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NRS 449.001 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 449.0015 - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" defined. - 1. "Agency to provide nursing in the home" means any...
NRS 449.0021 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined. - 1. "Agency to provide personal care services in the home"...
NRS 449.0025 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the State Board of Health. (Added to NRS...
NRS 449.0026 - "Community-based living arrangement services" defined. - "Community-based living arrangement services" means flexible, individualized services, including, without...
NRS 449.0027 - Community health worker" defined. - "Community health worker" means a natural person who: 1. Lives...
NRS 449.0028 - Community health worker pool" defined. - "Community health worker pool" means a person or agency which...
NRS 449.0031 - "Community triage center" defined. - "Community triage center" means a facility that provides on a...
NRS 449.0032 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of...
NRS 449.00325 - "Employment agency" defined. - "Employment agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449.0033 - "Facility for hospice care" defined. - "Facility for hospice care" means a facility which is operated...
NRS 449.0038 - "Facility for intermediate care" defined. - "Facility for intermediate care" means an establishment operated and maintained...
NRS 449.00385 - "Facility for modified medical detoxification" defined. - "Facility for modified medical detoxification" means a facility that provides...
NRS 449.00387 - "Facility for refractive surgery" defined. - 1. "Facility for refractive surgery" means a freestanding facility that...
NRS 449.0039 - "Facility for skilled nursing" defined. - 1. "Facility for skilled nursing" means an establishment which provides...
NRS 449.004 - "Facility for the care of adults during the day" defined. - "Facility for the care of adults during the day" means...
NRS 449.0045 - "Facility for the dependent" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Facility for the dependent" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Facility for the dependent" includes: 1. A facility for the...
NRS 449.00455 - "Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined. - "Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use...
NRS 449.0046 - "Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" defined. - "Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" means a...
NRS 449.0055 - "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" defined. - 1. "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" means a...
NRS 449.0065 - "Freestanding birthing center" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Freestanding birthing center" means a facility that provides maternity care...
NRS 449.008 - "Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined. - "Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance...
NRS 449.0105 - "Home for individual residential care" defined. - "Home for individual residential care" means a home in which...
NRS 449.0115 - "Hospice care" defined. - 1. "Hospice care" means a centrally administered program of palliative...
NRS 449.012 - "Hospital" defined. - "Hospital" means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment...
NRS 449.013 - "Independent center for emergency medical care" defined. - "Independent center for emergency medical care" means a facility, structurally...
NRS 449.0145 - "Licensed practical nurse" defined. - "Licensed practical nurse" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 449.0151 - "Medical facility" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Medical facility" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Medical facility" includes: 1. A surgical center for ambulatory patients;...
NRS 449.01513 - "Medication aide - certified" defined. - "Medication aide - certified" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449.01515 - "Mobile unit" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "mobile unit"...
NRS 449.01517 - "Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities" defined. - "Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or...
NRS 449.0152 - "Nursing assistant" defined. - "Nursing assistant" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449.0153 - "Nursing pool" defined. - 1. "Nursing pool" means a person or agency which provides...
NRS 449.0155 - "Obstetric center" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Obstetric center" means a facility that is not part of...
NRS 449.0156 - "Palliative services" defined. - "Palliative services" means services and treatments directed toward the control...
NRS 449.01563 - Peer support recovery organization" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Peer support recovery organization" means a person or agency which,...
NRS 449.01566 - Peer support services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Peer support services" means supportive services relating to mental health,...
NRS 449.0157 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449.0159 - "Provider of supported living arrangement services" defined. - "Provider of supported living arrangement services" means a natural person...
NRS 449.0165 - "Psychiatric hospital" defined. - "Psychiatric hospital" means a hospital for the diagnosis, care and...
NRS 449.0167 - "Registered nurse" defined. - "Registered nurse" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449.017 - "Residential facility for groups" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "residential facility...
NRS 449.0175 - "Rural clinic" defined. - "Rural clinic" means a facility located in an area that...
NRS 449.0177 - "Rural hospital" defined. - "Rural hospital" means a hospital with 85 or fewer beds...
NRS 449.0185 - "Supported living arrangement services" defined. - "Supported living arrangement services" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449.019 - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" defined. - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" means a facility with limited...
NRS 449.0195 - "Terminally ill" defined. - "Terminally ill" means a medical diagnosis made by a physician...
NRS 449.029 - "Medical facility" further defined. - As used in NRS 449.029 to 449.240, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.030 - License required to operate or maintain medical facility or facility for the dependent. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] License required to operate or maintain medical facility or facility for the dependent. [Effective January 1,... - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03013, 449.03015 and 449.03017,...
NRS 449.03005 - License to operate employment agency that contracts with persons in State to provide certain nonmedical services; standards and regulations; licensed employment agency prohibited from making certain referrals; civil penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03017, a person...
NRS 449.03008 - Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license; fee; posting of requirements for license and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report. - 1. The Division shall develop and implement a process by...
NRS 449.0301 - Exemptions. - The provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, do not...
NRS 449.03013 - Facility for the dependent or medical facility that employs community health workers not required to obtain additional license. - A person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter as...
NRS 449.03015 - Facility for the dependent or medical facility that employs providers of peer support services not required to obtain additional license. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - A person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter as...
NRS 449.03017 - Person otherwise licensed under this chapter exempt from requirement to obtain license to operate employment agency that contracts with persons to provide certain nonmedical services. - A person who is licensed pursuant to a provision of...
NRS 449.0302 - Board to adopt standards, qualifications and other regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Board to adopt standards, qualifications and other regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Board shall adopt: (a) Licensing standards for each...
NRS 449.0303 - Authority of Board to require licensing of other facilities. - The Board may adopt regulations requiring the licensing of a...
NRS 449.0304 - Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees of certain facilities and agencies to perform certain tasks. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of...
NRS 449.0305 - Businesses that provide referrals to residential facilities for groups and certain other group housing arrangements: License required; standards and regulations; provision of referrals; prohibited acts; civil penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person...
NRS 449.0306 - Money received from licensing of facilities to be deposited in State General Fund; expenditure of state or federal money by Division. - 1. Money received from licensing medical facilities and facilities for...
NRS 449.0307 - Powers of Division. - The Division may: 1. Upon receipt of an application for...
NRS 449.03075 - Duty of Division to compile and post information concerning licensing status and quality of certain facilities for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders. - The Division shall: 1. Compile and post on an Internet...
NRS 449.0308 - Authority of Division to collect actual cost of enforcing provisions from unlicensed medical facility, facility for the dependent or certain other facilities; authorized use of money collected; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division...
NRS 449.040 - Application for license: Filing; contents. - Any person, state or local government or agency thereof desiring...
NRS 449.050 - Fees. - 1. Each application for a license must be accompanied by...
NRS 449.065 - Surety bond for initial license and renewal of license to operate facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, peer support recovery organization, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care, a... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 6 and 7...
NRS 449.067 - Substitute for surety required for facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, peer support recovery organization, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care, agency to provide personal care... - 1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant...
NRS 449.068 - Surety bond required for initial license and renewal of license to operate facility for refractive surgery. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.069, each facility...
NRS 449.069 - Substitute for surety bond required for facility for refractive surgery. - 1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant...
NRS 449.080 - Issuance, validity and nontransferability of license; inspection of building proposed by applicant for community-based living arrangement services. - 1. If, after investigation, the Division finds that the: (a)...
NRS 449.085 - Form and contents of license. - Each license issued by the Division shall be in the...
NRS 449.087 - Amendment of license required for addition of certain services; requirements for approval of amendment; revocation of approval; standards. - 1. A licensee must obtain the approval of the Division...
NRS 449.089 - Expiration and renewal of license; fees. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Expiration and renewal of license; fees. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Each license issued pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428,...
NRS 449.091 - Provisional license. - 1. The Division may cancel the license of a medical...
NRS 449.0915 - Endorsement of hospital as crisis stabilization center: Issuance; application; requirements; renewal. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Endorsement of hospital as crisis stabilization center: Issuance; application; requirements; r... - 1. The Division may issue an endorsement as a crisis...
NRS 449.092 - Applicant for issuance or renewal of license for home for individual residential care to attest to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines concerning safe and appropriate injection practices. - The Division shall not issue or renew a license for...
NRS 449.0925 - Regulations prescribing mandatory training for unlicensed caregivers; posting of list of providers of training on Internet website; duties of administrator or person in charge of facility. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Board shall: (a) Adopt regulations prescribing mandatory training...
NRS 449.093 - Training to recognize and prevent abuse of older persons: Persons required to receive; frequency; topics; costs; actions for failure to complete. - 1. An applicant for a license to operate a facility...
NRS 449.094 - Continuing education requirements concerning care of persons with dementia for certain employees of facilities for skilled nursing, facilities for intermediate care and residential facilities for groups. - 1. The Board shall establish minimum continuing education requirements concerning...
NRS 449.101 - Discrimination prohibited; development of antidiscrimination policy; posting of nondiscrimination statement and certain other information; construction of section. - 1. A medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility...
NRS 449.102 - Duties of licensed facility to protect privacy of patient or resident. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Duties of licensed facility to protect privacy of patient or resident. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - A medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which...
NRS 449.103 - Regulations requiring training relating specifically to cultural competency for any agent or employee of a facility. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Regulations requiring training relating specifically to cultural competency for... - 1. To enable an agent or employee of a medical...
NRS 449.104 - Regulations to ensure patients or residents are identified in accordance with their gender identity or expression. - The Board shall adopt regulations that require a medical facility,...
NRS 449.111 - Authorized activities of licensee; requirements governing provision of services. - 1. The holder of a license to provide community-based living...
NRS 449.112 - Establishment of individualized plan for recipient; reimbursement of Division for overpayment. - 1. The Division shall establish, for each recipient of community-based...
NRS 449.113 - Grounds for denying renewal of license. - The Division shall not renew a license to provide community-based...
NRS 449.115 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.115 to 449.125, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.119 - "Facility, hospital, agency, program or home" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Facility, hospital, agency, program or home" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Facility, hospital, agency, program or home" means an agency to...
NRS 449.1195 - "Psychiatric residential treatment facility" defined. - "Psychiatric residential treatment facility" means a facility, other than a...
NRS 449.121 - Exemption for facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions...
NRS 449.122 - Investigation of applicant for license to operate facility, hospital, agency, program or home. - 1. Each applicant for a license to operate a facility,...
NRS 449.123 - Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 449.1235 - Temporary employment service prohibited from sending ineligible employee to facility, hospital, agency, program or home; temporary employment service to provide certain information regarding its employees. - 1. A temporary employment service shall not send an employee...
NRS 449.124 - Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home. - 1. Each facility, hospital, agency, program or home shall maintain...
NRS 449.125 - Termination of employment or contract of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home who has been convicted of certain crime; period in which to correct inf... - 1. Upon receiving information from the Central Repository for Nevada...
NRS 449.4329 - Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 449.43295 - Temporary employment service prohibited from sending ineligible employee to organization; temporary employment service to provide certain information regarding its employees. - 1. A temporary employment service shall not send an employee...
NRS 449.433 - Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of organization. - 1. Each intermediary service organization shall maintain accurate records of...
NRS 449.4331 - Termination of employment or contract of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor who has been convicted of certain crime; period in which to correct information regarding conviction; liability of or... - 1. Upon receiving information from the Central Repository for Nevada...
NRS 449.4332 - Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certificate. - In addition to the grounds listed in NRS 449.4321, the...
NRS 449.131 - Entry and inspection of building and premises by Division, State Fire Marshal and Chief Medical Officer. - 1. Any authorized member or employee of the Division may...
NRS 449.132 - Inspection of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other facility required to be licensed by Division of Public and Behavioral Health and Aging and Disability Services Division. - Every medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which...
NRS 449.133 - Report of results of inspections of medical facilities and facilities for the dependent by Division; disclosure of results of inspections of facilities for skilled nursing, facilities for intermediate care and residential facilities for... - The Division shall: 1. Prepare a report of the results...
NRS 449.134 - Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, provider of community-based living arrangement services or home for individual residential care to provide immediate notification of certain... - A facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential...
NRS 449.160 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; revocation of license in connection with certain nuisance activity; log of complaints; information concerning complaint, investigation and disciplinary action to be provided to fa... - 1. The Division may deny an application for a license...
NRS 449.163 - Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; disposition of money collected. - 1. In addition to the payment of the amount required...
NRS 449.165 - Administrative sanctions: Regulations of Board. - The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria for the...
NRS 449.170 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license or imposition of sanctions: Notice; appeal; adoption of regulations. - 1. When the Division intends to deny, suspend or revoke...
NRS 449.171 - Authority of Division to take control over medical records of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other facility required to be licensed by Division upon suspension of license or cessation of operation; confidentiality; shar... - 1. If the Division suspends the license of a medical...
NRS 449.172 - Residential facility for groups: Duties of Division and operator upon suspension or revocation of license for abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of occupants. - If the Division suspends or revokes the license of a...
NRS 449.174 - Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license to operate certain facility, hospital, agency, program or home. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license... - 1. In addition to the grounds listed in NRS 449.160,...
NRS 449.181 - Medical facility that has custody of child pursuant to court order to adopt policy relating to medical care and medications for child; employees to receive copy of policy. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a medical...
NRS 449.1815 - Medical facility prohibited from allowing person who is not enrolled at accredited medical school to perform or participate in activity for credit toward medical degree. - A medical facility shall not allow a person to perform...
NRS 449.1818 - Off-campus location of hospital to obtain distinct national provider identifier. - 1. Each off-campus location of a hospital must obtain and...
NRS 449.1821 - Hospital to accept payment through Medicare; exceptions. - A hospital, other than a psychiatric hospital, critical access hospital...
NRS 449.1825 - Required posting of certain information concerning quality of certain facilities on Internet and in facilities. - 1. The Division shall post on an Internet website maintained...
NRS 449.183 - Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing and residential facility for groups to adopt written policy concerning readmission after temporary transfer of patient or resident. - 1. A facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing...
NRS 449.184 - Operator of residential facility for groups, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing to post certain information in conspicuous place. - 1. A person who operates a residential facility for groups...
NRS 449.1845 - Administrator of residential facility for groups to conduct annual assessment of history of each resident and cause provider of health care to conduct certain examinations and assessments; placement based on assessment. - 1. The administrator of a residential facility for groups shall:...
NRS 449.186 - Supervision of residential facility for groups. - A residential facility for groups must not be operated except...
NRS 449.1865 - Certain residential facilities for groups to be equipped with fire sprinkler system. - A residential facility for groups must be equipped with a...
NRS 449.187 - Supervision of facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a facility...
NRS 449.1885 - Establishment of working group to develop document concerning sexual assault; distribution of document to hospitals, independent centers for emergency medical care and patients who are victims; duties of hospital and independent center... - 1. The Division shall establish a working group consisting of...
NRS 449.189 - Physician and nurse required to operate independent center to provide emergency medical care. - An independent center to provide emergency medical care shall not...
NRS 449.191 - Medical facility not required to allow abortions. - 1. A hospital or other medical facility licensed under the...
NRS 449.1915 - Provision of special diet to patient for whom special diet has been ordered; documentation; clinical privileges for licensed dietitian. - 1. A medical facility shall take such actions as necessary...
NRS 449.192 - Admission of dentist to membership on medical staff of hospital. - No dentist may be: 1. Automatically admitted to membership on...
NRS 449.1923 - Admission of advanced practice registered nurse to membership on medical staff of hospital. - A hospital may admit an advanced practice registered nurse to...
NRS 449.1925 - Staff privileges for telehealth providers. - A hospital may grant staff privileges to a provider of...
NRS 449.193 - Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups or home for individual residential care to provide itemized statement of charges upon request to certain persons. - 1. Subject to the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability...
NRS 449.1935 - Agency to provide personal care services in the home authorized to provide certain services to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. - An agency to provide personal care services in the home...
NRS 449.194 - Certain employees of agency to provide personal care services in the home, community health worker pool or peer support recovery organization immune from civil liability resulting from rendering emergency care or assistance. [Effective... - Any person who is employed by an agency to provide...
NRS 449.195 - Waiver of deductible or copayment; conditions. - A medical facility shall not waive a deductible or copayment...
NRS 449.196 - Requirements for program of hospice care. - No person, state or local government or agency may represent...
NRS 449.197 - Provision of care by facility for hospice care. - 1. A licensed facility for hospice care may provide any...
NRS 449.198 - Requirements for obstetric center. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Requirements for freestanding birthing center; prohibition on surgery; qualifications of director. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - An obstetric center must: 1. Provide sufficient space for members...
NRS 449.199 - Residential facility for groups and homes for individual residential care prohibited from providing accommodations to persons not meeting requirements for admission; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a residential...
NRS 449.201 - Certification required for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders operated or provided by facility for transitional living for released offenders. - Each program for alcohol or other substance use disorders operated...
NRS 449.202 - Classification of hospitals. - A hospital which provides only one or two of the...
NRS 449.203 - Designation of hospital as comprehensive or primary stroke center; Division to maintain list of hospitals so designated; regulations. - 1. A hospital licensed pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428,...
NRS 449.2035 - Designation of hospital as STEMI receiving center; Division to maintain list of hospitals so designated; regulations. - 1. A hospital licensed pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428,...
NRS 449.204 - Misleading name or other designation of facility prohibited. - The name, sign, listing or other designation of a medical...
NRS 449.205 - Retaliation or discrimination against employees and certain other persons: Prohibition under certain circumstances; medical facility prohibited from restricting right to make report or take certain other actions. - 1. A medical facility or any agent or employee thereof...
NRS 449.207 - Retaliation or discrimination against employees and certain other persons: Violation; civil action for certain acts of retaliation or discrimination; damages; equitable relief; rebuttable presumption; civil penalty; time limit for bring... - 1. An employee of a medical facility or a registered...
NRS 449.208 - Retaliation or discrimination against employees or certain other persons: Written notice regarding protections and legal remedies for certain acts of retaliation or discrimination; posting of notice; inclusion of notice in employee hand... - 1. A medical facility shall prepare a written notice for...
NRS 449.209 - Prohibition against medical facility or employee of medical facility making certain referrals to residential facilities for groups; civil penalties; system to track violations. - 1. In addition to the requirements and prohibitions set forth...
NRS 449.210 - Penalties for unlicensed operation of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other facility required to be licensed by Division; cease and desist order; authority of Division to bring action; penalty for operating without a lic... - 1. In addition to the payment of the amount required...
NRS 449.220 - Action to enjoin violations. - 1. The Division may bring an action in the name...
NRS 449.240 - Institution and conduct of prosecutions. - The district attorney of the county in which the facility...
NRS 449.241 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.241 to 449.2428, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.2413 - "Certified nursing assistant" defined. - "Certified nursing assistant" means a person who has been certified...
NRS 449.2414 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" means: 1. A hospital; 2. An independent...
NRS 449.2416 - "Licensed nurse" defined. - "Licensed nurse" means a person licensed pursuant to chapter 632...
NRS 449.2417 - "Practice of surgical technology" defined. - 1. "Practice of surgical technology" means performing tasks in preparation...
NRS 449.24175 - "Surgical technologist" defined. - "Surgical technologist" means a person who is engaged in the...
NRS 449.2418 - "Unit" defined. - "Unit" has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation of...
NRS 449.24185 - Conditions under which health care facility may employ or allow person to engage in practice of surgical technology. - Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 449.0301...
NRS 449.2419 - Duties of health care facility that employs or allows person to engage in practice of surgical technology. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.24195, a health care...
NRS 449.24195 - Applicability of provisions concerning surgical technology. - NRS 449.24185 and 449.2419 do not apply to a person...
NRS 449.242 - Establishment of staffing committee by certain hospitals in larger counties; membership; duty to develop documented staffing plan; duty to consider certain requests; quarterly meetings; reporting to Legislature. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each hospital...
NRS 449.2421 - Certain health care facilities in larger counties required to make available to Division written policy that allows refusal of or objection to work assignments and documented staffing plan; requirements of staffing plan and flexibility... - 1. As a condition of licensing, a health care facility...
NRS 449.2423 - Certain health care facilities in larger counties to adopt written policy to allow nurse or certified nursing assistant to refuse or object to work assignments; requirements of policy; maintenance of records of refusals of and objectio... - 1. As a condition of licensure, a health care facility...
NRS 449.2425 - Division to adopt regulations establishing system for rating certain health care facilities on compliance with requirements relating to staffing: Division to post final star rating and report of unresolved violations of law on Internet... - 1. The Division shall adopt regulations establishing: (a) A system...
NRS 449.2428 - Division required to ensure that certain health care facilities comply with provisions; regulations. - For each health care facility which is located in a...
NRS 449.243 - Itemized list of charges required; use of Uniform Billing and Claims Forms authorized; contracted rates; summary of charges. - Every hospital licensed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449.029...
NRS 449.245 - Release of child from hospital; provision of authorization for release and other information to Division of Child and Family Services; disclosure of information; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Release of child from hosp... - 1. No hospital licensed under the provisions of NRS 449.029...
NRS 449.2455 - Authority of hospital to enter into agreement with Armed Forces of United States for provision of medical care by certain medical officers. - 1. A hospital may enter into an agreement with the...
NRS 449.246 - Hospital or obstetric center to provide information relating to voluntary acknowledgment or establishment of paternity before discharging unmarried woman who has borne child; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Hospital... - 1. Before discharging an unmarried woman who has borne a...
NRS 449.2465 - Persons entitled to results of tests performed at laboratory regarding patient of rural hospital. - The following persons are entitled to access the results of...
NRS 449.247 - Powers and duties of Division and State Board of Nursing with respect to nursing assistants and medication aides - certified and training of nursing assistants and medication aides - certified; provision of information to State Board of... - 1. The Division may review the personnel files of a...
NRS 449.2475 - Unlicensed insurer not allowed to make payment directly to person who received services in certain circumstances; limitation on civil and criminal liability. - 1. An insurer that is not licensed in this State...
NRS 449.2477 - Requirements concerning dispute resolution clause in contract relating to provision of care by facility for long-term care. - 1. If a facility for long-term care wishes to include...
NRS 449.248 - Additional services to be provided by agency to provide nursing in home. - An agency to provide nursing in the home shall, in...
NRS 449.2485 - Return to dispensing pharmacy of unused prescription drug dispensed to patient of facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care for purpose of reissuing drug or transferring drug. - 1. A facility for skilled nursing or a facility for...
NRS 449.2486 - Facility for care of adults during the day to maintain and provide certain information; form in which information to be provided. - 1. A facility for the care of adults during the...
NRS 449.2487 - Notice to be provided by certain facilities which offer independent living. - 1. A facility for the dependent, a medical facility or...
NRS 449.2488 - Department of Health and Human Services to develop brochure and website to assist persons who are 55 years of age or older in determining appropriate level of care and type of housing; information to be included in brochure and website... - 1. The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop...
NRS 449.2489 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.2489 to 449.24898, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.24891 - "Ophthalmologist" defined. - "Ophthalmologist" means a physician who is qualified to perform laser...
NRS 449.24892 - "Postoperative care" defined. - "Postoperative care" means assessing, monitoring or treating a patient while...
NRS 449.24893 - "Preoperative care" defined. - "Preoperative care" means assessing or treating a patient in preparation...
NRS 449.24894 - "Surgical treatment for a refractive error of the eye" defined. - "Surgical treatment for a refractive error of the eye" means...
NRS 449.24895 - Certain persons not required to obtain license to operate and maintain facility; filing of affidavit with Division required. - A person is not required to obtain a license to...
NRS 449.24896 - Surgical treatments at facility must be performed by licensed ophthalmologist; availability of ophthalmologist. - A facility for refractive surgery shall ensure that: 1. All...
NRS 449.24898 - Collaboration between ophthalmologist and optometrist authorized pursuant to NRS 636.374. - The provisions of NRS 449.2489 to 449.24898, inclusive, do not...
NRS 449.250 - Short title. - NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, may be cited as the...
NRS 449.260 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive: 1. "Community...
NRS 449.270 - State Department to constitute sole agency of State for certain purposes. - The State Department shall constitute the sole agency of the...
NRS 449.280 - Duties of State Department. - In carrying out the purposes of NRS 449.250 to 449.430,...
NRS 449.300 - Inventory of existing health facilities; development of program for construction of facilities. - The State Department is authorized and directed to inventory existing...
NRS 449.310 - Requirements of program for construction of health facilities. - The construction programs must provide, in accordance with NRS 449.250...
NRS 449.320 - Application for federal money; deposit of money. - 1. The State Department may apply to the federal agency...
NRS 449.340 - State Department to prescribe minimum standards; standards to supersede local ordinances and regulations; penalty. - 1. The State Department may, by regulation, establish standards for...
NRS 449.345 - Restriction on adoption of regulations concerning construction, maintenance, operation or safety of building, structure or other property. - Before the State Department may adopt any regulation concerning the...
NRS 449.360 - Application for construction of health facility: Filing; compliance with federal and state requirements. - 1. Applications for health facility construction projects for which federal...
NRS 449.370 - Application for construction of health facility: Notice and hearing; approval and forwarding. - 1. The State Department shall afford to every applicant for...
NRS 449.380 - Inspection of construction of health facility; certification by State Department. - From time to time, the State Department shall inspect each...
NRS 449.390 - Authority to receive and distribute federal money; Health Facilities Assistance Fund; deposits, use and controls. - 1. The State Department is hereby authorized to receive federal...
NRS 449.400 - State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund: Creation; administration. - 1. In order to provide state assistance for construction projects...
NRS 449.410 - State assistance for construction of certain projects; eligibility of project for assistance. - 1. Money in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance...
NRS 449.420 - Amount of state assistance: Allocations; payments. - Money in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund...
NRS 449.430 - Money from State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund to be paid in installments. - Moneys in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund...
NRS 449.4304 - "Intermediary service organization" defined. - As used in NRS 449.4304 to 449.4339, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.4308 - Authority to provide services. - 1. An intermediary service organization that is certified pursuant to...
NRS 449.4309 - Board to adopt regulations authorizing employee of intermediary service organization to perform certain tasks. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of...
NRS 449.431 - Certificate required; exception; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person...
NRS 449.4311 - Application for certificate: Contents. - Any person wishing to obtain a certificate to operate an...
NRS 449.4312 - Application for certificate: Social security number required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the prof... - An application for the issuance of a certificate to operate...
NRS 449.4313 - Application for certificate: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Division. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedure... - 1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a...
NRS 449.4314 - Application for certificate: Fee. - Each application for a certificate to operate an intermediary service...
NRS 449.4315 - Prohibition on denial of application based on immigration or citizenship status; alternative personally identifying number required by applicant with no social security number; confidentiality of social security or alternative personal... - 1. The Division shall not deny the application of a...
NRS 449.4316 - Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining certificate; fee; posting of requirements for certificate and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report. - 1. The Division shall develop and implement a process by...
NRS 449.4317 - Issuance of certificate; nontransferability. - 1. The Division shall issue the certificate to operate an...
NRS 449.4318 - Form and contents of certificate. - Each certificate to operate an intermediary service organization issued by...
NRS 449.4319 - Expiration and renewal of certificate. - 1. Each certificate to operate an intermediary service organization issued...
NRS 449.432 - Application for renewal of certificate: Information concerning state business license required; conditions which require denial. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...
NRS 449.4321 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certificate. - The Division may deny an application for a certificate to...
NRS 449.4322 - Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to... - 1. If the Division receives a copy of a court...
NRS 449.4324 - Provisional certificate. - 1. The Division may cancel a certificate to operate an...
NRS 449.4325 - Deposit of money received; expenses of Division to enforce provisions. - 1. Money received from the certification of intermediary service organizations:...
NRS 449.4327 - Regulations; powers of Division. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the certification of...
NRS 449.4335 - Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; consequences of failure to pay; use of money collected. - 1. If an intermediary service organization violates any provision related...
NRS 449.4336 - Administrative sanctions: Regulations. - The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria for the...
NRS 449.4337 - Notice by Division of disciplinary action; exception; appeal. - 1. When the Division intends to deny, suspend or revoke...
NRS 449.4338 - Action to enjoin violations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS...
NRS 449.4339 - Prosecution by district attorney. - The district attorney of the county in which an intermediary...
NRS 449.435 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.435 to 449.448, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.436 - "Conscious sedation" defined. - "Conscious sedation" means a minimally depressed level of consciousness, produced...
NRS 449.437 - "Deep sedation" defined. - "Deep sedation" means a controlled state of depressed consciousness, produced...
NRS 449.438 - "General anesthesia" defined. - "General anesthesia" means a controlled state of unconsciousness, produced by...
NRS 449.439 - "Physician" defined. - "Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine...
NRS 449.441 - Exemption from provisions if physician’s office or facility only administers certain type of pain medication. - The provisions of NRS 449.435 to 449.448, inclusive, do not...
NRS 449.442 - Permit required for certain physicians’ offices and facilities to offer services; national accreditation required; cessation of services for failure to maintain accreditation. - 1. An office of a physician or a facility that...
NRS 449.443 - Application for permit; fee; inspection by Division; term of permit. - 1. An office of a physician or a facility that...
NRS 449.444 - Application for renewal of permit; fee. - 1. The holder of a permit issued pursuant to NRS...
NRS 449.4445 - Legislative findings and declaration concerning oversight of surgical centers for ambulatory patients. - The Legislature finds and declares that: 1. This State has...
NRS 449.445 - National accreditation required of surgical center for ambulatory patients; inspection by Division; cessation of operation for failure to maintain accreditation. - 1. To operate in this State, a surgical center for...
NRS 449.446 - Annual inspections of holders of permits and surgical centers for ambulatory patients; correction of deficiencies identified in inspections; reporting of inspections to Legislature. - 1. The Division shall conduct annual and unannounced on-site inspections...
NRS 449.4465 - Report of Division concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients. - The Division shall: 1. Compile the information collected from and...
NRS 449.447 - Disciplinary action for certain violations or failure to correct deficiency; notification to State Board of Osteopathic Medicine of violations; administrative sanctions. - 1. If an office of a physician or a facility...
NRS 449.448 - Regulations. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the...
NRS 449.450 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449.450 to 449.530, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449.460 - Powers of Director. - The Director may: 1. Adopt regulations respecting the exercise of...
NRS 449.465 - Authority of Director to impose fees; maximum amount of fees collected; requirement to impose fee for support of Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. - 1. The Director may, by regulation, impose fees upon admitted...
NRS 449.470 - Director may use staff or contract for services. - In carrying out the duties prescribed by NRS 449.450 to...
NRS 449.476 - Committee to ensure quality of care: Formation by hospital; general requirements. - 1. Each hospital licensed to operate in this state shall...
NRS 449.485 - Hospital required to use discharge form prescribed by Director; electronic monthly reporting; exception to electronic reporting; use of information by Department. - 1. Each hospital in this State shall use for all...
NRS 449.490 - Financial statements and reports required to be filed with Department; additional reporting requirements for hospitals with 100 or more beds; availability of complete current charge master. - 1. Every institution which is subject to the provisions of...
NRS 449.500 - Director to carry out analyses and studies concerning cost of health care. - The Director shall engage in or carry out analyses and...
NRS 449.510 - Director to prepare and file summaries, compilations or other reports; public inspection; collection, maintenance, disclosure or publication of contracts or identification of party to contract prohibited. - 1. The Director shall prepare and file such summaries, compilations...
NRS 449.520 - Reports to Governor and legislative committees; development of comprehensive plan by Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. - 1. On or before October 1 of each year, the...
NRS 449.530 - Administrative fine for violation. - The Director may impose upon the institutions subject to supervision...
NRS 449.531 - Unlawful acts; exception; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...