRS 439.511 - Creation; purposes; employment of Coordinator; qualifications of Coordinator; duties of Coordinator. - 1. There is hereby created within the Department a Statewide...
NRS 439.513 - Employment of trainer for suicide prevention; qualifications; duties. - 1. The Coordinator of the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention...
NRS 439.5132 - Creation; purpose; interest and income; nonreversion. - 1. The Grief Support Trust Account is hereby created in...
NRS 439.5134 - Administration; awards of money; reports. - 1. The Director is responsible for administering the Grief Support...
NRS 439.514 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.514 to 439.525, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.515 - "Advisory Council" defined. - "Advisory Council" means the Advisory Council on the State Program...
NRS 439.516 - "Program" defined. - "Program" means the State Program for Wellness and the Prevention...
NRS 439.517 - Establishment; purpose. - 1. Within the limits of available money, the Division shall...
NRS 439.518 - Advisory Council: Establishment; purpose; appointment of members. - 1. Within the limits of available money, the Division shall...
NRS 439.519 - Advisory Council: Terms; Chair; appointment of committees and subcommittees; removal of nonlegislative members; administrative support; establishment of advisory group to study delivery of health care through patient-centered medical ho... - 1. The members of the Advisory Council serve terms of...
NRS 439.521 - Duties of Division. - 1. To carry out the provisions of NRS 439.514 to...
NRS 439.522 - Public hearings. - The Division may, within the limits of available money, hold...
NRS 439.523 - Authority of Division to enter into contracts and award grants. - The Division may, within the limits of available money, enter...
NRS 439.525 - Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration. - 1. The Division may apply for and accept any available...
NRS 439.529 - Administration; duties of Director; use of other programs; prohibition against commingling of money; money for program to be accounted for separately. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Administration; duties of Director; use of oth... - 1. The Department may, to the extent that money is...
NRS 439.5291 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.5291 to 439.5297, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.5292 - "Provider of emergency medical services" defined. - "Provider of emergency medical services" means each operator of an...
NRS 439.5293 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439.5294 - "Registry" defined. - "Registry" means the Stroke Registry established pursuant to NRS 439.5295....
NRS 439.5295 - Duty of Division to establish and maintain Registry; gifts, donations, bequests and grants. - 1. The Division shall: (a) Establish and maintain the Stroke...
NRS 439.5296 - Duties of Division to encourage and facilitate sharing and analysis of information and data. - The Division shall: 1. Encourage medical facilities, providers of health...
NRS 439.5297 - Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry. - 1. The Division shall adopt and carry out procedures for...
NRS 439.530 - Treatment by prayer, mental or spiritual means; no compulsion to submit to medical treatment. - None of the provisions of this chapter or the laws...
NRS 439.532 - Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Testing and labeling of certain products containing cannabidiol; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Unless federal law or regulation otherwise requires, a person...
NRS 439.535 - Clinic for immunization of children: Availability; immunity of personnel from criminal and civil liability. - 1. Clinics for the immunization of children for the diseases...
NRS 439.537 - Unlawful use of words or letters designating person as licensed or registered dietitian; penalty. - Repealed. (See chapter 83, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...
NRS 439.538 - Electronic transmission of health information: Exemption from state law concerning privacy or confidentiality of certain health information; ability of person to opt out of electronic disclosure of certain health information. - 1. If a covered entity transmits electronically individually identifiable health...
NRS 439.539 - Duty of Department to hold informational meetings to coordinate services for victims of sex trafficking. - The Department shall periodically hold informational meetings, as deemed appropriate...
NRS 439.540 - Chapter does not alter powers of Commissioner of Food and Drugs or powers of Director of State Department of Agriculture. - Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as modifying...
NRS 439.550 - Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer. - 1. Each local health officer is charged with the strict...
NRS 439.560 - Enforcement of chapter by public officers. - All health officers, local boards of health, sheriffs, constables, police...
NRS 439.565 - Injunctions against violations. - 1. Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, joint stock company, or...
NRS 439.570 - Health authority may report violation to district attorney or Attorney General; initiation and prosecution of action. - 1. When the health authority deems it necessary, the health...
NRS 439.580 - Penalties. - 1. Any local health officer or a deputy of a...
NRS 439.581 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.581 to 439.595, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.582 - "Electronic health record" defined. - "Electronic health record" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 439.583 - "Health care provider" defined. - "Health care provider" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 439.584 - "Health information exchange" defined. - "Health information exchange" means a person who makes available an...
NRS 439.585 - "Person" defined. - "Person" means: 1. A natural person. 2. Any form of...
NRS 439.587 - Designation and duties of Director as state authority for health information technology; authorization to establish or contract with exchange; adoption of regulations and other necessary actions authorized. - 1. The Director is the state authority for health information...
NRS 439.588 - Certification for exchange required; disciplinary action for failure to comply with law; administrative fine for operating without certification; regulations. - 1. A health information exchange shall not operate in this...
NRS 439.589 - Adoption of regulations to prescribe standards relating to electronic health records, health-related information and health information exchanges. - 1. The Director shall by regulation prescribe standards: (a) To...
NRS 439.590 - Limitations on use, release or publication of certain information; penalty for unauthorized access to electronic health record or health information exchange; establishment of complaint system. - 1. Except as otherwise authorized by the Health Insurance Portability...
NRS 439.591 - Patient not required to participate in health information exchange; notification to patient of breach of confidentiality of electronic health records or health information exchange; patient access to electronic health records. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS...
NRS 439.592 - Electronic health records, electronic signatures and electronically transmitted or retrieved health information deemed to comply with certain writing and signature requirements; information maintained or transmitted in electronic health... - 1. Except as otherwise prohibited by federal law: (a) If...
NRS 439.593 - Immunity from liability for health care provider who uses health information exchange. - A health care provider who with reasonable care relies upon...
NRS 439.595 - Provision of information to electronic health record or participation in health information exchange not unfair trade practice. - Providing information to an electronic health record or participating in...
NRS 439.600 - Legislative declaration. - 1. The Legislature hereby declares that its priorities in expending...
NRS 439.620 - Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Fund for a Healthy Nevada is hereby created...
NRS 439.630 - Powers and duties of Department; eligibility of veterans for certain benefits or services available to senior citizens, persons with disabilities and other specified persons; submission of biennial report by Grants Management Advisory C... - 1. The Department shall: (a) Conduct, or require the Grants...
NRS 439.635 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - As used in NRS 439.635 to 439.690, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.640 - "Household income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Household income" means the income received by a senior citizen...
NRS 439.645 - "Income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Income" means adjusted gross income, as defined in the Internal...
NRS 439.648 - "Person with a disability" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Person with a disability" means: 1. A person with a...
NRS 439.650 - "Senior citizen" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Senior citizen" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Senior citizen" means a person who is domiciled in this...
NRS 439.655 - Administration: Powers and duties of Department. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Administration: Powers and duties of Department. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The Department is responsible for the administration of the provisions...
NRS 439.660 - Administration: Cooperation between state and local agencies. - The Department shall, in cooperation with the various counties in...
NRS 439.665 - Contracts to subsidize cost of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services and other benefits; eligibility for and amount of subsidies; copayments; waiver of eligibility requirements; coverage provided by Federal Government; authority o... - 1. The Department may: (a) Enter into contracts with private...
NRS 439.670 - Request for subsidy; action on request; payment of subsidy. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Request for subsidy; action on request; payment of subsidy. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. A senior citizen who wishes to receive a subsidy...
NRS 439.675 - Denial of request for subsidy; repayment of amount received pursuant to fraudulent request. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Denial of request for subsidy; repayment and deposit of amount received pursuant to fraudulent request. [... - 1. The Department shall deny any request for a subsidy...
NRS 439.680 - Judicial review of decision to deny request for subsidy. - Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the...
NRS 439.685 - Revocation of subsidy and payment of restitution. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Revocation of subsidy and payment of restitution. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - Any subsidy granted pursuant to NRS 439.665 to a senior...
NRS 439.690 - Restrictions on use of information contained in request for subsidy. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Restrictions on use of information contained in request for subsidy. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - No person may publish, disclose or use any personal or...
NRS 439.705 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - As used in NRS 439.705 to 439.795, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.715 - "Household income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Household income" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 439.725 - "Income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Income" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439.645....
NRS 439.735 - Administration: Powers and duties of Department. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - The Department is responsible for the administration of the provisions...
NRS 439.745 - Contracts to subsidize cost of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services and other benefits; eligibility for and amount of subsidies; copayments; waiver of eligibility requirements; coverage provided by Federal Government; authority o... - 1. The Department may: (a) Enter into contracts with private...
NRS 439.755 - Request for subsidy; action on request; payment of subsidy. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. A person with a disability who wishes to receive...
NRS 439.765 - Denial of request for subsidy; repayment of amount received pursuant to fraudulent request. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. The Department shall deny any request for a subsidy...
NRS 439.775 - Judicial review of decision to deny request for subsidy. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the...
NRS 439.785 - Revocation of subsidy and payment of restitution. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - Any subsidy granted pursuant to NRS 439.745 to a person...
NRS 439.795 - Restrictions on use of information contained in request for subsidy. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - No person may publish, disclose or use any personal or...
NRS 439.800 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.800 to 439.890, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.802 - "Facility-acquired infection" defined. - "Facility-acquired infection" means a localized or systemic condition which results...
NRS 439.803 - "Health facility" defined. - "Health facility" means: 1. Any facility licensed by the Division...
NRS 439.805 - "Medical facility" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Medical facility" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Medical facility" means: 1. A hospital, as that term is...
NRS 439.810 - "Patient" defined. - "Patient" means a person who: 1. Is admitted to a...
NRS 439.815 - "Patient safety officer" defined. - "Patient safety officer" means a person who is designated as...
NRS 439.820 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" means a person who is licensed,...
NRS 439.830 - "Sentinel event" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "sentinel event"...
NRS 439.835 - Mandatory reporting of sentinel events. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A...
NRS 439.837 - Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 439.840 - Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Division; confidentiality. - 1. The Division shall: (a) Collect and maintain reports received...
NRS 439.841 - Authority of Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs. - 1. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 439.835,...
NRS 439.843 - Annual summaries of reports of sentinel events; compilation by Division; confidentiality; posting of patient safety plans by Department on Internet website. - 1. On or before March 1 of each year, each...
NRS 439.845 - Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility. - 1. The Division shall analyze and report trends regarding sentinel...
NRS 439.847 - Participation in surveillance system by medical facilities and facilities for skilled nursing; access, analysis and reporting of information submitted to surveillance system by Division; regulations. - 1. Each medical facility and facility for skilled nursing which...
NRS 439.855 - Notification of patients involved in sentinel events. - 1. Each health facility that is located within this state...
NRS 439.856 - Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients. - 1. A medical facility shall: (a) Provide to each patient...
NRS 439.857 - Procedure for informing patient, legal guardian or other person that patient at medical facility has infection; immunity from liability for providing certain information. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a...
NRS 439.860 - Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding. - Any report, document and any other information compiled or disseminated...
NRS 439.865 - Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update. - 1. Each medical facility that is located within this state...
NRS 439.870 - Patient safety officer: Designation; duties. - 1. A health facility shall designate an officer or employee...
NRS 439.873 - Designation, duties and qualifications of infection control officer; required ratio of patients to employees with certain training in infection control; Division to provide education and technical assistance. - 1. A medical facility shall designate an officer or employee...
NRS 439.875 - Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged. - 1. A medical facility shall establish a patient safety committee....
NRS 439.877 - Patient safety checklists and patient safety policies: Adoption by patient safety committee; required provisions; duties of patient safety committee. - 1. The patient safety committee established pursuant to NRS 439.875...
NRS 439.880 - Immunity from criminal and civil liability. - No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil...
NRS 439.885 - Violation by health facility: Administrative sanction prohibited when voluntarily reported; administrative sanction imposed when not voluntarily reported; appeal of imposition of sanction; accounting and expenditure of money. - 1. If a health facility: (a) Commits a violation of...
NRS 439.890 - Adoption of regulations. - The State Board of Health shall adopt such regulations as...
NRS 439.902 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.902 to 439.918, inclusive, the words...
NRS 439.904 - "Commission" defined. - "Commission" means the Patient Protection Commission created by NRS 439.908....
NRS 439.906 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439.908 - Creation; membership; compensation; terms and removal of members; vacancies; Chair; quorum; compliance with ethics requirements. - 1. The Patient Protection Commission is hereby created within the...
NRS 439.912 - Meetings; bylaws; subcommittees and working groups; contracts; advice and technical assistance by state agencies, boards and commissions. - 1. The Commission shall: (a) Meet at the call of...
NRS 439.914 - Appointment, qualifications and duties of Executive Director; authority to request information from state agencies. - 1. The Governor shall appoint the Executive Director of the...
NRS 439.916 - Systematic review of issues relating to health care; authority to request information from state and local governmental entities; hyperlink to data dashboard. - 1. The Commission shall systematically review issues related to the...
NRS 439.918 - Duties; reports. - 1. In addition to conducting the review described in NRS...
NRS 439.942 - Establishment; requirements to become client; administrators; confidentiality; protection of information; maintenance. - 1. The Division may establish a secure Internet website which...
NRS 439.943 - Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information. - 1. A person authorized to use the Internet website established...
NRS 439.944 - Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account. - A person authorized to use the Internet website established pursuant...
NRS 439.945 - Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion. - The Division may enter into cooperative agreements to obtain and...
NRS 439.946 - Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website. - 1. In addition to any other information included on the...
NRS 439.947 - Access to information. - 1. When establishing permissions for a website client to access...
NRS 439.948 - Fees; regulations. - The Division may adopt regulations to: 1. Prescribe a fee...
NRS 439.950 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439.950 to 439.983, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439.955 - "Emergency team" defined. - "Emergency team" means an emergency team designated in an executive...
NRS 439.960 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter...
NRS 439.965 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439.970 - Determination of public health emergency or other health event; executive order of Governor; designation of emergency team; chair; Attorney General designated legal counsel to emergency team. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 414 of NRS,...
NRS 439.973 - Authority of Governor to request assistance from contiguous state in carrying out inspections. - During a public health emergency or other health event, the...
NRS 439.975 - Powers and duties of emergency team. - 1. The emergency team shall: (a) Convene as soon as...
NRS 439.980 - Duties of chair of emergency team. - The chair of the emergency team or a member of...
NRS 439.983 - Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event. - Upon the resolution of a public health emergency or other...
NRS 439.985 - Legislative declaration of purpose. - The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of NRS 439.985...
NRS 439.986 - "Sterile hypodermic device program" or "program" defined. - As used in NRS 439.985 to 439.994, inclusive, "sterile hypodermic...
NRS 439.987 - Establishment. - 1. A governmental entity, a nonprofit corporation that is recognized...
NRS 439.988 - Guidelines governing operation. - The State Board of Health shall establish guidelines governing the...
NRS 439.989 - Program to establish safety procedures, provide community outreach and report to State Board of Health. - A sterile hypodermic device program shall: 1. Establish and follow...
NRS 439.990 - Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training. - All staff and volunteers of a sterile hypodermic device program...
NRS 439.991 - Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information. - A sterile hypodermic device program may provide: 1. Sterile hypodermic...
NRS 439.992 - Immunity from civil liability. - The State, any political subdivision thereof, a sterile hypodermic device...
NRS 439.993 - Confidentiality of records; use of information. - 1. Any record of a person which is created or...
NRS 439.994 - Discrimination prohibited. - No person shall be subject to any discrimination in the...