Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts
NRS 450.008 - "Purchasing group" defined.

"Purchasing group" means a cooperative organization of hospitals and other health care organizations that affiliate for the purpose of combining their purchasing power to secure a lower cost for their purchases of supplies, materials, equipment and services than would be available to the members of the purchasing group individually.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 191; A 2019, 3579)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts

NRS 450.005 - Definitions.

NRS 450.006 - "Allied health profession" defined.

NRS 450.008 - "Purchasing group" defined.

NRS 450.010 - "Taxpayers" defined.

NRS 450.020 - Procedure.

NRS 450.030 - Petition signed by at least 30 percent of taxpayers; submission of question at next general election.

NRS 450.040 - Petition signed by at least 50 percent of taxpayers; submission of question at next primary or general election.

NRS 450.043 - Motion of board of county commissioners; submission of question at special election or next primary or general election.

NRS 450.045 - Approval of bond issue; appointment of board of hospital trustees; issuance and sale of bonds.

NRS 450.050 - Administration, control and government of county hospitals acquired by purchase or construction under provisions of certain legislative acts.

NRS 450.060 - Acquisition of additional building or site when board of hospital trustees assumes control of existing hospital.

NRS 450.070 - Number; election; terms of office.

NRS 450.080 - Office of hospital trustee nonpartisan.

NRS 450.090 - Selection of county commissioners for membership on board.

NRS 450.100 - Oath and bond.

NRS 450.110 - Vacancies.

NRS 450.120 - Officers of board.

NRS 450.130 - Compensation and expenses of trustees.

NRS 450.135 - Interest in purchase of supplies prohibited; exception.

NRS 450.140 - Meetings of board; quorum; closed meetings.

NRS 450.150 - General powers and duties of board.

NRS 450.160 - Rules and regulations.

NRS 450.165 - Board authorized to acquire building or other facility for provision of health care in county adjacent to county where hospital is established; board authorized to issue special obligations to finance facility.

NRS 450.170 - Visits and examinations of hospital; report to board of county commissioners.

NRS 450.175 - Hospital advisory board in certain counties: Appointment; powers and duties; compensation of members.

NRS 450.180 - Employment or removal of employees or appointed persons; contract for medical services.

NRS 450.191 - Contract for management of hospital.

NRS 450.200 - Condemnation of property for use by hospital.

NRS 450.210 - Approval of plans and specifications for construction of hospital; advertisement of bids.

NRS 450.220 - Gifts and bequests to hospital: Title vested in county; control by board of hospital trustees.

NRS 450.230 - Budget.

NRS 450.240 - Management of county hospital by board; levy of tax for maintenance and operation.

NRS 450.250 - Control of expenditures by board; lease of buildings; deposit of money in hospital fund or separate account.

NRS 450.255 - Mortgage or pledge of personal property of hospital; acquisition of real property for expansion.

NRS 450.260 - Collection or settlement of claims.

NRS 450.270 - Maximum amount.

NRS 450.280 - Purposes and procedure for issuance of general obligation bonds at request of board of hospital trustees.

NRS 450.290 - Issuance of general and special obligation bonds by board of county commissioners.

NRS 450.300 - Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

NRS 450.310 - Schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities.

NRS 450.390 - Hospital for benefit of county; payment of charges; exclusion of persons from use of hospital.

NRS 450.400 - Extension of privileges and use of hospital to certain nonresidents: Notice; removal of person to resident county; payment for temporary care; action for recovery of charges.

NRS 450.410 - Admission of paying patients; charges.

NRS 450.420 - Board of county commissioners to determine status of patient; charges fixed by board of hospital trustees; costs chargeable to county; exceptions.

NRS 450.425 - Board of county commissioners may levy ad valorem tax to pay cost of services rendered at hospital to certain persons admitted for emergency treatment.

NRS 450.430 - Equal privileges of practitioners; exception; rights of patients; loss of hospital privileges not adverse action against physician in certain circumstances.

NRS 450.440 - Staff of physicians: Organization; affiliation with university; rotation of service; assistance.

NRS 450.450 - General administration of hospital subject to regulations of trustees.

NRS 450.455 - Program for training resident physicians.

NRS 450.460 - School for training nurses.

NRS 450.470 - Room for examination of persons alleged to be in mental health crisis; room for custodial supervision of persons in mental health crisis and dangerous persons.

NRS 450.480 - Use of paramedics for emergency care authorized.

NRS 450.485 - Contract for use of facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing.

NRS 450.490 - Conveyance or lease of hospital to corporation.

NRS 450.500 - Conveyance or lease of hospital to nonprofit corporation.

NRS 450.510 - County whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with community nonprofit hospital for care of indigent patients; enlargement or alteration of hospital.

NRS 450.520 - Determination that emergency exists before submission of certain questions at special election.

NRS 450.525 - Membership of hospital in purchasing group.

NRS 450.530 - Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through certain purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding.

NRS 450.550 - Definitions.

NRS 450.560 - Establishment of district on motion of board of county commissioners.

NRS 450.570 - Notice of intent to establish district: Contents; publication.

NRS 450.580 - Objections to formation of district; hearing.

NRS 450.590 - Establishment of district: Petition of owners of property; adoption, contents and publication of resolution of intention to establish district; exception.

NRS 450.600 - Hearing on petition.

NRS 450.610 - Resolution creating district.

NRS 450.620 - Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees; service of board of county commissioners ex officio as board of trustees.

NRS 450.625 - Trustees of district that includes territory within more than one county.

NRS 450.630 - General powers and duties of board of trustees; rules and regulations.

NRS 450.640 - Employees and staff of hospital: Appointment to board of chief of staff of physicians for district hospital; appointment by board of chief executive officer and necessary assistants for hospital; compensation; removal; admission.

NRS 450.650 - Budgets.

NRS 450.660 - Tax levies; disposition of proceeds.

NRS 450.665 - Powers of board of trustees: Borrowing of money and incurrence or assumption of indebtedness; limitations and conditions.

NRS 450.670 - Powers of board of trustees: Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes.

NRS 450.675 - Powers of board of trustees: Mortgage or pledge of personal property and acquisition of real property.

NRS 450.680 - Election concerning issuance of bonds; applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

NRS 450.690 - Donations.

NRS 450.700 - Board of trustees to determine status of patient and fix charges.

NRS 450.710 - Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital.

NRS 450.715 - Authority of board of trustees to contract for services of hospital.

NRS 450.720 - Contract for management of district hospital.

NRS 450.725 - Membership of district hospital in purchasing group.

NRS 450.730 - Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding.

NRS 450.750 - Board of county commissioners in certain districts deemed local government responsible for transferring certain payments of money.

NRS 450.751 - Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Determination that dissolution is in best interest required; ordinance of board of county commissioners; considerations; duties of county clerk.

NRS 450.753 - Dissolution of hospital district: Right of qualified electors to protest; dissolution prohibited if majority of qualified electors protest; dissolution by final ordinance; recital of protests.

NRS 450.755 - Dissolution of hospital district: Hearing; full consideration of all protests required; adoption of final ordinance of dissolution or ordinance of nondissolution by board of county commissioners.

NRS 450.757 - Dissolution of hospital district: County clerk must file final ordinance of dissolution; locations.

NRS 450.759 - Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Unpaid taxes, levies and assessments are lien on property; power of board of county commissioners to collect.

NRS 450.760 - Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Retirement of outstanding debt and other obligations; levy of property tax; disposition of property.

NRS 450.800 - County or district hospital may contract for services.

NRS 450.810 - Lease of naming rights relating to public hospital; ordinance establishing procedures for lease; enterprise fund for proceeds of lease, fees or charges and other money received for public hospital.