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NRS 449A.001 - Definitions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 449A.003 - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Agency to provide nursing in the home" means any...
NRS 449A.005 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Agency to provide personal care services in the home"...
NRS 449A.007 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the State Board of Health. (Added to NRS...
NRS 449A.009 - "Community-based living arrangement services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Community-based living arrangement services" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.011 - Community health worker" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Community health worker" means a natural person who: 1. Lives...
NRS 449A.013 - Community health worker pool" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Community health worker pool" means a person or agency which...
NRS 449A.015 - "Community triage center" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Community triage center" means a facility that provides on a...
NRS 449A.017 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of...
NRS 449A.019 - "Facility for hospice care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for hospice care" means a facility which is operated...
NRS 449A.021 - "Facility for intermediate care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for intermediate care" means an establishment operated and maintained...
NRS 449A.023 - "Facility for modified medical detoxification" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for modified medical detoxification" means a facility that provides...
NRS 449A.025 - "Facility for refractive surgery" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Facility for refractive surgery" means a freestanding facility that...
NRS 449A.027 - "Facility for skilled nursing" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Facility for skilled nursing" means an establishment which provides...
NRS 449A.029 - "Facility for the care of adults during the day" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for the care of adults during the day" means...
NRS 449A.031 - "Facility for the dependent" defined. - "Facility for the dependent" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.033 - "Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use...
NRS 449A.035 - "Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" means a...
NRS 449A.037 - "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" means a...
NRS 449A.039 - "Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance...
NRS 449A.041 - "Home for individual residential care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Home for individual residential care" means a home in which...
NRS 449A.043 - "Hospice care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Hospice care" means a centrally administered program of palliative...
NRS 449A.045 - "Hospital" defined. - "Hospital" means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment...
NRS 449A.047 - "Independent center for emergency medical care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Independent center for emergency medical care" means a facility, structurally...
NRS 449A.050 - "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 449A.052 - "Mobile unit" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "mobile unit"...
NRS 449A.054 - "Nursing pool" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. "Nursing pool" means a person or agency which provides...
NRS 449A.056 - "Obstetric center" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Obstetric center" means a facility that is not part of...
NRS 449A.058 - "Palliative services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Palliative services" means services and treatments directed toward the control...
NRS 449A.060 - Peer support recovery organization" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Peer support recovery organization" means a person or agency which,...
NRS 449A.062 - Peer support services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Peer support services" means supportive services relating to mental health,...
NRS 449A.064 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.066 - "Provider of supported living arrangement services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Provider of supported living arrangement services" means a natural person...
NRS 449A.068 - "Psychiatric hospital" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Psychiatric hospital" means a hospital for the diagnosis, care and...
NRS 449A.071 - "Registered nurse" defined. - "Registered nurse" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.073 - "Residential facility for groups" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "residential facility...
NRS 449A.075 - "Rural clinic" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Rural clinic" means a facility located in an area that...
NRS 449A.077 - "Supported living arrangement services" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Supported living arrangement services" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.079 - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" means a facility with limited...
NRS 449A.081 - "Terminally ill" defined. - "Terminally ill" means a medical diagnosis made by a physician...
NRS 449A.100 - Facility to provide necessary services or arrange for transfer of patient; explanation of need for transfer and alternatives available. - 1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent must...
NRS 449A.103 - Facility to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient. - 1. If a patient in a medical facility or facility...
NRS 449A.106 - Specific rights: Information concerning facility; treatment; billing; visitation. - Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the...
NRS 449A.109 - Specific rights: Designation of persons authorized to visit patient in facility. - 1. If, as a result of the incapacitation of a...
NRS 449A.112 - Specific rights: Care; refusal of treatment and experimentation; privacy; notice of appointments and need for care; confidentiality of information concerning patient. - 1. Every patient of a medical facility or facility for...
NRS 449A.114 - Certain facilities to notify patient and State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of intent to transfer patient and provide opportunity for patient or representative to meet with administrator; exceptions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, before a...
NRS 449A.115 - Owner and administrator of certain facility prohibited from receiving certain money or property from resident or former resident; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and notwithstanding...
NRS 449A.118 - Patient to be informed of rights upon admission to facility; required disclosures and notices. - 1. Every medical facility and facility for the dependent shall...
NRS 449A.121 - Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Informed consent required; withdrawal of consent; penalty. - 1. A physician shall not perform any procedure to insert...
NRS 449A.124 - Procedure to insert implant in breast of patient: Contents of explanation form and consent form; fee for forms. - 1. The Division shall prepare and provide to physicians upon...
NRS 449A.150 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.150 to 449A.165, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.153 - "Hospital care" defined. - "Hospital care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.156 - "Responsible party" defined. - "Responsible party" means the person who received the hospital care,...
NRS 449A.159 - Limitations on efforts of hospitals to collect; date for accrual of interest; rate of interest; limitations on additional fees. - 1. When a person receives hospital care, the hospital must...
NRS 449A.162 - Limitations on efforts of hospital to collect when hospital has contractual agreement with third party that provides health coverage for care provided; return to patient of any excess amount collected; exception. [Effective through Dec... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a...
NRS 449A.165 - Manner of collection. - A hospital, or any person acting on its behalf who...
NRS 449A.200 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.200 to 449A.263, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.203 - "Aversive intervention" defined. - "Aversive intervention" means any of the following actions if the...
NRS 449A.206 - "Chemical restraint" defined. - "Chemical restraint" means the administration of drugs to a person...
NRS 449A.209 - "Corporal punishment" defined. - "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain, including,...
NRS 449A.212 - "Electric shock" defined. - "Electric shock" means the application of electric current to a...
NRS 449A.215 - "Emergency" defined. - "Emergency" means a situation in which immediate intervention is necessary...
NRS 449A.218 - "Facility" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Facility" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Facility" means a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of...
NRS 449A.221 - "Mechanical restraint" defined. - "Mechanical restraint" means the use of devices, including, without limitation,...
NRS 449A.224 - "Person with a disability" defined. - "Person with a disability" means a person who: 1. Has...
NRS 449A.227 - "Physical restraint" defined. - "Physical restraint" means the use of physical contact to limit...
NRS 449A.230 - "Verbal and mental abuse" defined. - "Verbal and mental abuse" means actions or utterances that are...
NRS 449A.233 - Aversive intervention: Prohibition on use. - A person employed by a facility licensed pursuant to chapter...
NRS 449A.236 - Forms of restraint: Restrictions on use. - A person employed by a facility licensed pursuant to chapter...
NRS 449A.239 - Physical restraint: Permissible use; report of use in emergency. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, physical restraint...
NRS 449A.242 - Mechanical restraint: Permissible use; report of use in emergency. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, mechanical restraint...
NRS 449A.245 - Chemical restraint: Permissible use; report of use. - 1. Chemical restraint may only be used on a person...
NRS 449A.248 - Authorized use of certain forms of restraint by certain facilities. - Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 449A.236 to 449A.245, inclusive, to...
NRS 449A.251 - Education and training of members of staff of facility. - 1. Each facility shall develop a program of education for...
NRS 449A.254 - Violations: Criminal penalties; ineligibility for employment; disciplinary action. - 1. Unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by specific...
NRS 449A.257 - Violations: Report required; development and review of and compliance with corrective plan. - 1. A facility where a violation of the provisions of...
NRS 449A.260 - Prohibition on retaliation against person for reporting or providing information regarding violation. - An officer, administrator or employee of a facility licensed pursuant...
NRS 449A.263 - Entry of denial of rights in patient’s record; notice and report of denial; action by Division. - 1. A denial of rights of a person with a...
NRS 449A.300 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.300 to 449A.330, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.303 - Aftercare" defined. - "Aftercare" means care or assistance that is provided to a...
NRS 449A.306 - Caregiver" defined. - "Caregiver" means a person designated as such pursuant to NRS...
NRS 449A.309 - Representative of the patient" defined. - "Representative of the patient" means a legal guardian of the...
NRS 449A.312 - Designation of caregiver for a patient, removal of designation and designation of new caregiver under certain circumstances; designation does not establish obligation to patient. - 1. A caregiver may be designated for a patient by:...
NRS 449A.315 - Hospital to provide opportunity to designate caregiver for patient before discharge or when patient regains competence. - 1. After admitting a patient as an inpatient and before...
NRS 449A.318 - Hospital to record designation or change of caregiver and request consent to release medical information to caregiver if required; hospital to record declination to designate caregiver. - 1. If a patient, the representative of a patient or...
NRS 449A.321 - Hospital to attempt to notify caregiver before planned discharge or transfer of patient. - If a patient, the representative of a patient or the...
NRS 449A.324 - Hospital to attempt to provide caregiver with discharge plan; contents of discharge plan; hospital to attempt to consult with caregiver regarding aftercare. - If a patient, the representative of a patient or the...
NRS 449A.327 - Hospital to document certain actions and instructions in medical record of patient; hospital to proceed with planned discharge or transfer of patient if unable to reach caregiver. - 1. A hospital shall document in the medical record of...
NRS 449A.330 - Hospital and employees and contractors of hospital not liable for aftercare provided improperly or not provided by caregiver. - A hospital or an employee or contractor of a hospital...
NRS 449A.400 - Short title; uniformity of application and construction. - 1. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, may be cited as...
NRS 449A.403 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.406 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined. - "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a registered nurse who holds...
NRS 449A.409 - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" defined. - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" means an advanced practice registered...
NRS 449A.412 - "Attending physician" defined. - "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for...
NRS 449A.415 - "Declaration" defined. - "Declaration" means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements...
NRS 449A.418 - "Life-sustaining treatment" defined. - "Life-sustaining treatment" means a medical procedure or intervention that, when...
NRS 449A.421 - "Person" defined. - "Person" includes a government or a governmental subdivision or agency....
NRS 449A.424 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" means a person who is licensed,...
NRS 449A.427 - "Qualified patient" defined. - "Qualified patient" means a patient 18 or more years of...
NRS 449A.430 - "Terminal condition" defined. - "Terminal condition" means an incurable and irreversible condition that, without...
NRS 449A.433 - Declaration relating to use of life-sustaining treatment. - 1. A person of sound mind and 18 or more...
NRS 449A.436 - Form of declaration directing physician or advanced practice registered nurse to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. - A declaration directing a physician or advanced practice registered nurse...
NRS 449A.439 - Form of declaration designating another person to decide to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. - 1. A declaration that designates another person to make decisions...
NRS 449A.442 - Time declaration becomes operative; duty of providers of health care. - A declaration becomes operative when it is communicated to the...
NRS 449A.445 - Revocation of declaration; entry of revocation in medical records of declarant. - 1. A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time...
NRS 449A.448 - Recording determination of terminal condition and declaration. - Upon determining that a declarant is in a terminal condition,...
NRS 449A.451 - Treatment of qualified patients; withholding or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration; treatment of pregnant patient. - 1. A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment...
NRS 449A.454 - Written consent to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. - 1. If written consent to the withholding or withdrawal of...
NRS 449A.457 - Transfer of care of declarant. - An attending physician or other provider of health care who...
NRS 449A.460 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability and discipline for unprofessional conduct. - 1. A physician or other provider of health care is...
NRS 449A.463 - Consideration of declaration and other factors; failure to follow directions of patient. - 1. If a patient in a terminal condition has a...
NRS 449A.466 - Assumption of validity of declaration; presumption of intent to use, withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment not created. - 1. Unless he or she has knowledge to the contrary,...
NRS 449A.469 - Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of declaration on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of declaration prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care. - 1. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining...
NRS 449A.472 - Penalties. - 1. A physician or other provider of health care who...
NRS 449A.475 - Actions contrary to reasonable medical standards not required; mercy-killing, assisted suicide or euthanasia not authorized. - 1. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not require a...
NRS 449A.478 - Other right or responsibility regarding use of life-sustaining treatment or withholding or withdrawal of medical care not limited. - NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481, inclusive, do not affect the right...
NRS 449A.481 - Validity of declaration executed in another state; effect of previously executed instrument. - 1. A declaration executed in another state in compliance with...
NRS 449A.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.503 - "Advanced practice registered nurse" defined. - "Advanced practice registered nurse" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.506 - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" defined. - "Attending advanced practice registered nurse" has the meaning ascribed to...
NRS 449A.509 - "Attending physician" defined. - "Attending physician" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.512 - "Attending physician assistant" defined. - "Attending physician assistant" means a physician assistant who has primary...
NRS 449A.515 - "Do-not-resuscitate identification" defined. - "Do-not-resuscitate identification" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.518 - "Do-not-resuscitate order" defined. - "Do-not-resuscitate order" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.521 - "Emergency care" defined. - "Emergency care" means the use of life-resuscitating treatment and other...
NRS 449A.524 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 449A.527 - "Life-resuscitating treatment" defined. - "Life-resuscitating treatment" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.530 - "Life-sustaining treatment" defined. - "Life-sustaining treatment" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.533 - "Other types of advance directives" defined. - "Other types of advance directives" means an advance directive as...
NRS 449A.536 - "Physician assistant" defined. - "Physician assistant" means a person who holds a license as...
NRS 449A.539 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" means an individual who is licensed,...
NRS 449A.542 - "Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form" or "POLST form" defined. - "Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form" or "POLST form" means...
NRS 449A.545 - "Representative of the patient" defined. - "Representative of the patient" means a legal guardian of the...
NRS 449A.548 - Board to prescribe standardized POLST form; requirements. - The Board shall prescribe a standardized Provider Order for Life-Sustaining...
NRS 449A.551 - Explanation of POLST form to patient; completion of form; validity of form; actions authorized for patient who regains capacity. - 1. A physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse...
NRS 449A.554 - Revocation of POLST form; entry of revocation in medical records of patient. - 1. A Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form may be...
NRS 449A.557 - Conflict with other advance directive or do-not-resuscitate identification. - 1. If a valid Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form...
NRS 449A.560 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability and from discipline for unprofessional conduct. - 1. A provider of health care is not guilty of...
NRS 449A.563 - Provider of health care required to comply with valid POLST form; modification by provider; transfer of care of patient; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 449A.566 - Assumption of validity of POLST form; presumption of intent of patient not created if patient has revoked or not executed POLST form. - 1. Unless he or she has knowledge to the contrary,...
NRS 449A.569 - Death does not constitute suicide or homicide; effect of POLST form on policy of insurance; prohibiting or requiring execution of POLST form prohibited as condition for insurance or receipt of health care. - 1. Death that results when emergency care or life-sustaining treatment...
NRS 449A.572 - Unlawful acts; penalty. - 1. It is unlawful for: (a) A provider of health...
NRS 449A.575 - Actions contrary to reasonable medical standards not required; mercy-killing, euthanasia or assisted suicide not authorized; rights associated with other advance directives not impaired; right to make decisions concerning emergency car... - The provisions of NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive, do not:...
NRS 449A.578 - Validity of POLST form executed in another state. - 1. A Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form executed in...
NRS 449A.581 - Regulations. - The Board may adopt such regulations as it determines to...
NRS 449A.600 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.600 to 449A.645, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.603 - "Advance directive for psychiatric care" or "advance directive" defined. - "Advance directive for psychiatric care" or "advance directive" means a...
NRS 449A.606 - "Attending physician" defined. - "Attending physician" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 449A.609 - "Principal" defined. - "Principal" means the person who has executed an advance directive...
NRS 449A.612 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 449A.615 - "Psychiatric care" defined. - "Psychiatric care" means the provision of psychiatric services and psychiatric...
NRS 449A.618 - Execution of advance directive; period of effectiveness. - 1. A person of sound mind who is 18 or...
NRS 449A.621 - Form. - The form of an advance directive for psychiatric care may...
NRS 449A.624 - Requirements for advance directive to become operative; effect. - An advance directive for psychiatric care becomes operative when it...
NRS 449A.627 - No presumption concerning intention of person without advance directive. - NRS 449A.600 to 449A.645, inclusive, create no presumption concerning the...
NRS 449A.630 - Provider to make advance directive part of principal’s medical record. - Upon being presented with an advance directive for psychiatric care,...
NRS 449A.633 - Revocation. - 1. A principal may revoke an advance directive for psychiatric...
NRS 449A.636 - Provider to comply with advance directive; exceptions. - 1. When acting under the authority of an advance directive...
NRS 449A.639 - Transfer of care of principal. - A physician or other provider of health care who is...
NRS 449A.642 - Provider to inquire whether person has advance directive for psychiatric care; immunity from liability for certain actions relating to advance directive. - 1. If two providers of health care, one of whom...
NRS 449A.645 - Validity of advance directive executed in another state or instrument executed before May 26, 2017. - 1. An advance directive for psychiatric care executed in another...
NRS 449A.700 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 449A.703 - "Advance directive" defined. - "Advance directive" means an advance directive for health care. The...
NRS 449A.706 - "Registrant" defined. - "Registrant" means a person whose advance directive is registered with...
NRS 449A.709 - "Registry" defined. - "Registry" means the Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care...
NRS 449A.712 - Establishment and maintenance; information to be included in Registry. - The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain the Registry...
NRS 449A.715 - Registration of advance directive: Requirements; duties of Secretary of State. - 1. A person who wishes to register an advance directive...
NRS 449A.718 - Access to advance directive. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary...
NRS 449A.721 - Removal of advance directive of deceased registrant. - The Secretary of State shall remove from the Registry the...
NRS 449A.724 - Secretary of State not required to determine accuracy of contents of advance directive or validity of advance directive; effect of registration, failure to register and failure to notify Secretary of State of revocation of advance dire... - 1. The provisions of NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739, inclusive, do...
NRS 449A.727 - Provider of health care not required to inquire whether patient has registered advance directive or access Registry; immunity of provider of health care from criminal and civil liability. - 1. The provisions of NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739, inclusive, do...
NRS 449A.730 - Immunity of Secretary of State and deputies, employees and attorneys of Secretary of State. - The Secretary of State and the deputies, employees and attorneys...
NRS 449A.733 - Suspension of components of Registry and duties of Secretary of State if sufficient money not available; fees authorized; acceptance of gifts and grants. - 1. On or before July 1 of each odd-numbered year,...
NRS 449A.736 - Deposit, accounting and use of money received; interest and income earned on money received; payment of claims. - 1. All money received by the Secretary of State pursuant...
NRS 449A.739 - Regulations. - The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to carry out...