1. The county board of health may:
(a) Abate nuisances in accordance with law.
(b) Establish and maintain an isolation hospital or quarantine station when necessary for the isolation or quarantine of a person or a group of persons.
(c) Isolate any person or group of persons with a communicable disease that is in an infectious state and poses a risk to the public health.
(d) Quarantine any person or group of persons who has been exposed to any communicable disease that is in an infectious state and poses a risk to the public health.
(e) Treat any person or group of persons with a communicable disease that is in an infectious state and poses a risk to the public health or who has been exposed to such a communicable disease.
(f) Monitor and treat any person or group of persons with a communicable disease that poses a risk to the public health if there is a risk that the communicable disease will develop into:
(1) A progressed state that endangers the health of the person or persons; or
(2) An infectious state.
(g) Appoint quarantine officers when necessary to enforce a quarantine.
(h) Subject to the prior review and approval of the board of county commissioners and except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128, adopt a schedule of reasonable fees to be collected for issuing or renewing any health permit or license required to be obtained from the board pursuant to a law of this state or an ordinance adopted by any political subdivision of this state. Such fees must be for the sole purpose of defraying the costs and expenses of the procedures for issuing licenses and permits, and investigations related thereto, and not for the purposes of general revenue.
2. Any order to isolate, quarantine or treat a person or group of persons issued pursuant to subsection 1 must state the reasons that each of the actions prescribed by the order are the least restrictive means available to prevent, suppress or control the communicable disease. If a county board of health issues an order to isolate, quarantine or treat a person pursuant to subsection 1, the county board of health must:
(a) Isolate, quarantine or treat the person in the manner set forth in NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720, inclusive.
(b) Provide whatever medicines, disinfectants and provisions may be required and arrange for the payment of all debts or charges so incurred from any funds available, but each patient shall, if the patient is able, pay for his or her food, medicine, clothes and medical attendance.
3. As used in this section, "communicable disease" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 441A.040.
[Part 28:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2891; NCL § 5262]—(NRS A 1973, 1137; 1997, 1616, 3173; 1999, 649; 2003, 2195; 2021, 3181)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health
NRS 439.010 - Administration of chapter.
NRS 439.030 - State Board of Health: Creation; members; qualifications.
NRS 439.040 - State Board of Health: Term of office.
NRS 439.060 - State Board of Health: Meetings; quorum.
NRS 439.070 - State Board of Health: Secretary; Executive Officer.
NRS 439.080 - State Board of Health: Compensation of members and employees.
NRS 439.085 - Chief Medical Officer: Appointment; unclassified service.
NRS 439.095 - Chief Medical Officer: Qualifications.
NRS 439.130 - Chief Medical Officer and Administrator: Duties.
NRS 439.135 - Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator.
NRS 439.140 - Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division.
NRS 439.160 - Uniform compliance with provisions of chapter.
NRS 439.180 - Biennial report to Director by Administrator.
NRS 439.190 - Hearings and witnesses.
NRS 439.200 - Regulations of State Board of Health: Adoption; effect; variances; distribution.
NRS 439.249 - Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.
NRS 439.258 - Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations.
NRS 439.2711 - "Advisory Committee" defined.
NRS 439.2712 - "Program" defined.
NRS 439.2713 - "Provider of oral health care" defined.
NRS 439.2791 - State Program for Oral Health: Establishment; purpose.
NRS 439.2793 - Duties of Division.
NRS 439.290 - County health officer: Appointment; qualifications; term.
NRS 439.300 - County health officer: Compensation.
NRS 439.310 - County health officer: Vacancy; appointment by Chief Medical Officer.
NRS 439.330 - Deputy county health officer: Appointment; compensation; duties.
NRS 439.340 - County board of health: Supervision by Division; reports.
NRS 439.350 - County board of health: Duties.
NRS 439.363 - Health district fund: Creation.
NRS 439.364 - District board of health: Meetings; quorum; duties.
NRS 439.367 - District board of health: Powers.
NRS 439.370 - Health district: Creation.
NRS 439.380 - County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.
NRS 439.385 - City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.
NRS 439.390 - District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.
NRS 439.420 - City board of health: Creation by ordinance.
NRS 439.440 - Inclusion of city in county or district health department.
NRS 439.460 - City board of health: Duties.
NRS 439.477 - Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien.
NRS 439.4797 - Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission.
NRS 439.480 - Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction.
NRS 439.490 - Abatement or removal of nuisance.
NRS 439.4905 - Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations.
NRS 439.4923 - "Health care facility" defined.
NRS 439.4925 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 439.4927 - "Sickle cell disease and its variants" defined.
NRS 439.4931 - Regulations of State Board of Health.
NRS 439.4935 - Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data.
NRS 439.4937 - Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.
NRS 439.4939 - Gifts, grants and donations.
NRS 439.4943 - Limitation on civil and criminal liability.
NRS 439.495 - Establishment; purpose.
NRS 439.4972 - "Health care facility" defined.
NRS 439.4974 - "Lupus and its variants" defined.
NRS 439.4978 - Regulations of State Board of Health.
NRS 439.4982 - Publication of reports; provision of data; fee to cover cost of providing data.
NRS 439.4984 - Analysis of information, records and reports; investigation of trends.
NRS 439.4986 - Gifts, grants and donations.
NRS 439.499 - Limitation on civil and criminal liability.
NRS 439.505 - Duties of Division.
NRS 439.5075 - Creation; membership; vacancies; compensation; Chair; meetings.
NRS 439.5081 - "State plan" defined.
NRS 439.5082 - "Task Force" defined.
NRS 439.5102 - "Committee" defined.
NRS 439.5104 - Creation; appointment, qualification and terms of members; vacancies.
NRS 439.5106 - Powers and duties.
NRS 439.513 - Employment of trainer for suicide prevention; qualifications; duties.
NRS 439.5132 - Creation; purpose; interest and income; nonreversion.
NRS 439.5134 - Administration; awards of money; reports.
NRS 439.515 - "Advisory Council" defined.
NRS 439.516 - "Program" defined.
NRS 439.517 - Establishment; purpose.
NRS 439.518 - Advisory Council: Establishment; purpose; appointment of members.
NRS 439.521 - Duties of Division.
NRS 439.522 - Public hearings.
NRS 439.523 - Authority of Division to enter into contracts and award grants.
NRS 439.525 - Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration.
NRS 439.5292 - "Provider of emergency medical services" defined.
NRS 439.5293 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 439.5294 - "Registry" defined.
NRS 439.5297 - Duty of Division to adopt and carry out procedures for using Registry.
NRS 439.550 - Strict enforcement of chapter by local health officer.
NRS 439.560 - Enforcement of chapter by public officers.
NRS 439.565 - Injunctions against violations.
NRS 439.582 - "Electronic health record" defined.
NRS 439.583 - "Health care provider" defined.
NRS 439.584 - "Health information exchange" defined.
NRS 439.585 - "Person" defined.
NRS 439.593 - Immunity from liability for health care provider who uses health information exchange.
NRS 439.600 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 439.640 - "Household income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
NRS 439.645 - "Income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
NRS 439.648 - "Person with a disability" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 439.660 - Administration: Cooperation between state and local agencies.
NRS 439.680 - Judicial review of decision to deny request for subsidy.
NRS 439.705 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
NRS 439.715 - "Household income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
NRS 439.725 - "Income" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
NRS 439.802 - "Facility-acquired infection" defined.
NRS 439.803 - "Health facility" defined.
NRS 439.810 - "Patient" defined.
NRS 439.815 - "Patient safety officer" defined.
NRS 439.820 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 439.830 - "Sentinel event" defined.
NRS 439.835 - Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.
NRS 439.837 - Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.
NRS 439.840 - Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Division; confidentiality.
NRS 439.855 - Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.
NRS 439.856 - Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.
NRS 439.860 - Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.
NRS 439.870 - Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.
NRS 439.880 - Immunity from criminal and civil liability.
NRS 439.890 - Adoption of regulations.
NRS 439.904 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 439.906 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 439.918 - Duties; reports.
NRS 439.943 - Authorized use; inclusion of relevant publicly available information.
NRS 439.944 - Access authorized to enter information and manage information and account.
NRS 439.946 - Authorized collection, maintenance and storage of certain information on website.
NRS 439.947 - Access to information.
NRS 439.948 - Fees; regulations.
NRS 439.955 - "Emergency team" defined.
NRS 439.960 - "Health care facility" defined.
NRS 439.965 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 439.975 - Powers and duties of emergency team.
NRS 439.980 - Duties of chair of emergency team.
NRS 439.985 - Legislative declaration of purpose.
NRS 439.986 - "Sterile hypodermic device program" or "program" defined.
NRS 439.988 - Guidelines governing operation.
NRS 439.990 - Staff and volunteers to complete training; requirements for training.
NRS 439.992 - Immunity from civil liability.
NRS 439.993 - Confidentiality of records; use of information.