Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care

NRS 439A.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

NRS 439A.012 - "Department" defined. - "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services. (Added...

NRS 439A.0125 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS...

NRS 439A.015 - "Health facility" defined. - "Health facility" means a facility in or through which health...

NRS 439A.017 - "Health services" defined. - "Health services" means the care and observation of patients, the...

NRS 439A.0195 - "Practitioner" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Practitioner" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Practitioner" means a physician licensed under chapter 630, 630A or...

NRS 439A.020 - Purposes of chapter. - The purposes of this chapter are to: 1. Promote equal...

NRS 439A.081 - Department is state agency for health planning and development; powers of Director; fees. - 1. The Department is the agency of the State of...

NRS 439A.082 - Director to contract with Nevada System of Higher Education to collect and analyze information from health facilities and purchasers of health care. - The Director, through the Division of Health Care Financing and...

NRS 439A.083 - Director to establish procedure for review of statutes, regulations and standards governing approval, licensing or certification of health facilities. - The Director shall establish procedures for the review of all...

NRS 439A.086 - Chief Research and Statistical Analyst: Position created. - The position of Chief Research and Statistical Analyst is hereby...

NRS 439A.100 - Approval of Director required for certain projects; criteria for review of application. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in a...

NRS 439A.104 - Approval of Chief Medical Officer required for operation of certain medical helicopters; criteria for review of application. - 1. No person may operate or undertake any proposed expenditure...

NRS 439A.111 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439A.111 to 439A.122, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 439A.112 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...

NRS 439A.114 - "Working Group" defined. - "Working Group" means the Health Care Workforce Working Group established...

NRS 439A.116 - Establishment of database of certain information relating to renewal of license, certificate or registration; data request provided to certain professional licensing boards; confidentiality of information; duties of Director. - 1. The Director shall establish and maintain a database of...

NRS 439A.118 - Health Care Workforce Working Group: Establishment; membership; Chair; meetings; quorum; service without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; administrative support. - 1. The Director shall establish the Health Care Workforce Working...

NRS 439A.121 - Health Care Workforce Working Group: Duties; reports. - 1. The Working Group shall: (a) Make recommendations to the...

NRS 439A.122 - Regulations; contracts and agreements; gifts, grants and donations. - 1. The Director may: (a) Adopt any regulations necessary to...

NRS 439A.124 - Data request to Board of Medical Examiners and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine for certain information concerning physicians; confidentiality of information; posting of report on Internet website. - 1. The Department shall develop and make available to the...

NRS 439A.126 - Notification to Department concerning certain transactions involving hospitals or physician group practices; posting of information and report on Internet website. - 1. A hospital shall notify the Department of any merger,...

NRS 439A.130 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439A.130 to 439A.185, inclusive, the words...

NRS 439A.135 - "Administrator" defined. - "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NRS...

NRS 439A.138 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of...

NRS 439A.140 - "Employer" defined. - "Employer" means a person who sponsors a J-1 visa physician...

NRS 439A.150 - "J-1 visa physician" defined. - "J-1 visa physician" means a foreign medical graduate who: 1....

NRS 439A.155 - "J-1 visa waiver" defined. - "J-1 visa waiver" means a waiver of the 2-year foreign...

NRS 439A.160 - "Letter of support" defined. - "Letter of support" means a letter issued by the Program...

NRS 439A.165 - "Program" defined. - "Program" means the Physician Visa Waiver Program established by NRS...

NRS 439A.170 - Establishment; regulations; application fees; accounting and use of money; administration of Program. - 1. The Physician Visa Waiver Program is hereby established in...

NRS 439A.175 - Application for letter of support; qualifications; conditions for contract between employer and J-1 visa physician. - 1. An employer or J-1 visa physician who seeks a...

NRS 439A.180 - Violations and penalties. - 1. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law:...

NRS 439A.185 - Civil and criminal immunity for reporting violations. - A person who reports or provides any information concerning a...

NRS 439A.190 - Official recognition required; duty of Department to maintain Internet website; certain activities deemed not to be unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive trade practices. - 1. A primary care practice shall not represent itself as...

NRS 439A.200 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439A.200 to 439A.290, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 439A.205 - Hospital" defined. - "Hospital" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012....

NRS 439A.207 - "Potentially preventable readmission" defined. - "Potentially preventable readmission" means an unplanned readmission of a patient...

NRS 439A.210 - Surgical center for ambulatory patients" defined. - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" has the meaning ascribed to...

NRS 439A.220 - Information concerning hospitals: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program. - 1. The Department shall establish and maintain a program to...

NRS 439A.230 - Information concerning hospitals: Regulations; deadline for submission of information; notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health. - 1. The Department shall, by regulation: (a) Prescribe the information...

NRS 439A.240 - Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program. - 1. The Department shall establish and maintain a program to...

NRS 439A.250 - Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Regulations; deadline for submission of information; notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health. - 1. The Department shall, by regulation: (a) Prescribe the information...

NRS 439A.260 - Department to collect and maintain information and make summary of information available to certain persons; information to be aggregated. - 1. The Department shall collect and maintain all information that...

NRS 439A.270 - Internet website for information concerning hospitals and surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment; information to be included on website; presentation of information on website; duties of Department. - 1. The Department shall establish and maintain an Internet website...

NRS 439A.280 - Suspension of certain components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants. - 1. On or before July 1 of each odd-numbered year,...

NRS 439A.290 - Duty of Department to consult; Department allowed to contract with certain entities for analysis of information collected and maintained by Department; regulations for review and release of information; annual report concerning request... - 1. In carrying out the provisions of NRS 439A.200 to...

NRS 439A.300 - Injunctions. - 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the Department may...

NRS 439A.310 - Civil penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any person...