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NRS 442.003 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...
NRS 442.005 - Administration of chapter. - The Chief Medical Officer and the Division shall administer the...
NRS 442.007 - Standards for perinatal care: Regulations of State Board of Health. - 1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations establishing...
NRS 442.008 - Examination of infants: Regulations; performance of tests by State Public Health Laboratory; duties of physician, midwife, nurse, obstetric center or hospital; exemption. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Examination of infants: Re... - 1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations governing...
NRS 442.009 - Examination of infants: Priority in contracting with laboratory. - Repealed. (See chapter 148, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page...
NRS 442.010 - Examination of pregnant woman for discovery of syphilis: Blood sample; treatment for infection; exception. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Examination of pregnant woman for discovery of syphilis: Blood sample; treatment for infec... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, every: (a)...
NRS 442.013 - Examination of pregnant woman for discovery of Chlamydia trachomatis, gonorrhea and hepatitis; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician...
NRS 442.016 - Limitations on charge to third party. - 1. A physician or other person permitted by law to...
NRS 442.020 - Civil penalty; action for enforcement. - 1. Any person or entity willfully violating any of the...
NRS 442.030 - "Inflammation of the eyes of the newborn" defined. - Any inflammation, swelling or unusual redness in either one or...
NRS 442.040 - Report of existence of ophthalmia neonatorum to be made to local health officer; duties of health officer. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Report of existence of ophthalmia neonatorum to be made to local health officer; duties of... - 1. Any physician, midwife, nurse, obstetric center or hospital of...
NRS 442.050 - Physician or midwife to instill germicide in eyes of newborn baby. - It shall be unlawful for any physician or midwife practicing...
NRS 442.060 - Report of birth to include statement concerning instillation of germicide. - Every physician or midwife shall, in making a report of...
NRS 442.070 - Duties of local health officer. - The local health officer shall: 1. Investigate, or have investigated,...
NRS 442.080 - Duties of Division. - The Division shall: 1. Enforce the provisions of NRS 442.030...
NRS 442.085 - Regulations of State Board of Health. - The State Board of Health shall promulgate such rules and...
NRS 442.100 - Interference with treatment by prayer or mental or spiritual means. - None of the provisions of NRS 442.030 to 442.110, inclusive,...
NRS 442.110 - Penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Penalty. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - Any physician, midwife, nurse, manager or person in charge of...
NRS 442.119 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.119 to 442.1198, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.1192 - Subsidy authorized for provider of prenatal care in county or community that lacks services for such care. - 1. A provider of prenatal care who provides services to...
NRS 442.1194 - University of Nevada School of Medicine authorized to grant subsidy; amount of subsidy. - 1. The University of Nevada School of Medicine may grant...
NRS 442.1196 - Form and contents of application; eligibility. - 1. The application submitted pursuant to NRS 442.1192 for a...
NRS 442.1198 - Duties of provider of prenatal care who receives subsidy. - A provider of prenatal care who receives a subsidy for...
NRS 442.120 - Designation of Department. - The Department is hereby designated as the agency of this...
NRS 442.130 - Program for maternal and child health: Purposes; administration. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Program for maternal and child health: Purposes; administration. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Department is hereby designated as the agency of...
NRS 442.133 - Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health: Creation; membership; terms; compensation. - 1. The Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health is...
NRS 442.135 - Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health: Meetings; election of officers; appointment of subcommittees. - 1. The Advisory Board shall meet at least quarterly and...
NRS 442.137 - Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health: Purpose and objectives. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health: Purpose and objectives. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - The purpose of the Advisory Board is to advise the...
NRS 442.140 - State plan concerning services for maternal and child health; regulations. - 1. The Department may: (a) Formulate, adopt and administer, through...
NRS 442.150 - Provisions to be included in state plan. - A plan formulated in accordance with NRS 442.140 must include...
NRS 442.153 - Testing for amblyopia to be included in state plan. - The Department, through the State Board of Health and the...
NRS 442.160 - Duties of Administrator of Division. - 1. The Administrator of the Division is the administrative officer...
NRS 442.170 - Account for Maternal and Child Health Services. - 1. The State Treasurer is custodian of all money appropriated...
NRS 442.180 - Program of services: Administration; purposes. - 1. The Department is hereby designated as the agency of...
NRS 442.190 - State plan for services; regulations. - 1. The Department may: (a) Formulate, adopt and administer, through...
NRS 442.200 - Provisions to be included in state plan. - Such plan or plans shall in any event include therein...
NRS 442.210 - Duties of Administrator of Division. - 1. The Administrator of the Division shall administer and enforce...
NRS 442.215 - Recovery of costs of corrective treatment from parents by Administrator of Division. - 1. The Administrator of the Division may recover costs of...
NRS 442.217 - Authorization required before purchased services provided; exception. - 1. All services purchased for children with special health care...
NRS 442.220 - Account for Children’s Special Health Care Services. - 1. The State Treasurer is custodian of all money appropriated...
NRS 442.230 - Cooperative agreement with Federal Government to find, diagnose and treat children with special health care needs. - 1. The Department may enter into a cooperative agreement or...
NRS 442.240 - "Abortion" defined. - As used in NRS 442.240 to 442.270, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.250 - Conditions under which abortion permitted. [NRS 442.250 was submitted to and approved by referendum at the 1990 general election and therefore is not subject to legislative amendment or repeal.] - 1. No abortion may be performed in this state unless...
NRS 442.252 - Physician to obtain informed consent before performing abortion. - No physician may perform an abortion in this state unless,...
NRS 442.253 - Requirements for informed consent. - 1. The attending physician or a person meeting the qualifications...
NRS 442.255 - Notice to custodial parent or guardian; request for authorization for abortion; rules of civil procedure inapplicable. - 1. Unless in the judgment of the attending physician an...
NRS 442.2555 - Procedure if district court denies request for authorization for abortion: Petition; hearing on merits; appeal. - 1. If the order is denied pursuant to NRS 442.255,...
NRS 442.256 - Records. - A physician who performs an abortion shall maintain a record...
NRS 442.257 - Criminal penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of NRS 442.252 to...
NRS 442.260 - Division to adopt regulations governing performance and reporting of abortions. - 1. The Division shall adopt and enforce regulations governing the...
NRS 442.265 - Hospital to submit monthly report to State Registrar of Vital Statistics. - Each hospital shall submit a monthly report to the State...
NRS 442.268 - Civil immunity of person performing judicially authorized abortion in accordance with provisions of NRS 442.240 to 442.270, inclusive. - If an abortion is judicially authorized and the provisions of...
NRS 442.270 - Liability for failure to exercise reasonable care to preserve life of infant born as result of attempted abortion. - Whenever an abortion results in the birth of an infant...
NRS 442.300 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.300 to 442.330, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.305 - "Adverse birth outcome" defined. - "Adverse birth outcome" includes stillbirths. (Added to NRS by 1999,...
NRS 442.310 - "Birth defect" defined. - "Birth defect" means any structural or chemical abnormality present in...
NRS 442.315 - "System" defined. - "System" means the system established and maintained pursuant to NRS...
NRS 442.320 - Statewide system for collection and analysis of information: Establishment and maintenance; regulations. - 1. The Division, in cooperation with the University of Nevada...
NRS 442.325 - Provision of certain information by chief administrative officer of hospital or obstetric center; exclusion of name of patient; preparation of abstracts. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Provision of certain information by chief a... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the chief...
NRS 442.330 - Access to and use of information obtained by system: Restrictions; exceptions; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 439.538, information obtained...
NRS 442.340 - Health warning about effects of smoking during pregnancy to be posted in certain retail establishments. - 1. Each retail establishment in which cigarettes are sold or...
NRS 442.385 - Development and implementation of program of public education by Division. - The Division shall develop and carry out a program of...
NRS 442.390 - Development of guidelines for providers of health care or other services by University of Nevada School of Medicine. - The University of Nevada School of Medicine shall develop guidelines...
NRS 442.395 - Confidentiality of reports and associated documentation relating to certain referrals to Division. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and 439.538, if...
NRS 442.400 - Request for and use of certain information from natural parent of child to be placed for adoption. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Request for and use of certain information from natural parent of child to be placed for adoption.... - The agency which provides child welfare services or a licensed...
NRS 442.405 - Request for and use of certain information from natural parent of child to be placed in family foster home. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Request for and use of certain information from natural parent of child to be placed in f... - 1. The agency which provides child welfare services shall inquire,...
NRS 442.410 - Request for and use of certain information from natural parent of child whom court determines must be kept in temporary or permanent custody. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Request for and use of certain information from natural... - An agency which provides child welfare services shall inquire, during...
NRS 442.415 - Division: Adoption of regulations. - The Division shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the...
NRS 442.420 - Division: Development and maintenance of system for monitoring syndrome. - The Division shall develop and maintain a system for monitoring...
NRS 442.425 - Gifts, grants and contributions: Application for and acceptance by Division; administration and use. - 1. The Division may apply for and accept gifts, grants...
NRS 442.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.500 to 442.590, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.510 - "Hearing screening" defined. - "Hearing screening" means a test or battery of tests administered...
NRS 442.520 - "Hospital" defined. - "Hospital" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012....
NRS 442.530 - "Provider of hearing screenings" defined. - "Provider of hearing screenings" means a health care provider who,...
NRS 442.540 - Certain medical facilities prohibited from discharging newborn child born in facility until child has undergone or been referred for hearing screening; exception; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Certain medical facil... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 442.550 - Hearing screenings: Persons authorized to conduct; certain medical facilities to hire or enter into written agreement with provider of hearing screenings; documentation to be placed in medical file of newborn child; written reports. [Ef... - 1. A hearing screening required by NRS 442.540 must be...
NRS 442.560 - Hearing screening not required if parent or legal guardian of newborn child objects in writing; written objection to be placed in medical file of newborn child. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Hearing screening not required if pa... - A newborn child may be discharged from the licensed hospital...
NRS 442.570 - Physician to recommend diagnostic evaluation if hearing screening indicates possibility of hearing loss. - If a hearing screening conducted pursuant to NRS 442.540 indicates...
NRS 442.580 - Lead physician or audiologist: Designation; responsibilities. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Lead physician or audiologist: Designation; responsibilities. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A licensed hospital and a licensed obstetric center shall formally...
NRS 442.590 - Written brochures: Creation by Division; required contents; distribution. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Written brochures: Creation by Division; required contents; distribution. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Division shall create written brochures that use terms...
NRS 442.600 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.600 to 442.660, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.610 - Provider of health care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Provider of health care" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Provider of health care" means: 1. A provider of health...
NRS 442.620 - Rapid test for the human immunodeficiency virus" and "rapid test" defined. - "Rapid test for the human immunodeficiency virus" or "rapid test"...
NRS 442.630 - Test used must be approved by United States Food and Drug Administration; requirements for administration of test. - 1. Any test for the human immunodeficiency virus, including, without...
NRS 442.640 - Requirement for testing of pregnant woman for human immunodeficiency virus. - 1. A provider of health care who provides prenatal care...
NRS 442.650 - Requirement for testing of newborn child for human immunodeficiency virus. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Requirement for testing of newborn child for human immunodeficiency virus. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A provider of health care who attends or assists at...
NRS 442.660 - Pamphlet to be provided before testing of pregnant woman or newborn child; contents of pamphlet. - A provider of health care shall ensure that, before a...
NRS 442.680 - Examination required; confirmation of results; exception to requirement; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Examination required; confirmation of results; exception to requirement; regulations. [Effective January 1, 202... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any physician,...
NRS 442.700 - Department to encourage performance of tests; reports of results. - 1. The Department shall encourage each provider of health care...
NRS 442.710 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.710 to 442.745, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.715 - "Account" defined. - "Account" means the Account for Family Planning created by NRS...
NRS 442.720 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health and...
NRS 442.725 - Creation of Account for Family Planning; use of money in Account; provision of services funded by money in Account; administration of Account; discrimination against provider of services prohibited. - 1. The Account for Family Planning is hereby created in...
NRS 442.730 - Gifts, grants and donations. - 1. The Director or his or her designee may apply...
NRS 442.735 - Duties of grant recipient; confidentiality of information concerning recipient of services. - 1. A local governmental entity or nonprofit organization that receives...
NRS 442.745 - Regulations. - 1. The State Board of Health shall adopt any regulations...
NRS 442.751 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 442.751 to 442.774, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 442.754 - "Committee" defined. - "Committee" means the Maternal Mortality Review Committee established by NRS...
NRS 442.757 - "Maternal mortality" defined. - "Maternal mortality" means the death of a woman during pregnancy,...
NRS 442.761 - "Severe maternal morbidity" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Severe maternal morbidity" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Severe maternal morbidity" means an unexpected incident during childbirth that...
NRS 442.764 - Establishment; membership; compensation of members; member who is officer or employee of State or political subdivision; meetings; immunity from liability; acceptance of gifts, grants or donations; regulations. - 1. The Maternal Mortality Review Committee is hereby established within...
NRS 442.767 - Duties. - 1. The Committee shall: (a) Identify and review each incident...
NRS 442.771 - Authorized actions. - The Committee may take any action necessary to carry out...
NRS 442.774 - Access to certain information and records; meetings with certain entities; subpoenas; use of data; confidentiality of information and records; meetings closed to public. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Access to certain informati... - 1. The Committee is entitled to access to: (a) All...