Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care
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 Group within the Department. The Director shall appoint to the Working Group providers of health care and representatives of:
(a) Groups that represent providers of health care and consumers of health care;
(b) The Nevada System of Higher Education, universities, state colleges, community colleges and other institutions in this State that train providers of health care;
(c) The Department of Health and Human Services; and
(d) Professional licensing boards that license, certify or register providers of health care.
2. The Director shall appoint a Chair of the Working Group. The Working Group shall meet at the call of the Chair. A majority of the members of the Working Group constitutes a quorum and is required to transact any business of the Working Group.
3. The members of the Working Group serve without compensation and are not entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
4. A member of the Working Group who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation to prepare for and attend meetings of the Working Group and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Working Group in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Working Group to:
(a) Make up the time he or she is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Working Group; or
(b) Take annual leave or compensatory time for the absence.
5. The Department shall provide such administrative support to the Working Group as is necessary to carry out the duties of the Working Group.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 797)

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