Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.4313 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.4313
Application for certificate: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Division
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization must submit to the Division the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department pursuant to NRS 425.520 . The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.

2. The Division shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in: (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the certificate; or (b) A separate form prescribed by the Division.

3. A certificate as an intermediary service organization may not be issued or renewed by the Division if the applicant: (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.

4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Division shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.450 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.450
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 444.440 to 444.620 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 444.460 to 444.501 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.875 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.875
Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings; duties; proceedings and records are privileged
Status: in_force

1. A medical facility shall establish a patient safety committee.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3: (a) A patient safety committee established pursuant to subsection 1 must be composed of: (1) The infection control officer of the medical facility. (2) The patient safety officer of the medical facility, if he or she is not designated as the infection control officer of the medical facility. (3) At least three providers of health care who treat patients at the medical facility, including, without limitation, at least one member of the medical, nursing and pharmaceutical staff of the medical facility. (4) One member of the executive or governing body of the medical facility. (b) A patient safety committee shall meet at least once each month.

3. The Administrator shall adopt regulations prescribing the composition and frequency of meetings of patient safety committees at medical facilities having fewer than 25 employees and contractors.

4. A patient safety committee shall: (a) Receive reports from the patient safety officer pursuant to NRS 439.870 . (b) Evaluate actions of the patient safety officer in connection with all reports of sentinel events alleged to have occurred at the medical facility. (c) Review and evaluate the quality of measures carried out by the medical facility to improve the safety of patients who receive treatment at the medical facility. (d) Review and evaluate the quality of measures carried out by the medical facility to prevent and control infections at the medical facility. (e) Make recommendations to the executive or governing body of the medical facility to reduce the number and severity of sentinel events and infections that occur at the medical facility. (f) At least once each calendar quarter, report to the executive or governing body of the medical facility regarding: (1) The number of sentinel events that occurred at the medical facility during the preceding calendar quarter; (2) The number and severity of infections that occurred at the medical facility during the preceding calendar quarter; and (3) Any recommendations to reduce the number and severity of sentinel events and infections that occur at the medical facility. (g) Adopt patient safety checklists and patient safety policies as required by NRS 439.877 , review the checklists and policies annually and revise the checklists and policies as the patient safety committee determines necessary.

5. The proceedings and records of a patient safety committee are subject to the same privilege and protection from discovery as the proceedings and records described in NRS 49.265 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.381 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.381
Limitations on prescribing, possessing, administering, transporting and dispensing controlled substances
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the limitations imposed by NRS 453.256 and 453.3611 to 453.3648 , inclusive, a physician, physician assistant, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, podiatric physician or pharmacist registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 may prescribe or administer controlled substances only for a legitimate medical purpose and in the usual course of his or her professional practice, and he or she shall not prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule II for himself or herself, his or her spouse or his or her children except in cases of emergency.

2. A veterinarian, in the course of his or her professional practice only, and not for use by a human being, may prescribe, possess and administer controlled substances, and the veterinarian may cause them to be administered by a veterinary technician under the direction and supervision of the veterinarian.

3. A euthanasia technician, within the scope of his or her license, and not for use by a human being, may possess and administer sodium pentobarbital.

4. A pharmacist shall not fill an order which purports to be a prescription if the pharmacist has reason to believe that it was not issued in the usual course of the professional practice of a physician, physician assistant, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, podiatric physician, pharmacist registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 or veterinarian.

5. Any person who has obtained from a physician, physician assistant, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, podiatric physician, pharmacist registered pursuant to NRS 639.28079 or veterinarian any controlled substance for administration to a patient during the absence of the physician, physician assistant, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist, podiatric physician, pharmacist or veterinarian shall return to him or her any unused portion of the substance when it is no longer required by the patient.

6. A manufacturer, wholesale supplier or other person legally able to furnish or sell any controlled substance listed in schedule II shall not provide samples of such a controlled substance to registrants.

7. A salesperson of any manufacturer or wholesaler of pharmaceuticals shall not possess, transport or furnish any controlled substance listed in schedule II.

8. A person shall not dispense a controlled substance in violation of a regulation adopted by the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.231 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.231
Registration: Public interest; specific controlled substances; research
Status: in_force

1. The Board shall register an applicant to dispense controlled substances included in schedules I to V, inclusive, unless it determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the Board shall consider the following factors: (a) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, research or industrial channels; (b) Compliance with state and local law; (c) Promotion of technical advances in the art of manufacturing controlled substances and the development of new substances; (d) Convictions of the applicant pursuant to laws of another country or federal or state laws relating to a controlled substance; (e) Past experience of the applicant in the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, and the existence in the applicant's establishment of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific research or industrial channels; (f) Furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent material in an application filed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive; (g) Suspension or revocation of the applicant's federal registration to manufacture, distribute, possess, administer or dispense controlled substances as authorized by federal law; and (h) Any other factors relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety.

2. Registration pursuant to subsection 1 entitles a registrant to dispense a substance included in schedules I or II only if it is specified in the registration.

3. A practitioner must be registered before dispensing a controlled substance or conducting research with respect to a controlled substance included in schedules II to V, inclusive. The Board need not require separate registration pursuant to the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, for practitioners engaging in research with nonnarcotic controlled substances included in schedules II to V, inclusive, if the registrant is already registered in accordance with the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, in another capacity. A practitioner registered in accordance with federal law to conduct research with a substance included in schedule I may conduct research with the substance in this State upon furnishing the Board evidence of the federal registration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.902 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.902
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 439.902 to 439.918 , inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 439.904 and 439.906 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.060 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.060
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“ Board ” means:

1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the State Board of Health.

2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.680 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.680
Examination required; confirmation of results; exception to requirement; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any physician, midwife or nurse attending or assisting in any way any infant at childbirth at a freestanding birthing center or a hospital which regularly offers obstetric services in the normal course of business and not only on an emergency basis shall make or cause to be made an examination of the infant, to determine whether the infant may suffer from critical congenital heart disease, including, without limitation, conducting pulse oximetry screening. If the physician, midwife or nurse who conducts the examination is not the attending physician of the infant, the physician, midwife or nurse shall submit the results of the examination to the attending physician of the infant.

2. If the examination reveals that an infant may suffer from critical congenital heart disease, the attending physician of the infant shall conduct an examination to confirm whether the infant does suffer from critical congenital heart disease. If the attending physician determines that the infant suffers from critical congenital heart disease, the attending physician must: (a) Report the condition to the Chief Medical Officer or a representative of the Chief Medical Officer; and (b) Discuss the condition with the parent, parents or other persons responsible for the care of the infant and inform them of the treatment necessary for the amelioration of the condition.

3. An examination of an infant is not required pursuant to this section if either parent files a written objection with the person responsible for conducting the examination or with the freestanding birthing center or hospital at which the infant is born.

4. The State Board of Health may adopt such regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.935 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.935
Procedure if infection of food handler is suspected
Status: in_force

1. When the health authority has reasonable cause to suspect the possibility of disease transmission from any food handler of a food establishment, the health authority shall secure a morbidity history of the suspected food handler, or make such other investigation as may be indicated, and take appropriate action.

2. The health authority may require any or all of the following measures: (a) The immediate exclusion of the food handler from all food establishments. (b) The immediate closure of the food establishment concerned until, in the opinion of the health authority, no further danger of disease outbreak exists. (c) Restriction of the food handler's services to some area of the establishment where there would be no danger of transmitting disease. (d) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of: (1) The food handler and his or her body discharges; and (2) Other food handlers and their body discharges.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.807 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.807
Consignment auction: Qualifying event; certification of auctioneer; regulations
Status: in_force

1. To qualify as a consignment auction for the purposes of subsection 5 of NRS 445B.805 , an event must be: (a) A live auction with an auctioneer verbally calling for and accepting bids; or (b) An auction conducted on an auction website on the Internet by a person who is certified pursuant to subsection 2 and who is: (1) A vehicle dealer licensed pursuant to NRS 482.325 ; or (2) A salvage pool licensed pursuant to NRS 487.410 .

2. A person may obtain certification for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 by: (a) Applying to the Department of Motor Vehicles; (b) Providing evidence satisfactory to the Department that the person is licensed as a vehicle dealer pursuant to NRS 482.325 or as a salvage pool pursuant to NRS 487.410 ; (c) Providing evidence satisfactory to the Department that at least 51 percent of the motor vehicles sold by the person in the calendar year immediately preceding the date of the person's application were sold on behalf of another person and were sold using: (1) A live auction with an auctioneer verbally calling for and accepting bids; or (2) An auction conducted on an auction website on the Internet by the person; and (d) Providing any other information or documentation required by the Department.

3. The Department may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, providing procedures for the application for and the granting of a certification pursuant to this section and providing for the expiration and renewal of the certification.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.727 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.727
“Consignee” defined
Status: in_force

“Consignee” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.31772 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.2417 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.2417
“Practice of surgical technology” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Practice of surgical technology ” means performing tasks in preparation for surgery and providing care in collaboration with a team of providers of health care and other persons to a patient before, during and after surgery. The term includes, without limitation: (a) Working with a registered nurse to carry out a plan to care for the patient and prepare the operating room for surgery; (b) Preparing and gathering sterile supplies, instruments and equipment necessary for a surgical procedure; (c) Ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely; and (d) In the operating room under the direction of an appropriate provider of health care: (1) Ensuring that the area in which the surgery is conducted remains sterile; (2) Anticipating and responding to the needs of the surgeon and other members of the team during surgery; (3) Passing supplies, instruments and equipment to other members of the team; (4) Sponging or suctioning the operative site of the patient; (5) Preparing and cutting materials for sutures; (6) Transferring and irrigating with fluids; (7) Transferring drugs to other members of the team; (8) Handling specimens; (9) Holding retractors and other instruments and equipment; (10) Applying electrocautery to clamps on blood vessels cut during surgery; (11) Connecting drains and catheters to suction or drainage apparatus; (12) Applying skin staples and dressings to closed wounds; (13) Counting sponges, needles and other supplies and instruments; and (14) Removing instruments after the completion of surgery.

2. The term does not include administering a drug to a patient.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.242 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each hospital located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and which is licensed to have more than 70 beds shall establish a staffing committee to develop a written policy as required pursuant to NRS 449.2423 and a documented staffing plan as required pursuant to NRS 449.2421 . Each staffing committee established pursuant to this subsection must consist of: (a) Not less than one-half of the total regular members of the staffing committee from the licensed nursing staff and certified nursing assistants who are providing direct patient care at the hospital. The members described in this paragraph must consist of: (1) One member representing each unit of the hospital who is a licensed nurse who provides direct patient care on that unit, elected by the licensed nursing staff who provide direct patient care on the unit that the member will represent. (2) One member representing each unit of the hospital who is a certified nursing assistant who provides direct patient care on that unit, elected by the certified nursing assistants who provide direct patient care on the unit that the member will represent. (b) Not less than one-half of the total regular members of the staffing committee appointed by the administration of the hospital. (c) One alternate member representing each unit of the hospital who is a licensed nurse or certified nursing assistant who provides direct patient care on that unit, elected by the licensed nursing staff and certified nursing assistants who provide direct patient care on the unit that the member represents.

2. Each time a new staffing committee is formed pursuant to subsection 1, the administration of the hospital shall hold an election to select the members described in paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection 1. Each licensed nurse and certified staffing assistant who provides direct patient care at the hospital must be allowed at least 3 days to vote for: (a) The regular member described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 who will represent his or her unit and profession; and (b) The alternate member described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 who will represent his or her unit.

3. If a vacancy occurs in a position on a staffing committee described in paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 1, a new regular or alternate member, as applicable, must be elected in the same manner as his or her predecessor.

4. If a staffing committee is established for a health care facility described in subsection 1 through collective bargaining with an employee organization representing the licensed nursing staff and certified nursing assistants of the health care facility: (a) The health care facility is not required to form a staffing committee pursuant to that subsection; and (b) The staffing committee established pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement shall be deemed to be the staffing committee established for the health care facility pursuant to subsection 1.

5. In developing the written policy and the staffing plan, the staffing committee shall consider, without limitation, the information received pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 5 of NRS 449.2423 regarding requests to be relieved of a work assignment, refusals of a work assignment and objections to a work assignment.

6. The staffing committee of a hospital shall meet at least quarterly.

7. Each hospital that is required to establish a staffing committee pursuant to this section shall prepare a written report concerning the establishment of the staffing committee, the activities and progress of the staffing committee and a determination of the efficacy of the staffing committee. The hospital shall submit the report on or before December 31 of each: (a) Even-numbered year to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the next regular session of the Legislature. (b) Odd-numbered year to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.642 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.642
Effect of certificate of completion: Limitations on relief from liability
Status: in_force

The holder of a certificate of completion is not released from liability:

1. If the holder obtained approval of his or her application, approval of his or her remedial agreement or issuance of the certificate by means of fraud, misrepresentation or a knowing failure to disclose material information;

2. If the existence of the hazardous substance on the property was not disclosed in his or her remedial agreement, whether or not the holder knew or should have known of its existence;

3. With respect to a release of a hazardous substance caused by the holder or his or her agent, unless the release is remedied before the certificate of completion is issued and is included in the certificate of completion;

4. In a criminal prosecution or an action for damage to a natural resource;

5. In an action for nuisance at common law, for trespass or for the conduct of an abnormally dangerous activity;

6. With respect to a use of the property for which the property is no longer suitable after the removal or remediation has been carried out, as identified pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 459.636 ; or

7. For a release of any hazardous substance not specified in the remedial agreement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.057 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.057
“Potentially hazardous food” defined
Status: in_force

“Potentially hazardous food” has the meaning ascribed to it in subpart 1-201 of the 1999 edition of the Food Code published by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, unless the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a later edition of the Food Code for this purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439A.140 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439A / Section 439A.140
“Employer” defined
Status: in_force

“ Employer ” means a person who sponsors a J-1 visa physician and enters into a contract with the J-1 visa physician.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.235 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.235
“Public water system” defined
Status: in_force

“Public water system” means a system, regardless of ownership, that provides the public with water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if the system has 15 or more service connections, as defined in NRS 445A.843 , or regularly serves 25 or more persons. The term includes:

1. A facility for the collection, pumping, treatment, storage or distribution of water which is controlled by the operator of the system and used primarily in connection with the system; and

2. A facility for the collection or storage before treatment of water which is not controlled by the operator of the system but is used primarily in connection with the system.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.24894 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.24894
“Surgical treatment for a refractive error of the eye” defined
Status: in_force

“ Surgical treatment for a refractive error of the eye ” means the surgical treatment of a patient with a refractive error of the eye by:

1. Photorefractive keratectomy;

2. Laser in situ keratomileusis;

3. Conductive keratoplasty;

4. Implantation of an intraocular lens; or

5. Any other available technology, technique or procedure which surgically treats refractive errors of the eye and which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455A.120 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.120
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A skier or snowboarder shall not:

1. Use a ski or snowboard unless it is attached to the skier or snowboarder by a strap or equipped with a device capable of stopping the movement of the ski or snowboard when not attached to the skier or snowboarder;

2. Cross the uphill path of a surface lift except at locations designated by an operator; or

3. Willfully stop where the skier or snowboarder obstructs a slope, run or trail, or where he or she is not safely visible to uphill skiers or snowboarders.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.220 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.220
Requirements for construction of crypt or catacomb
Status: in_force

All crypts or catacombs placed in a mausoleum, vault or other burial structure, as described in NRS 452.210 , shall be so constructed that all parts thereof may be readily examined by the Division, or any other health officer, and such crypts or catacombs, when used for the permanent interment of a deceased body or bodies, shall be so hermetically sealed that no offensive odor or effluvia may escape therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.432 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.432
“Household waste” defined
Status: in_force

“Household waste” means waste material, including, without limitation, garbage, trash and sanitary wastes in septic tanks that is generated by a household, including, without limitation, a single-family or multiple-unit residence, hotel, motel, bunkhouse, ranger station, crew quarters, campground, picnic ground and day-use recreational area. The term does not include nickel, cadmium, mercuric oxide, manganese, zinc-carbon or lead batteries, toxic art supplies, used motor oil, kerosene, solvent-based paint, paint thinner, paint solvents, fluorescent or high-intensity light bulbs, ammunition, fireworks, pesticides the use of which has been prohibited or restricted, or any other waste generated by a household that would otherwise be defined as hazardous waste pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 459.430 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.541 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.541
Sacramental use of peyote permitted
Status: in_force

The criminal sanction provided in NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, does not apply to that plant of the genus Lophophora commonly known as peyote when such drug is used as the sacrament in religious rites of any bona fide religious organization.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.045 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.045
“Hospital” defined
Status: in_force

“Hospital” means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, including care available 24 hours each day from persons licensed to practice professional nursing who are under the direction of a physician, services of a medical laboratory and medical, radiological, dietary and pharmaceutical services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.008 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.008
Consent not required for determination; prohibition on withholding or withdrawal of organ-sustaining treatment in certain circumstances; notice
Status: in_force

1. A determination of the death of a person made pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.007 is a clinical decision that does not require the consent of the person's authorized representative or the family member with the authority to consent or withhold consent.

2. Organ-sustaining treatment must not be withheld or withdrawn from a person determined to be dead pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.007 who is known to the attending physician to be: (a) Pregnant, so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of organ-sustaining treatment; or (b) A donor or potential donor of an anatomical gift, for the amount of time necessary to successfully recover the anatomical gift.

3. After a determination of the death of a person is made pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.007 , reasonable efforts must be made: (a) By the person's provider of health care to notify a family member or other authorized representative of the person of the determination of death; and (b) By the health care facility in which the determination of death was made to inform a family member or other authorized representative of the person that the potential costs of continuing to administer organ-sustaining treatment may become the responsibility of the person's estate or family.

4. As used in this section: (a) “Anatomical gift” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 451.513 . (b) “ Organ-sustaining treatment ” means a medical procedure or intervention conducted after a person has been determined to be dead pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.007 that serves only to prolong the viability of the organs of the person or a fetus carried by the person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.223 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.223
Prescription to be written on prescription blank or chart of patient; contents; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each prescription for a dangerous drug must be written on a prescription blank or as an order on the chart of a patient. A chart of a patient may be used to order multiple prescriptions for that patient.

2. A written prescription must contain: (a) The name of the practitioner, the signature of the practitioner if the prescription was not transmitted orally and the address of the practitioner if not immediately available to the pharmacist; (b) The classification of his or her license; (c) The name of the patient, and the address of the patient if not immediately available to the pharmacist; (d) The name, strength and quantity of the drug or drugs prescribed; (e) The symptom or purpose for which the drug is prescribed, if included by the practitioner pursuant to NRS 639.2352 ; (f) Directions for use; and (g) The date of issue.

3. Directions for use must be specific in that they must indicate the portion of the body to which the medication is to be applied, or, if to be taken into the body by means other than orally, the orifice or canal of the body into which the medication is to be inserted or injected.

4. The Board shall adopt regulations concerning the electronic transmission of a prescription for a dangerous drug, which must be consistent with federal law and the provisions of NRS 439.581 to 439.597 , inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.0306 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.0306
Money received from licensing of facilities to be deposited in State General Fund; expenditure of state or federal money by Division
Status: in_force

1. Money received from licensing medical facilities and facilities for the dependent must be forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund to the credit of the Division.

2. The Division shall enforce the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.245 , inclusive, and may incur any necessary expenses not in excess of money authorized for that purpose by the State or received from the Federal Government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.015 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.015
Furnishing impure water for public use unlawful; concentration of fluoride in water
Status: in_force

Every owner, agent, manager, operator or other person having charge of any waterworks furnishing water for public use who shall:

1. Knowingly permit any act or omit any duty or precaution by reason whereof the purity or healthfulness of the water supplied shall become impaired is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2. Fail to adjust the naturally occurring fluoride concentration of the water to levels recommended by public health authorities when there has been approval by a majority of the votes cast pursuant to NRS 445A.045 , or who shall adjust such concentration if such approval has not been obtained, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to purveyors of bottled water who label their containers to inform the purchaser that the naturally occurring fluoride concentration of the water has been adjusted to recommended levels.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.455 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.455
“Treatment” defined
Status: in_force

“Treatment” means a process, including neutralization, which is designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of hazardous waste so as to neutralize it or render it less hazardous, nonhazardous, safer for transportation, storage and disposal, amenable to recovery of resources from it, or reduce its volume.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.0185 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.0185
“Supported living arrangement services” defined
Status: in_force

“Supported living arrangement services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 435.3315 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461A.200 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.200
Liability for cost of abating nuisance
Status: in_force

The owner or the lienholder of the mobile home is liable for the cost of abating the nuisance. If the mobile home is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine ownership or the agency is unable to locate the owner or the lienholder of the mobile home, the owner of the land on which the mobile home is located is liable for the costs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.366 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.366
Administration and enforcement by Board
Status: in_force

The Board shall administer and enforce NRS 454.181 to 454.371 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455A.100 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.100
Prohibited acts while on chair lift; skiing or snowboarding in area posted as closed prohibited
Status: in_force

A skier or snowboarder shall not:

1. Embark upon a chair lift: (a) When the skier or snowboarder knows that he or she has insufficient knowledge or physical ability to use the chair lift safely; or (b) That is posted as closed or not in operation;

2. Purposefully embark upon or disembark from a chair lift except at an area designated for such a purpose or at the direction and under the direct supervision of an authorized agent or employee of an operator;

3. Toss, throw or cast or intentionally drop, expel or eject an object from a chair lift;

4. Toss, throw or cast an object in the direction of a chair lift;

5. Fail or refuse to comply with: (a) Reasonable instructions given to the skier or snowboarder by an authorized agent or employee of an operator regarding the use of a chair lift; or (b) A sign posted pursuant to NRS 455A.130 or 455A.140 ;

6. Place any object in the uphill path of a surface lift;

7. Conduct himself or herself in a manner that interferes with the safe operation of a chair lift or with the safety of a passenger, skier or snowboarder; or

8. Engage in skiing or snowboarding in an area within the snow recreation area which is posted, as provided in NRS 207.200 , as closed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.200 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.200
Furnishing blank certificates
Status: in_force

The local health officer shall furnish blank forms of certificates to such persons as require them.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.300 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.300
Operating permit for source of air contaminant; notice and approval of proposed construction; administrative fees; failure of Commission or Department to act
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall by regulation: (a) Require the person operating or responsible for the existence of each source of air contaminant, generally or within a specified class or classes, to apply for and obtain an operating permit for the source. (b) Require that written notice be given to the Director before the construction, installation, alteration or establishment of any source of air contaminant or of any specified class or classes of such sources, or the alteration of any device intended primarily to prevent or reduce air pollution. If within the time prescribed by regulation the Director determines that: (1) The proposed construction, installation, alteration or establishment will not be in accordance with the provisions of the plans, specifications and other design material required to be submitted under NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, or applicable regulations; or (2) The design material or the construction itself is of such a nature that it patently cannot bring such source into compliance with NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, or applicable regulations, the Director shall issue an order prohibiting the construction, installation, alteration or establishment of the source or sources of air contaminant.

2. The Commission shall by regulation provide for: (a) The issuance, renewal, modification, revocation and suspension of operating permits, and charge appropriate fees for their issuance in an amount sufficient to pay the expenses of administering NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to those sections. (b) The issuance of authorizations for the issuance of building permits pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 445B.320 .

3. Any failure of the Commission or the Department to issue a regulation or order to prohibit any act does not relieve the person so operating from any legal responsibility for the construction, operation or existence of the source of air contaminant.

4. All administrative fees collected by the Commission pursuant to subsection 2 must be accounted for separately and deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the Account for the Management of Air Quality. This subsection does not apply to any fees collected by political subdivisions or their agencies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.020
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“Board” means the State Board of Health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.770 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.770
Furnishing false information for certificate of birth or death
Status: in_force

Any person who furnishes false information to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, funeral director, midwife or informant for the purpose of making incorrect certification of births or deaths shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.300 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.300
Exemption of certain employees from laws governing minimum wage
Status: in_force

Any person employed by a children's camp on a written contract basis for a specified term longer than 1 week is exempt from the provisions of NRS 608.250 to 608.290 , inclusive, and chapter 609 of NRS relating to daily and weekly hours of labor only if such camp is operated by a nonprofit organization which is exempt from federal income tax under I.R.C. § 501 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.090 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.090
Selection of county commissioners for membership on board
Status: in_force

1. In any county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees, and the county commissioners shall serve as hospital trustees during their terms of office as county commissioners.

2. In any county whose population is less than 700,000, the board of county commissioners may enact an ordinance providing that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees. If such an ordinance is enacted in a county: (a) The county commissioners shall serve as hospital trustees during their terms of office as county commissioners; and (b) If hospital trustees have been elected pursuant to NRS 450.070 and 450.080 , the term of office of each hospital trustee who is serving in that capacity on the effective date of the ordinance is terminated as of the effective date of the ordinance.

3. A board of county commissioners shall not enact an ordinance pursuant to subsection 2 unless it determines that: (a) The county has fully funded its indigent care account created pursuant to NRS 428.010 ; (b) The county has fulfilled its duty to reimburse the hospital for indigent care provided to qualified indigent patients; and (c) During the previous calendar year: (1) At least one of the hospital's accounts payable was more than 90 days in arrears; (2) The hospital failed to fulfill its statutory financial obligations, such as the payment of taxes, premiums for industrial insurance or contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System; (3) One or more of the conditions relating to financial emergencies set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 354.685 existed at the hospital; or (4) The hospital received notice from the Federal Government or the State of Nevada that the certification or licensure of the hospital was in imminent jeopardy of being revoked because the hospital had not carried out a previously established plan of action to correct previously noted deficiencies found by the regulatory body.

4. Except in counties where the board of county commissioners is the board of hospital trustees, in any county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, the board of hospital trustees for the public hospital must be composed of the five regularly elected or appointed members, and, in addition, three county commissioners selected by the chair of the board of county commissioners shall serve as voting members of the board of hospital trustees during their terms of office as county commissioners.

5. Except in counties where the board of county commissioners is the board of hospital trustees, in any county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of hospital trustees for the public hospital must be composed of the five regularly elected or appointed members, and, in addition, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, provide that: (a) One county commissioner selected by the chair of the board of county commissioners shall serve as a voting member of the board of hospital trustees during his or her term of office as county commissioner; (b) A physician who is the chief of the staff of physicians for the public hospital shall serve as a voting member of the board of hospital trustees; or (c) Both a county commissioner appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) and a physician appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) shall serve as voting members of the board of hospital trustees. The term of office of a member appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) is 2 years and begins on the date the board of county commissioners appoints the member.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.117 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.117
“Pharmacy” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Pharmacy” means every store or shop licensed by the Board where drugs, controlled substances, poisons, medicines or chemicals are stored or possessed, or dispensed or sold at retail, or displayed for sale at retail, or where prescriptions are compounded or dispensed.

2. “Pharmacy” includes pharmacies owned or operated by the State of Nevada and political subdivisions and municipal corporations therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.595 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.595
Permits: Request for public hearing on application; notice of hearing; inapplicability to temporary permits
Status: in_force

The Commission shall provide by regulation:

1. An opportunity for each permit applicant, interested agency, city, county, Indian tribe or irrigation district located downstream from the point of discharge, or any person to request a public hearing conducted by the Director with respect to each permit application; and

2. For public notice of the hearing, at least 30 days before the date of the hearing.

The provisions of this section do not apply to an application for a temporary permit issued pursuant to NRS 445A.485 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.991 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.991
Program authorized to provide material for safer injection drug use and certain information
Status: in_force

A sterile hypodermic device program may provide:

1. Sterile hypodermic devices and other related material for safer injection drug use; and

2. Information concerning: (a) The risks associated with the use of controlled substances; (b) Drug dependence treatment services and other health services; (c) Support services for people with drug dependence and their families; (d) Methods for preventing the transmission or contraction of blood-borne diseases; (e) Employment and vocational training services and centers; and (f) Legal aid services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.007 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.007
Requirements for determination
Status: in_force

1. For legal and medical purposes, a person is dead if the person has sustained an irreversible cessation of: (a) Circulatory and respiratory functions; or (b) All functions of the person's entire brain, including his or her brain stem.

2. A determination of death made under: (a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards. (b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be made in accordance with the applicable guidelines set forth in: (1) “Evidence-based Guideline Update: Determining Brain Death in Adults: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology,” published June 8, 2010, by the American Academy of Neurology, or any subsequent revisions approved by the American Academy of Neurology or its successor organization; or (2) “Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death in Infants and Children: An Update of the 1987 Task Force Recommendations,” published January 27, 2012, by the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, or any subsequent revisions approved by the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine or its successor organization.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.350 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.350
Department to establish; purpose
Status: in_force

1. The Department shall establish a program to increase awareness of health care programs for children and to encourage enrollment in such programs. The program must provide for the dissemination of information to the public relating to health care services that are available in this state to children who are under the age of 13 years, including, without limitation, information concerning: (a) Federal, state and local governmental programs which provide health care services to such children; (b) The requirements for eligibility to participate in such programs; and (c) The procedures for enrolling children in such programs.

2. The information disseminated pursuant to subsection 1 must encourage the use of the programs identified pursuant to subsection 1 and must emphasize: (a) The benefits of preventive health care services to the well-being of children; and (b) The reasons that preventive health care services are more efficient in treating potential health care needs and are more economical than obtaining emergency health care services which are often required when symptoms of an illness are not promptly and properly treated.

3. The program must be designed to disseminate information using the most effective means available to the extent possible, including, without limitation, using: (a) Words or graphics, or both, that promote understanding of the information by the intended audience, considering the average level of reading comprehension of and the language understood by the audience. (b) Printed materials that may be displayed at or distributed to: (1) Offices of the federal, state and local government that have contact with parents of children who are under the age of 13 years or direct contact with such children, or both, in the normal course of business; (2) Schools attended by children who are under the age of 13 years; (3) Public libraries; (4) Providers of health care who provide services to children who are under the age of 13 years; (5) Child care facilities that provide services to children who are under the age of 13 years; (6) Organizations that provide community-based services to parents of children who are under the age of 13 years, or to such children, or both; and (7) Any other person deemed appropriate. (c) Radio, television and other electronic means.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.742 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.742
Powers of Commission
Status: in_force

The Commission, in carrying out its duties and within the limits of legislative appropriations and other available money, may:

1. Enter into contracts, leases or other agreements or transactions;

2. Provide grants of money to local emergency planning committees to improve their ability to respond to emergencies involving hazardous materials;

3. Assist with the development of comprehensive plans for responding to such emergencies in this State;

4. Provide technical assistance and administrative support to the Telecommunications Group of the Network Services Unit of the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor for the development of systems for communication during such emergencies;

5. Provide technical and administrative support and assistance for training programs;

6. Develop a system to provide public access to data relating to hazardous materials;

7. Support any activity or program eligible to receive money from the Contingency Account for Hazardous Materials;

8. Approve programs developed to address planning for and responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials; and

9. Coordinate the activities administered by state agencies to carry out the provisions of this chapter, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq. and 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.00385 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.00385
“Facility for modified medical detoxification” defined
Status: in_force

“Facility for modified medical detoxification” means a facility that provides 24-hour medical monitoring of treatment and detoxification in a manner which does not require that the service be provided in a licensed hospital.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.739 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.739
“Lienholder” defined
Status: in_force

“ Lienholder ” means any person, other than a licensee, who holds a lien on a motor vehicle.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.560 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.560
Procedure for isolation or quarantine
Status: in_force

1. An application to a health authority for an order of emergency isolation or quarantine of a person or a group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease may only be made by another health authority, a physician, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a registered nurse or a medical facility by submitting the certificate required by NRS 441A.570 . Within its jurisdiction, upon application or on its own, subject to the provisions of NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive, a health authority may: (a) Pursuant to its own order and without a warrant: (1) Take a person or group of persons alleged to and reasonably believed by the health authority to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease into custody in any safe location under emergency isolation or quarantine for testing, examination, observation and the provision of or arrangement for the provision of consensual medical treatment; and (2) Transport the person or group of persons alleged to and reasonably believed by the health authority to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease to a public or private medical facility, a residence or other safe location for that purpose, or arrange for the person or group of persons to be transported for that purpose by: (I) A local law enforcement agency; (II) A system for the nonemergency medical transportation of persons whose operation is authorized by the Nevada Transportation Authority; or (III) If medically necessary, an ambulance service that holds a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter 450B of NRS , only if the health authority acting in good faith has, based upon personal observation, its own epidemiological investigation or an epidemiological investigation by another health authority, a physician, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or a registered nurse as stated in a certificate submitted pursuant to NRS 441A.570 , if such a certificate was submitted, of the person or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, a reasonable factual and medical basis to believe that the person or group of persons has been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, and that because of the risks of that disease, the person or group of persons is likely to be an immediate threat to the health of members of the public who have not been infected with or exposed to the communicable disease. (b) Petition a district court for an emergency order requiring: (1) Any health authority or peace officer to take a person or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease into custody to allow the health authority to investigate, file and prosecute a petition for the involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of the person or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease in the manner set forth in NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive; and (2) Any agency, system or service described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) to transport, in accordance with such court order, the person or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease to a public or private medical facility, a residence or other safe location for that purpose.

2. The district court may issue an emergency order for isolation or quarantine pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1: (a) Only for the time deemed necessary by the court to allow a health authority to investigate, file and prosecute each petition for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine pursuant to NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720 , inclusive; and (b) Only if it is satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that the person or group of persons alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease has been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, and that because of the risks of that disease, the person or group of persons is likely to be an immediate threat to the health of the public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.2419 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.2419
Duties of health care facility that employs or allows person to engage in practice of surgical technology
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.24195 , a health care facility that employs or otherwise allows a person to engage in the practice of surgical technology at the health care facility shall:

1. Ensure that each such person, including, without limitation, a person who does not possess the qualifications prescribed by subsection 1 of NRS 449.24185 , successfully completes not less than 15 hours annually of continuing education concerning the practice of surgical technology; and

2. Maintain records showing that the health care facility is in compliance with this section and NRS 449.24185 , including, without limitation: (a) Records of continuing education completed by surgical technologists; (b) Records demonstrating that a surgical technologist employed by the health care facility possesses the qualifications prescribed by subsection 1 of NRS 449.24185 ; and (c) If the health care facility employs a person who does not possess the qualifications prescribed by subsection 1 of NRS 449.24185 pursuant to subsection 3 of that section, records of the efforts of the health care facility to search for a sufficient number of surgical technologists who possess the qualifications prescribed by subsection 1 of that section before employing the person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.030 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.030
“Environmental requirement” defined
Status: in_force

“ Environmental requirement ” means a requirement contained in NRS 444.440 to 444.645 , inclusive, 445A.300 to 445A.730 , inclusive, 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, 459.400 to 459.600 , inclusive, 459.700 to 459.856 , inclusive, or 519A.010 to 519A.280 , inclusive, or in a regulation adopted pursuant to any of those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.4316 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Division to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization pursuant to NRS 449.431 .

2. Not later than 90 days after a petition is submitted to the Division pursuant to subsection 1, the Division shall inform the person of the determination of the Division of whether the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a certificate. The Division is not bound by its determination of disqualification or qualification and may rescind such a determination at any time.

3. The Division may provide instructions to a person who receives a determination of disqualification to remedy the determination of disqualification. A person may resubmit a petition pursuant to subsection 1 not earlier than 6 months after receiving instructions pursuant to this subsection if the person remedies the determination of disqualification.

4. A person with a criminal history may petition the Division at any time, including, without limitation, before obtaining any education or paying any fee required to obtain a certificate from the Division.

5. A person may submit a new petition to the Division not earlier than 2 years after the final determination of the initial petition submitted to the Division.

6. The Division may impose a fee of up to $50 upon the person to fund the administrative costs in complying with the provisions of this section. The Division may waive such fees or allow such fees to be covered by funds from a scholarship or grant.

7. The Division may post on its Internet website: (a) The requirements to obtain a certificate from the Division; and (b) A list of crimes, if any, that would disqualify a person from obtaining a certificate from the Division.

8. The Division may request the criminal history record of a person who petitions the Division for a determination pursuant to subsection 1. To the extent consistent with federal law, if the Division makes such a request of a person, the Division shall require the person to submit his or her criminal history record which includes a report from: (a) The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; and (b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

9. A person who petitions the Division for a determination pursuant to subsection 1 shall not submit false or misleading information to the Division.

10. The Division shall, on or before the 20th day of January, April, July and October, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau in an electronic format prescribed by the Director, a report that includes: (a) The number of petitions submitted to the Division pursuant to subsection 1; (b) The number of determinations of disqualification made by the Division pursuant to subsection 1; (c) The reasons for such determinations; and (d) Any other information that is requested by the Director or which the Division determines would be helpful.

11. The Director shall transmit a compilation of the information received pursuant to subsection 10 to the Legislative Commission quarterly, unless otherwise directed by the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.750 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.750
“Passenger car” defined
Status: in_force

“Passenger car” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.160 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.4935 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.4935
Publication of reports; provision of data fee to cover cost of providing data
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall publish reports based upon the information obtained pursuant to NRS 439.4929 , 439.4931 and 439.4933 and shall make other appropriate uses of the information to report and assess trends in the usage of and access to health care services by patients with sickle cell disease and its variants in a particular area or population, advance research and education concerning sickle cell disease and its variants and improve treatment of sickle cell disease and its variants and associated disorders. The reports must include, without limitation: (a) Information concerning the locations in which patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and its variants reside, the demographics of such patients and the utilization of health care services by such patients; (b) The information described in paragraph (a), specific to patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and its variants who are over 60 years of age; and (c) The transition of patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and its variants from pediatric to adult care upon reaching 18 years of age.

2. The Division shall provide any qualified researcher whom the Division determines is conducting valid scientific research with data from the reported information upon the researcher's: (a) Compliance with appropriate conditions as established under the regulations of the State Board of Health; and (b) Payment of a fee established by the Division by regulation to cover the cost of providing the data.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.910 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.910
Criminal penalty for violation of chapter; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.315 , every person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.645 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.645
Radioactive and hazardous wastes: Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Any person who violates the provisions of NRS 445A.625 to 445A.645 , inclusive, or the terms and conditions specified in a permit issued under NRS 445A.625 to 445A.645 , inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2. Each day of violation is a separate offense.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.4941 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.4941
Consent required before disclosure of identity of patient, physician or health care facility
Status: in_force

The Division shall not reveal the identity of any patient, physician or health care facility which is involved in the reporting required by NRS 439.4933 unless the patient, physician or health care facility gives prior written consent to such a disclosure.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.730 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.730
Emergency treatment authorized without notification to law enforcement officer or agency
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any physician may render emergency treatment for narcotic or dangerous drug use disorder without notifying a law enforcement official or agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.3813 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.3813
Applicability of statutory provisions and regulations to certain facilities; exemptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 459.3814 , the provisions of NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, apply to a facility: (a) That is constructing or operating a process which involves a highly hazardous substance in a quantity: (1) Equal to or greater than the amount designated pursuant to NRS 459.3816 ; or (2) Less than the amount designated pursuant to NRS 459.3816 if there are two or more releases from the facility of the same or different highly hazardous substances during any 12-month period and: (I) The release of the highly hazardous substances is reportable pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 302 ; or (II) Each quantity released is equal to or greater than a maximum quantity allowable as established by regulation of the State Environmental Commission; or (b) Where explosives are manufactured for sale.

2. The owner or operator of a facility that is constructing or operating a process described in subsection 1 shall ensure that each process constructed or operated by the facility complies with the provisions of NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

3. A facility described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is exempt from the provisions of NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto if: (a) The Division determines that the owner or operator of the facility has complied with such provisions of NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as the Division requires; and (b) The owner or operator of the facility obtains an exemption from the State Environmental Commission. The State Environmental Commission shall adopt by regulation the procedures for obtaining such an exemption.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Explosive ” means any material designated as subject to regulation as an explosive pursuant to NRS 459.3816 . (b) “ Highly hazardous substance ” means a substance designated as highly hazardous pursuant to NRS 459.3816 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.303 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.303
“Aftercare” defined
Status: in_force

“ Aftercare ” means care or assistance that is provided to a patient after the patient is discharged following inpatient treatment at a hospital.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.325 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.325
Provision of certain information by chief administrative officer of hospital or freestanding birthing center; exclusion of name of patient; preparation of abstracts
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the chief administrative officer of each hospital and freestanding birthing center or a representative of the officer shall: (a) Prepare and make available to the Chief Medical Officer or a representative of the Officer a list of: (1) Patients who are under 7 years of age and have been diagnosed with one or more birth defects; and (2) Patients discharged with adverse birth outcomes; and (b) Make available to the Chief Medical Officer or a representative of the Officer the records of the hospital or freestanding birthing center regarding: (1) Patients who are under 7 years of age and have been diagnosed with one or more birth defects; and (2) Patients discharged with adverse birth outcomes.

2. The name of a patient must be excluded from the information prepared and made available pursuant to subsection 1 if the patient or, if the patient is a minor, a parent or legal guardian of the patient has requested in writing to exclude the name of the patient from that information in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 442.320 . The provisions of this subsection do not relieve the chief administrative officer of the duty of preparing and making available the information required by subsection 1.

3. The Chief Medical Officer or a representative of the Officer shall abstract from the records and lists required to be prepared and made available pursuant to this section such information as is required by the State Board of Health for inclusion in the system.

4. As used in this section, “hospital” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.2713 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.2713
“Provider of oral health care” defined
Status: in_force

“ Provider of oral health care ” means a dentist, dental hygienist or expanded function dental assistant licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 631 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.115 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.115
Competency of lifeguard on duty at facility of State or local government
Status: in_force

1. If a lifeguard is on duty at a facility or other property owned or operated by the State of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof where recreational swimming is available in a natural or artificial body of water, the lifeguard must have satisfactorily completed an advanced lifesaving course offered by the Red Cross or an equivalent course. A current certificate indicating that the lifeguard has satisfactorily completed such a course must be posted in a prominent place near the lifeguard's workstation or otherwise be made available for public inspection during all business hours.

2. The employer of such a lifeguard may require the lifeguard to demonstrate his or her competency at any time during the employment of the lifeguard.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455B.240 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.240
“Skateboard park” defined
Status: in_force

“Skateboard park” means a park or part of a park with paths, slopes, structures, jumps and other areas open to the public that are designated for use with a skateboard, roller skates, a bicycle or a scooter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.759 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 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
Status: in_force

In a county whose population is less than 700,000:

1. All outstanding and unpaid tax sales and levies and all special assessment liens of a dissolved hospital district are valid and remain a lien against the property against which they are assessed or levied until paid, subject to the limitations of liens provided by general law. Taxes and special assessments paid after the dissolution of a hospital district must be placed in the general fund of the county in which the district hospital was located.

2. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the district hospital was located has the same power to enforce the collection of all special assessments and outstanding tax sales of the hospital district as the hospital district had if it had not been dissolved.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.675 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.675
Powers of board of trustees: Mortgage or pledge of personal property and acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

The board of trustees, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, if the board of county commissioners is not the board of hospital trustees, or, if the district in which the hospital is located includes territory within more than one county, with the approval of the board of county commissioners of each of those counties, may, by resolution:

1. Mortgage or pledge the personal property of the hospital, including accounts receivable, and enter into agreements for the sale and leasing back to the hospital of its personal property to provide security for acquiring money for the operation of the hospital; and

2. Acquire real property for the expansion of the hospital by entering into a contract for purchase of a type and duration and on such terms as the governing body determines, including a contract secured by a mortgage or other security interest in the real property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455.105 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455 / Section 455.105
“Working day” defined
Status: in_force

“Working day” means every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and any federal or state holiday.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.140 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.140
Limitations on use of money; compliance with federal law
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445A.145 , money in the Account, including, without limitation, repayments of principal and interest on loans, and interest and income earned on money in the Account, may be used only in accordance with 33 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq.

2. The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.135 must prescribe, in accordance with federal law, the authorized uses of the money in the Account.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.013 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.013
Examination of pregnant woman for discovery of Chlamydia trachomatis, gonorrhea and hepatitis; exception
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician or other person permitted by law to attend upon a pregnant woman during gestation for conditions relating to her pregnancy shall make or ensure the performance of an examination of each pregnant woman to whom he or she attends, including any standard laboratory tests recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, for the discovery of Chlamydia trachomatis , gonorrhea, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The physician or other person shall ensure that any necessary samples are taken from the pregnant woman and submitted to a laboratory licensed pursuant to chapter 652 of NRS for the testing required by this subsection.

2. A pregnant woman may opt out of any testing required by subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.007 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.007
“Hospital” defined
Status: in_force

“ Hospital ” means any institution, place, building or agency which is licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services as a hospital and which operates facilities for the care and treatment of human illness or other abnormal physical or mental conditions on an inpatient basis, including any such facility operated by this State or a political subdivision of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.106 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.106
Specific rights: Information concerning facility; treatment; billing; visitation
Status: in_force

Every patient of a medical facility or facility for the dependent has the right to:

1. Receive information concerning any other medical or educational facility or facility for the dependent associated with the facility at which he or she is a patient which relates to the care of the patient.

2. Obtain information concerning the professional qualifications or associations of the persons who are treating the patient.

3. Receive the name of the person responsible for coordinating the care of the patient in the facility.

4. Be advised if the facility in which he or she is a patient proposes to perform experiments on patients which affect the patient's own care or treatment.

5. Receive from his or her physician a complete and current description of the patient's diagnosis, plan for treatment and prognosis in terms which the patient is able to understand. If it is not medically advisable to give this information to the patient, the physician shall: (a) Provide the information to an appropriate person responsible for the patient; and (b) Inform that person that he or she shall not disclose the information to the patient.

6. Receive from his or her physician the information necessary for the patient to give his or her informed consent to a procedure or treatment. Except in an emergency, this information must not be limited to a specific procedure or treatment and must include: (a) A description of the significant medical risks involved; (b) Any information on alternatives to the treatment or procedure if the patient requests that information; (c) The name of the person responsible for the procedure or treatment; and (d) The costs likely to be incurred for the treatment or procedure and any alternative treatment or procedure.

7. Examine the bill for his or her care and receive an explanation of the bill, whether or not the patient is personally responsible for payment of the bill.

8. Know the regulations of the facility concerning his or her conduct at the facility.

9. Receive, within reasonable restrictions as to time and place, visitors of the patient's choosing, including, without limitation, friends and members of the patient's family.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.610 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.610
Appeals to Commission: Hearings
Status: in_force

1. Within 20 days after receipt of the notice of appeal provided for in NRS 445A.605 , the Commission shall hold a hearing.

2. Notice of the hearing shall be given to all affected parties no less than 5 days prior to the date set for the hearing.

3. The Commission may sit en banc or in panels of three or more to conduct hearings.

4. The attendance of witnesses and the production of documents may be subpoenaed by the Commission at the request of any party. Witnesses shall receive the fees and mileage allowed witnesses in civil cases. Costs of subpoenas shall be taxed against the requesting party.

5. All testimony shall be given under oath, and recorded verbatim by human or electronic means.

6. Costs of transcribing proceedings of the Commission shall be taxed against the requesting party.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.7032 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.7032
“Uniform program” defined
Status: in_force

“Uniform program” means the program established pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 5119 to regulate the transportation of hazardous materials.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455.130 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455 / Section 455.130
Duties of operator upon receipt of notification concerning certain subsurface installations
Status: in_force

1. Except in an emergency or as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or NRS 455.125 , if an operator receives notice through an association for operators pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 455.110 , the operator shall: (a) Locate and identify the subsurface installations and, if known, the number of subsurface installations that are affected by the proposed excavation or demolition to the extent and to the degree of accuracy that the information is available in the records of the operator or can be determined by using techniques of location that are commonly used in the industry, except excavating, within 2 working days or within a time mutually agreed upon by the operator and the person who is responsible for the excavation or demolition; (b) Remove or protect a subsurface installation as soon as practicable if the operator decides it should be removed or protected; and (c) Advise the person who contacted the association for operators of the location of the subsurface installations of the operator that are affected by the proposed excavation or demolition.

2. The operator shall notify the person who contacted the association for operators if the operator has no subsurface installations that are affected by the proposed excavation or demolition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.5493 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.5493
“Refusal” defined
Status: in_force

“ Refusal ” means a record created under NRS 451.561 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of a natural person's body or part.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.559 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.559
Municipal solid waste landfills: Requirement to accept recreational vehicle for disposal in certain circumstances
Status: in_force

A municipal solid waste landfill shall accept a recreational vehicle for disposal if:

1. The person disposing of the recreational vehicle pays any applicable fee and provides the title to the recreational vehicle, indicating that he or she is the owner.

2. Accepting the recreational vehicle for disposal does not violate any applicable federal or state law or regulation relating to the operation of the municipal solid waste landfill.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.569 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.569
Release of body or part upon request from procurement organization; requirements; immunity of coroner or medical examiner from liability
Status: in_force

1. For the purpose of transplantation only, upon a determination of brain death pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 451.007 , the coroner or medical examiner may release and authorize the removal of a decedent's body or part that is in the custody of the coroner or medical examiner if: (a) The coroner or medical examiner has received a request from a procurement organization; (b) The body or part is the subject of a valid anatomical gift; (c) The coroner or medical examiner has no evidence of the decedent having communicated a desire that his or her body or part not become anatomical gifts, including, without limitation, through a refusal that has not been revoked; (d) The procurement organization demonstrates to the satisfaction of the coroner or medical examiner that the procurement organization has made a reasonable effort pursuant to subsection 3 to determine whether any person described in subsection 1 of NRS 451.566 is reasonably available; and (e) No person described in subsection 1 of NRS 451.566 who is reasonably available objects to the making of an anatomical gift.

2. A coroner or medical examiner is immune from civil or criminal liability for any act or omission performed in accordance with the provisions of this section.

3. Except in the case where the useful life of the body or part does not permit, a reasonable effort shall be deemed to have been made to determine whether any person described in subsection 1 of NRS 451.566 is reasonably available if a search for such persons has been underway for at least 12 hours. Such a search must include, without limitation: (a) A check of any records of missing persons maintained by local law enforcement agencies and the National Crime Information Center; (b) An examination of any personal effects of the decedent; and (c) In order to obtain information that might lead to the location of any persons described in subsection 1 of NRS 451.566 , the questioning of any persons known to have: (1) Visited the decedent: (I) Within the month before his or her death; or (II) In a medical facility where the decedent was receiving care for the condition that caused his or her death; (2) Accompanied the body of the decedent; or (3) Reported the death.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Local law enforcement agency ” means the sheriff's office of a county, a metropolitan police department or a police department of an incorporated city. (b) “ Medical facility ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.260 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.260
Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; notice; resolution of disputes
Status: in_force

<Section effective until Jan. 1, 2026. See, also, section 439B.260 effective Jan. 1, 2026.>

1. A major hospital shall reduce or discount the total billed charge by at least 30 percent for hospital services provided to an inpatient who: (a) Has no policy of health insurance or other contractual agreement with a third party that provides health coverage for the charge; (b) Is not eligible for coverage by a state or federal program of public assistance that would provide for the payment of the charge; and (c) Makes reasonable arrangements within 30 days after the date that notice was sent pursuant to subsection 2 to pay the hospital bill.

2. A major hospital shall include on or with the first statement of the hospital bill provided to the patient after his or her discharge a notice of the reduction or discount available pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, notice of the criteria a patient must satisfy to qualify for a reduction or discount.

3. A major hospital or patient who disputes the reasonableness of arrangements made pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 may submit the dispute to the Bureau for Hospital Patients for resolution as provided in NRS 232.462 .

4. A major hospital shall reduce or discount the total billed charge of its outpatient pharmacy by at least 30 percent to a patient who is eligible for Medicare.

5. As used in this section, “ third party ” means: (a) An insurer, as that term is defined in NRS 679B.540 ; (b) A health benefit plan, as that term is defined in NRS 687B.470 , for employees which provides coverage for services and care at a hospital; (c) A participating public agency, as that term is defined in NRS 287.04052 , and any other local governmental agency of the State of Nevada which provides a system of health insurance for the benefit of its officers and employees, and the dependents of officers and employees, pursuant to chapter 287 of NRS ; or (d) Any other insurer or organization providing health coverage or benefits in accordance with state or federal law. The term does not include an insurer that provides coverage under a policy of casualty or property insurance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.549 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.549
“Record” defined
Status: in_force

“ Record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.870 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.870
Immunity from certain civil or criminal liability
Status: in_force

1. No person or entity providing information to the Department, including, without limitation, data submitted to the all-payer claims database, if established pursuant to NRS 439B.835 , in accordance with NRS 439B.800 to 439B.875 , inclusive, may be held liable in a civil or criminal action for disclosing confidential information unless the person or entity has done so in bad faith or with malicious purpose.

2. The Department and its members, officers and employees are not liable in any civil or criminal action for any damages resulting from any act, omission, error or technical problem that causes incorrect information from the all-payer claims database to be provided to any person or entity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.019 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.019
“Surgical center for ambulatory patients” defined
Status: in_force

“Surgical center for ambulatory patients” means a facility with limited medical services available for diagnosis or treatment of patients by surgery where the patients' recovery, in the opinion of the surgeon, will not require care as a patient in the facility for more than 24 hours.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.134 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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 deficiencies to certain persons
Status: in_force

A 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 shall immediately provide notice of a deficiency affecting the health and safety of a patient discovered during the course of an inspection of the 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 conducted by the Division to:

1. A person receiving care at the facility or home or from the provider, as applicable;

2. The parent or legal guardian of the person receiving care at the facility or home or from the provider, as applicable; or

3. Any other natural person designated to receive such notice by the person receiving care at the facility or home or from the provider, as applicable, or the parent or guardian of the person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455C.040 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.040
“Certificate” defined
Status: in_force

“Certificate” means a certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 455C.110 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.210 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.210
Provisional permit
Status: in_force

1. The board may issue provisional permits limited as to time, place and purpose, based on the need therefor. No provisional permit may be issued for a period of longer than 6 months. The board may establish a reasonable fee for such provisional permits. Revenue from such fees collected by the Division must be accounted for separately and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.

2. Unless otherwise limited in the permit, a provisional permit issued pursuant to this section is valid for providing emergency services throughout the State, whether issued by the Division or a district board of health.

3. In determining whether to issue a permit for the operation of an air ambulance pursuant to this section, the health authority: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), may consider the medical aspects of the operation of an air ambulance, including, without limitation, aspects related to patient care; and (b) Shall not consider economic factors, including, without limitation, factors related to the prices, routes or nonmedical services of an air ambulance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455C.150 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.150
Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. If the Division receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to the holder of a certificate, the Division shall deem the certificate to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the Division receives a letter issued to the holder of the certificate by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the certificate has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. The Division shall reinstate a certificate that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the Division receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose certificate was suspended stating that the person whose certificate was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.660 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.660
Tax levies; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

1. At the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, each board of trustees shall levy a tax sufficient, together with the revenue which will result from application of the rate to the net proceeds of minerals, to raise the amount so budgeted upon any real and personal property that is subject to taxation within the boundaries of the district. Any tax levied on interstate or intercounty telephone lines, power lines and other public utility lines pursuant to this section must be based upon valuations as established by the Nevada Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 361.315 to 361.330 , inclusive.

2. When levied, the tax must be: (a) Entered upon the assessment rolls of each county that is included within the district; and (b) Collected in the same manner as state and county taxes.

3. When the tax is collected it must be: (a) Placed in the treasury of the county in which the district hospital is located; (b) Credited to the current expense fund of the district; and (c) Used only for the purpose for which it was raised.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.7585 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.7585
“Vehicle dealer” defined
Status: in_force

“Vehicle dealer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459A.040 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459A / Section 459A.040
Notice of hazard of electrical backfeed
Status: in_force

Each public utility shall notify all of its customers of the hazard of electrical backfeed caused by a generator of electricity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.430 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.430
Money from State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund to be paid in installments
Status: in_force

Moneys in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund allocated to a particular approved project shall be paid out in installments at the same times and in the same manner as installments of federal funds are paid out from the Health Facilities Assistance Fund pursuant to NRS 449.390 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.856 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.856
Civil penalties; damages; injunction
Status: in_force

1. Any person who violates or contributes to a violation of any provision of NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive, or of any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections, or who does not take action to correct a violation within the time specified in an order, is liable to the Department for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day on which the violation occurs. This penalty is in addition to any other penalty provided by NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive.

2. The Department may recover, in the name of the State of Nevada, actual damages which result from a violation, in addition to the civil penalty provided in this section. The damages may include expenses incurred by the Department in removing, correcting or terminating any adverse effects which resulted from the violation and compensation for any damages incurred as a result of the violation.

3. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Department may compel compliance with any provision of NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive, or of any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections, by injunction or other appropriate remedy. The Department may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.865 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.865
Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update
Status: in_force

1. Each medical facility that is located within this state shall develop, in consultation with the providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility, an internal patient safety plan to improve the health and safety of patients who are treated at that medical facility.

2. The patient safety plan must include, without limitation: (a) The patient safety checklists and patient safety policies most recently adopted pursuant to NRS 439.877 . (b) An infection control program to prevent and control infections within the medical facility. To carry out the program, the medical facility shall adopt an infection control policy. The policy must consist of: (1) The current guidelines appropriate for the facility’s scope of service developed by a nationally recognized infection control organization as approved by the State Board of Health which may include, without limitation, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the World Health Organization and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; and (2) Facility-specific infection control developed under the supervision of a certified infection preventionist.

3. The program to prevent and control infections within the medical facility must provide for the designation of a person who is responsible for infection control when the infection control officer is absent to ensure that someone is responsible for infection control at all times.

4. A medical facility shall submit its patient safety plan to the governing board of the medical facility for approval in accordance with the requirements of this section.

5. After a medical facility's patient safety plan is approved, the medical facility shall notify all providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility of the existence of the plan and of the requirements of the plan. A medical facility shall require compliance with its patient safety plan.

6. The patient safety plan must be reviewed and updated annually in accordance with the requirements for approval set forth in this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.090 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.090
Agreement concerning maintenance of plot
Status: in_force

Upon the application of an owner of any plot, and upon the payment by the owner of the amount fixed as a reasonable and proportionate contribution for endowment care a cemetery authority may enter into an agreement with the owner to use the money disbursed from such fund for the care of his or her plot and its appurtenances.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.465 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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
Status: in_force

1. The Director may, by regulation, impose fees upon admitted health insurers to cover the costs of carrying out the provisions of NRS 449.450 to 449.530 , inclusive. The maximum amount of fees collected must not exceed the amount authorized by the Legislature in each biennial budget.

2. The Director shall impose a fee of $50 each year upon admitted health insurers for the support of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. The fee imposed pursuant to this subsection is in addition to any fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1. The fee collected for the support of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services must be deposited in the Legislative Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.172 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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
Status: in_force

If the Division suspends or revokes the license of a person who operates a residential facility for groups for abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the occupants of the facility, the Division shall suspend or revoke the license of all residential facilities for groups operated by that person. The person who operates the facility shall move all of the persons who are receiving services in the residential facilities for groups to other licensed residential facilities for groups at his or her own expense.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.775 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.775
Unlawful acts: Misdemeanors
Status: in_force

Any person who:

1. Transports a hazardous material in a motor vehicle without the permit required pursuant to NRS 459.7052 ;

2. Transports a hazardous material in a motor vehicle that has not been inspected pursuant to any regulations of the Department requiring an inspection;

3. Fails to carry the permit required pursuant to NRS 459.7052 or a copy of the permit in the driver's compartment of the motor vehicle if required to do so by a regulation of the Department;

4. Transports a hazardous material in a motor vehicle under a permit required pursuant to NRS 459.7052 which has expired;

5. Violates any of the terms or conditions of a permit required pursuant to NRS 459.7052 ; or

6. Fails to pay when due any fee established pursuant to NRS 459.744 ,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.1935 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.1935
Agency to provide personal care services in the home authorized to provide certain services to elderly persons and persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

An agency to provide personal care services in the home that is licensed pursuant to this section and NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive, may, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, provide:

1. To persons with disabilities, any medical services authorized pursuant to NRS 629.091 ; and

2. Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities to assist those persons with activities of daily living.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.390 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.390
Presentation of certificate of stillbirth
Status: in_force

The certificate of stillbirth must be presented by the funeral director or person acting as undertaker to the physician or advanced practice registered nurse in attendance at the stillbirth, for the certificate of the fact of stillbirth and the medical data pertaining to stillbirth as the physician or advanced practice registered nurse can furnish them in his or her professional capacity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.259 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.259
Grants for addressing disparities in health care and health outcomes based on certain categories of persons; selection of nonprofit organization to serve as lead partner; establishment of advisory committee; annual report
Status: in_force

1. The Division may apply for grants available from the Federal Government and other sources which have the express purpose of addressing disparities in health care and health outcomes based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, familial status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, immigration status, primary language or income level.

2. To the extent authorized by the terms of a grant obtained pursuant to subsection 1, the Division may: (a) Use a competitive process to select and award a grant of money to a nonprofit organization to serve as a lead partner to ensure that health care services supported by a grant obtained pursuant to subsection 1 are funded and allocated in an equitable manner. The lead partner must: (1) Be based in the community to which the health care services are to be provided; and (2) Have demonstrated experience serving that community. (b) Establish and consult with an advisory committee to ensure that health care services supported by a grant obtained pursuant to subsection 1 are provided in a culturally competent manner. The advisory committee must be composed of representatives of nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated experience serving the community to which the health care services are to be provided.

3. On or before February 1 of each year, the Department shall: (a) Compile a report that includes, without limitation: (1) The amount of money allocated by the Department during the immediately preceding calendar year to support the provision of health care services or other services to promote physical well-being in communities with higher risk of health problems, decreased access to or usage of health care services or worse health outcomes or physical well-being than the general population based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, familial status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, immigration status, primary language or income level; (2) A description of the services described in subparagraph (1) that were provided during the immediately preceding calendar year and the efforts made by the Department during the immediately preceding calendar year to locate persons in need of such services and provide such services to those persons; (3) The number of persons who received the services described in subparagraph (1) and, to the extent available, information regarding the income level, age, race and ethnicity of those persons; and (4) Any community-based organizations with which the Department collaborated to provide those services; and (b) Submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to: (1) In even-numbered years, the Legislative Commission and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services; and (2) In odd-numbered years, the next regular session of the Legislature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.042 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.042
“Concentrated cannabis” defined
Status: in_force

“ Concentrated cannabis ” means the extracted or separated resin, whether crude or purified, containing THC or CBD from marijuana.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.455 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.455
Program for training resident physicians
Status: in_force

A board of hospital trustees may institute and maintain training programs in the county hospital for resident physicians, including interns and postgraduates. Such programs must meet the standards for recognition by the American Medical Association and for accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.625 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.625
“Solid waste” defined
Status: in_force

“Solid waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 444.490 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.765 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.765
Information concerning program for control of emissions from motor vehicles: Collection, interpretation and correlation; public inspection
Status: in_force

1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall adopt regulations which establish procedures for collecting, interpreting and correlating information concerning programs to control emissions from motor vehicles and any benefits which result from an inspection program.

2. All information received by the Commission or the Department of Motor Vehicles is open to public inspection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.007 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.007
Standards for perinatal care: Regulations of State Board of Health
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations establishing standards for perinatal care provided by any provider of health care, based on recommendations submitted to the Board by the School of Medicine and School of Nursing of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

2. As used in this section, “provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.520 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.520
Application for do-not-resuscitate identification: Form; requirements
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450B.525 :

1. A qualified patient may apply to the health authority for a do-not-resuscitate identification by submitting an application on a form provided by the health authority. To obtain a do-not-resuscitate identification, the patient must comply with the requirements prescribed by the board and sign a form which states that the patient has informed each member of his or her family within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity, whose whereabouts are known to the patient, or if no such members are living, the patient's legal guardian, if any, or if he or she has no such members living and has no legal guardian, his or her caretaker, if any, of the patient's decision to apply for an identification.

2. An application must include, without limitation: (a) Certification by the patient's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse that the patient suffers from a terminal condition; (b) Certification by the patient's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse that the patient is capable of making an informed decision or, when the patient was capable of making an informed decision, that the patient: (1) Executed: (I) A written directive that life-resuscitating treatment be withheld under certain circumstances; (II) A durable power of attorney for health care pursuant to NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870 , inclusive; or (III) A Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form pursuant to NRS 449A.500 to 449A.581 , inclusive, if the form provides that the patient is not to receive life-resuscitating treatment; or (2) Was issued a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to NRS 450B.510 ; (c) A statement that the patient does not wish that life-resuscitating treatment be undertaken in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest; (d) The name, signature and telephone number of the patient's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse; and (e) The name and signature of the patient or the agent who is authorized to make health care decisions on the patient's behalf pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care decisions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.160 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.160
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“ Board ” means the Board to Review Claims.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.5077 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.5077
Duties
Status: in_force

1. The Rare Disease Advisory Council created by NRS 439.5075 shall: (a) Perform a statistical and qualitative examination of the incidence, causes and economic burden of rare diseases in this State; (b) Receive and consider reports and testimony concerning rare diseases from persons, the Division, community-based organizations, providers of health care and other local and national organizations whose work relates to rare diseases; (c) Increase awareness of the burden caused by rare diseases in this State; (d) Identify evidence-based strategies to prevent and control rare diseases; (e) Determine the effect of delayed or inappropriate treatment on the quality of life for patients suffering from rare diseases and the economy of this State; (f) Study the effect of early treatment for rare diseases on the quality of life for patients suffering from rare diseases, the provision of services to such patients and reimbursement for such services; (g) Increase awareness among providers of health care of the symptoms of and care for patients with rare diseases; (h) Evaluate the systems for delivery of treatment for rare diseases in place in this State and develop recommendations to increase the survival rates and quality of life of patients with rare diseases; (i) Determine effective methods of collecting data concerning cases of rare diseases in this State for the purpose of conducting epidemiological studies of rare diseases in this State; (j) Establish a comprehensive plan for the management of rare diseases in this State, which must include, without limitation, recommendations for the Department, the Division, local health districts, public and private organizations, businesses and potential sources of funding, and update the comprehensive plan as necessary; and (k) Develop a registry of rare diseases diagnosed in this State to determine the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to such rare diseases.

2. The Council shall compile an annual report which must include, without limitation, a summary of the activities of the Council and any recommendations of the Council for legislation or other policies. The Council shall: (a) Post the report on an Internet website maintained by the Department; and (b) Submit the report to the Department, the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to: (1) In even-numbered years, the next regular session of the Legislature; and (2) In odd-numbered years, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.

3. As used in this section, “provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.081 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.081
“Drug” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Drug” means substances: (a) Recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or animals; (c) Other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the bodies of humans or animals; and (d) Intended for use as a component of any article specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

2. “Drug” does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.4797 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.4797
Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission
Status: in_force

1. The board of health or its agent shall, for the purposes of NRS 40.140 , 40.770 , 202.450 and 489.776 , evaluate the removal or remediation by any entity certified or licensed to do so of: (a) Substances involving a controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog; and (b) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation that contains any quantity of methamphetamine.

2. The State Environmental Commission shall adopt regulations: (a) To carry out the provisions of subsection 1; (b) Establishing standards pursuant to which a building or place which was used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog may be deemed safe for habitation for the purposes of NRS 40.140 and 202.450 ; and (c) Establishing standards pursuant to which any property that is or has been the site of a crime that involves the manufacturing of any material, compound, mixture or preparation that contains any quantity of methamphetamine may be deemed safe for habitation for the purposes of NRS 40.770 and 489.776 .

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Board of health ” means: (1) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health; or (2) In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the State Board of Health. (b) “Controlled substance analog” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.043 . (c) “Immediate precursor” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.086 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.755 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.755
Use of Contingency Account for Hazardous Materials to pay for costs of cleaning and decontamination of area affected by spill, accident or motor vehicle crash
Status: in_force

If the person responsible for hazardous material involved in a spill, accident or motor vehicle crash does not act promptly and appropriately to clean and decontaminate the affected area, and if the inaction of the person presents an imminent and substantial hazard to human health, public safety, any property or the environment, money from the Contingency Account for Hazardous Materials may be expended to pay the costs of:

1. Responding to a spill of or an accident or motor vehicle crash involving hazardous material;

2. Coordinating the efforts of state, local and federal agencies responding to a spill of or an accident or motor vehicle crash involving hazardous material;

3. Managing the cleaning and decontamination of an area for the disposal of hazardous material or the site of a spill of or an accident or motor vehicle crash involving hazardous material; or

4. Removing or contracting for the removal of hazardous material which presents an imminent danger to human health, public safety or the environment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.020
Procedure
Status: in_force

Any county or group of counties may establish a public hospital in the manner prescribed in NRS 450.030 and 450.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.150 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.150
Reporting occurrences of communicable diseases to health authority; reporting cases or suspected cases of drug overdose or attempted suicide to Chief Medical Officer
Status: in_force

1. A provider of health care who knows of, or provides services to, a person who has or is suspected of having a communicable disease shall report that fact to the health authority in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the Board. If no provider of health care is providing services, each person having knowledge that another person has a communicable disease shall report that fact to the health authority in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the Board. A report of a pregnant woman who has or is suspected of having syphilis must include, without limitation, the fact that the case occurred in a pregnant woman and: (a) If treatment was provided, the type of treatment that was provided; or (b) If the pregnant woman refused treatment, the fact that the pregnant woman refused treatment.

2. A provider of health care who knows of, or provides services to, a person who has suffered or is suspected of having suffered a drug overdose shall report that fact and the information required by the Board pursuant to NRS 441A.120 to the Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the Board. The Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee shall upload that information to the database of the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 if the program allows for the upload of such information.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a provider of health care who is required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 441A.120 to report a case or suspected case of attempted suicide and knows of, or provides services to, a person who has attempted suicide or is suspected of having attempted suicide shall report that fact and the information required by the Board pursuant to NRS 441A.120 to the Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the Board. If such a provider of health care provides services at a medical facility, the medical facility may submit the report on behalf of the provider. The Chief Medical Officer shall annually compile and submit to the Patient Protection Commission created by NRS 439.908 a report summarizing the information reported pursuant to this subsection.

4. A medical facility in which more than one provider of health care may know of, or provide services to, a person who has or is suspected of having a communicable disease, who has suffered or is suspected of having suffered a drug overdose or who has attempted suicide or is suspected of having attempted suicide shall establish administrative procedures to ensure that the health authority or Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee, as applicable, is notified.

5. A laboratory director shall, in the manner prescribed by the Board, notify the health authority of the identification by his or her medical laboratory of the presence of any communicable disease in the jurisdiction of that health authority. The health authority shall not presume a diagnosis of a communicable disease on the basis of the notification received from the laboratory director.

6. If more than one medical laboratory is involved in testing a specimen, the laboratory that is responsible for reporting the results of the testing directly to the provider of health care for the patient shall also be responsible for reporting to the health authority.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.660 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.660
Certified copy of record of birth or death is prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Any copy of the record of a birth or death when properly certified by the State Registrar to be a true copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455.150 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455 / Section 455.150
Release from liability for cost of repairs to subsurface installation
Status: in_force

Any person who substantially complies with the provisions of NRS 455.080 to 455.180 , inclusive, is not liable for the cost of repairing any damage to a subsurface installation which results from the person's excavation or demolition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.260 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.260
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 449.250 to 449.430 , inclusive:

1. “ Community mental health center ” means a facility providing services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness, or care and treatment of patients with mental illness, or rehabilitation of such persons, which services are provided principally for persons residing in a particular community in or near which the facility is situated.

2. “ Construction ” includes the construction of new buildings, modernization, expansion, remodeling and alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such buildings, including medical transportation facilities, and includes architects' fees, but excludes the cost of off-site improvements and, except with respect to public health centers, the cost of the acquisition of the land.

3. “ Facility for persons with intellectual disabilities ” means a facility specially designed for the diagnosis, treatment, education, training or custodial care of persons with intellectual disabilities, including facilities for training specialists and sheltered workshops for persons with intellectual disabilities, but only if such workshops are part of facilities which provide or will provide comprehensive services for persons with intellectual disabilities.

4. “ Federal Act ” means 42 U.S.C. §§ 291 to 291o -l, inclusive, and 300k to 300t, inclusive, and any other federal law providing for or applicable to the provision of assistance for health facilities.

5. “ Federal agency ” means the federal department, agency or official designated by law, regulation or delegation of authority to administer the Federal Act.

6. “ Health facility ” includes a public health center, hospital, facility for hospice care, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, community mental health center, and other facility to provide diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation, training or related services to persons with physical or mental impairments, including diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the Federal Act, and such other facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the Federal Act, but, except for facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, does not include any facility furnishing primarily domiciliary care.

7. “ Nonprofit health facility ” means any health facility owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or natural person.

8. “ Public health center ” means a publicly owned facility for the provision of public health services, including related facilities such as laboratories, clinics and administrative offices operated in connection with public health centers.

9. “ State Department ” means the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through its appropriate divisions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 447.210 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.210
Criminal penalty; each day of violation constitutes separate offense
Status: in_force

1. Every proprietor, owner, manager, lessee or other person in charge of any hotel in this state who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of the regulations hereby established whether through the acts of himself or herself, his or her agent or employees is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Every day that any hotel is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.710 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.710
Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital
Status: in_force

1. A board of county commissioners may create a hospital district in an area where no hospital district exists for the sole purpose of contracting with a public agency or a privately owned hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the district. If such a contract is executed, the board of trustees: (a) Shall prepare a budget pursuant to NRS 450.650 ; (b) Shall levy a tax pursuant to NRS 450.660 ; (c) May accept donations pursuant to NRS 450.690 ; (d) May determine medical indigency pursuant to NRS 450.700 ; and (e) May borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness pursuant to NRS 450.665 .

2. A board of county commissioners shall not create a hospital district pursuant to this section unless it determines that: (a) The proposed hospital district constitutes a geographic area of the county that is not served by adequate medical services; (b) There is no county hospital or the county hospital is not capable of providing the necessary services; and (c) The proposal is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the issue by persons in the proposed hospital district.

3. If a hospital district is created pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners may be designated by ordinance as, ex officio, the board of trustees of the hospital district, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 450.620 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.3345 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.3345
Additional penalty for commission of certain violations at or near school, school bus stop, recreational facilities for minors or public park
Status: in_force

1. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 453.333 or 453.334 , and except as otherwise provided in NRS 193.169 , any person who violates NRS 453.321 or 453.322 : (a) On the grounds of a public or private school, a playground, public park, public swimming pool, recreational center for youths or a video arcade; (b) On a campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education; (c) Within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of such a school ground or campus, playground, park, pool, recreational center or arcade; or (d) Within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop from 1 hour before school begins until 1 hour after school ends during scheduled school days, must be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term equal to and in addition to the term of imprisonment prescribed by statute for the crime. The sentence prescribed by this section runs consecutively with the sentence prescribed by statute for the crime.

2. This section does not create a separate offense but provides an additional penalty for the primary offense, whose imposition is contingent upon the finding of the prescribed fact.

3. For the purposes of this section: (a) “Playground” means any outdoor facility, intended for recreation, open to the public and in any portion thereof containing one or more apparatus intended for the recreation of children, such as a sliding board, teeterboard, sandbox or swingset. (b) “Recreational center for youths” means a recreational facility or gymnasium which regularly provides athletic, civic or cultural activities for persons under 18 years of age. (c) “School bus” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 483.160 . (d) “Video arcade” means a facility legally accessible to persons under 18 years of age, intended primarily for the use of pinball and video machines for amusement and which contains a minimum of 10 such machines.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.1993 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.1993
Endorsement to provide community paramedicine services: Regulations; application; expiration; circumstances under which emergency medical provider may provide community paramedicine services
Status: in_force

1. The board shall adopt regulations to provide for the issuance of an endorsement on a permit which allows an emergency medical provider who is employed by or serves as a volunteer for the holder of the permit to provide community paramedicine services. Such regulations must establish, without limitation: (a) The manner in which to apply for an endorsement; (b) The qualifications and requirements of a holder of a permit to obtain an endorsement; (c) The required training and qualifications of an emergency medical provider who will provide community paramedicine services and the proof necessary to demonstrate such training and qualifications; (d) The scope of the community paramedicine services that may be provided by an emergency medical provider who is employed by or serves as a volunteer for the holder of the permit, which must not include any services that are outside the scope of practice of the emergency medical provider; (e) The continuing education requirements or other evidence of continued competency for renewal of the endorsement; and (f) Such other requirements as the board deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 450B.199 and 450B.1996 .

2. The holder of a permit may apply for an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services by submitting to the health authority an application upon forms prescribed by the board and in accordance with procedures established by the board. The health authority must not approve an application for an endorsement or a renewal of an endorsement unless the applicant meets the requirements prescribed by the board by regulation pursuant to subsection 1. No additional fee may be charged for an endorsement.

3. An endorsement to provide community paramedicine services expires on the same date as the permit and is renewable annually thereafter at least 30 days before the expiration date.

4. An emergency medical provider may provide community paramedicine services only as an employee of or volunteer for the holder of a permit who has obtained an endorsement and only if the emergency medical provider possesses the training and qualifications required by the board. Any services provided must not exceed the scope of practice of the emergency medical provider.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 447.110 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.110
Facilities for bathing
Status: in_force

1. In every hotel in existence prior to October 1, 1945, at least one bathtub or shower shall be installed in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court for every 20, or fractional part of 20, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court which are not provided with private baths.

2. In every hotel built after October 1, 1945, at least one bathtub or shower provided with hot and cold water shall be installed in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court for every 10, or fractional part of 10, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court which are not provided with private baths.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.010
Dissection of dead human bodies: Limitations; penalty
Status: in_force

1. The right to dissect the dead body of a human being is limited to cases: (a) Specially provided by statute or by the direction or will of the deceased. (b) Where a coroner is authorized under NRS 259.050 or an ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 244.163 to hold an inquest upon the body, and then only as the coroner may authorize dissection. (c) Where the spouse or next of kin charged by law with the duty of burial authorize dissection for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death, and then only to the extent so authorized. (d) Where authorized by the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive.

2. Every person who makes, causes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except as provided in subsection 1, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.994 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.994
Discrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall be subject to any discrimination in the operation of a sterile hypodermic device program on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, political affiliation, disability, national origin, residence, frequency of injection or controlled substance used.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.747 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.747
“Motor vehicle fuel” defined
Status: in_force

“ Motor vehicle fuel ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 365.060 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.112 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.112
Establishment of individualized plan for recipient; reimbursement of Division for overpayment
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall establish, for each recipient of community-based living arrangement services to whom services are provided pursuant to a contract between the provider and the Division, an individualized plan for the provision of community-based living arrangement services. The individualized plan must include, without limitation: (a) A description of the case management services that must be provided to the recipient and a designation of the entity responsible for providing those services; and (b) The hours during which the provider of community-based living arrangement services must provide supervision and support to the recipient.

2. A contract between the Division and a provider of community-based living arrangement services for the provision of such services must include a provision requiring the provider to comply with the individualized plan for each recipient established pursuant to subsection 1.

3. If the Division determines that it has paid the holder of a license to provide community-based living arrangement services with which the Division has entered into a contract an amount that exceeds the amount required by the contract, the holder shall reimburse the amount of the overpayment to the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.067 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.067
Designation of family cemetery; notification of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of designation
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 55,000 may adopt an ordinance allowing one or more natural persons to designate as a family cemetery an area of land owned by any of those persons for the interment in that area without charge of any member of the family of any of them or any other person.

2. Before the first interment in a family cemetery designated in accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1, a member of the family or a representative of the family shall notify the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services of the designation of the family cemetery and its specific location on the land owned by the family.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 458.112 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.112
Prohibition on certain activities related to marketing of treatment provider, facility or operator of program for alcohol or other substance use disorder; exception; penalty
Status: in_force

1. A treatment provider, a facility or an operator of a program for alcohol or other substance use disorder, or a person who provides any form of advertising or marketing services on behalf of such a provider, facility or operator, shall not: (a) Make a false or misleading statement or provide false or misleading information about the products, goods, services or geographical locations of the treatment provider, facility or program for alcohol or other substance use disorder in the marketing, advertising materials or media or on the Internet website of the treatment provider, facility or operator of the program for alcohol or other substance use disorder; (b) Post or otherwise allow on the Internet website of the treatment provider, facility or program for alcohol or other substance use disorder false information or electronic links, coding or activation that provides false information or that surreptitiously directs the reader to another Internet website; (c) Solicit, receive or attempt to solicit or receive a commission, benefit, bonus, rebate, kickback or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in or attempt to engage in a split-fee arrangement in return for a referral or an acceptance or acknowledgment of treatment from the treatment provider, facility or operator of the program for alcohol or other substance use disorder; or (d) Enter into a contract with a person who provides marketing services who agrees to generate referrals or leads for the placement of patients with the treatment provider, facility or operator of the program for alcohol or other substance use disorder through a call center or web-based presence, unless the treatment provider, facility or operator of the program provides to the prospective patient: (1) A clear disclosure to inform the prospective patient that the person providing the marketing services represents a specific treatment provider, facility or operator of a program for alcohol or other substance use disorder which pays a fee to the person providing the marketing services and the identity of the treatment provider, facility or operator of a program represented by the person; and (2) Instructions on the manner in which any list of treatment providers, facilities or programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders provided by the Division on its Internet website may be accessed.

2. The provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection 1 do not apply to a state agency, a contractor thereof or an entity that otherwise receives financial support from the State which refers a person to a treatment provider, facility or program for alcohol or other substance use disorders that is operated or financially supported by the State.

3. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.380 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.380
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares that the purposes of NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, are to:

1. Protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of this State from the effects of the improper handling of hazardous chemicals or explosives at the point where: (a) The chemicals are produced, used or stored in this State; or (b) The explosives are manufactured for sale in this State;

2. Ensure that the employees of this State who are required to work with hazardous chemicals or explosives are guaranteed a safe and healthful working environment;

3. Protect the natural resources of this State by preventing and mitigating accidental or unexpected releases of hazardous chemicals into the environment; and

4. Ensure the safe and adequate handling of: (a) Hazardous chemicals that are produced, used, stored or handled in this State; and (b) Explosives that are manufactured for sale in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461.150 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461 / Section 461.150
“Residential building” defined
Status: in_force

“Residential building” means any structure designed solely for dwelling occupancy, containing one or more dwelling units and structures accessory thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.017 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.017
“Residential facility for groups” defined
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “ residential facility for groups ” means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision to a person with an intellectual disability or with a physical disability or a person who is aged or infirm. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted living facility.

2. The term does not include: (a) An establishment which provides care only during the day; (b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in his or her own home; (c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related to him or her within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity; (d) A recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders; or (e) A home in which community-based living arrangement services or supported living arrangement services are provided by a provider of such services during any period in which the provider is providing the services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.010
State and political subdivisions to comply with laws, regulations and ordinances governing alteration of condition of land or vegetation
Status: in_force

In performing any work which alters the material condition of land or vegetation, the State, its agencies and all political subdivisions in this State shall comply with all the state laws or regulations and local ordinances which are applicable to private persons performing the same type of work.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.590 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.590
Additional notice to spouse or legal guardian
Status: in_force

In addition to any notice required pursuant to NRS 441A.520 , within 24 hours after a person's involuntary admission into a public or private medical facility under emergency isolation or quarantine, the administrative officer of the public or private medical facility shall reasonably attempt to ascertain the identification and location of the spouse or legal guardian of that person and, if reasonably possible, mail notice of the admission by certified mail to the spouse or legal guardian of that person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.243 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.243
Itemized list of charges required; use of Uniform Billing and Claims Forms authorized; contracted rates; summary of charges
Status: in_force

Every hospital licensed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive:

1. May, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, utilize the Uniform Billing and Claims Forms established by the American Hospital Association.

2. Shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, on its billings to patients, itemize, on a daily basis, all charges for services, and charges for equipment used and the supplies and medicines provided incident to the provision of those services with specificity and in language that is understandable to an ordinary lay person. This itemized list must be timely provided after the patient is discharged at no additional cost.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a patient is charged a rate, pursuant to a contract or other agreement, that is different than the billed charges, shall provide to the patient either: (a) A copy of the billing prepared pursuant to subsection 2; (b) A statement specifying the agreed rate for the services; or (c) If the patient is not obligated to pay any portion of the bill, a statement of the total charges. In any case, the hospital shall include on the billing or statement any copayment or deductible for which the patient is responsible. The hospital shall answer any questions regarding the bill.

4. If the hospital is paid by the insurer of a patient a rate that is based on the number of persons treated and not on the services actually rendered, shall, upon the discharge of the patient, advise the patient of the status of any copayment or deductible for which the patient is responsible.

5. Shall prepare a summary of charges for common services for patients admitted to the hospital and make it available to the public.

6. Shall provide to any patient upon request a copy of the billing prepared pursuant to subsection 2.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.3405 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.3405
Trafficking in controlled substances: Suspended sentence limited; eligibility for parole; reduction or suspension of sentence of person assisting in investigation or prosecution of any offense; consideration of factors by court; suspension of sentence of person convicted of trafficking in fentanyl
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 4, the adjudication of guilt and imposition of sentence of a person found guilty of trafficking in a controlled substance in violation of NRS 453.3385 , 453.3387 or 453.339 must not be suspended and the person is not eligible for parole until the person has actually served the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment prescribed by the section under which the person was convicted.

2. The court, upon an appropriate motion, may reduce or suspend the sentence of any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of NRS 453.3385 , 453.3387 or 453.339 if the court finds that the convicted person rendered substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of any offense. The arresting agency must be given an opportunity to be heard before the motion is granted. Upon good cause shown, the motion may be heard in camera.

3. Any appropriate reduction or suspension of a sentence pursuant to subsection 2 must be determined by the court, for reasons stated by the court that may include, without limitation, consideration of the following: (a) The court's evaluation of the significance and usefulness of the convicted person's assistance, taking into consideration the prosecuting attorney's evaluation of the assistance rendered; (b) The truthfulness, completeness and reliability of any information or testimony provided by the convicted person; (c) The nature and extent of the convicted person's assistance; (d) Any injury suffered or any danger or risk of injury to the convicted person or his or her family resulting from his or her assistance; and (e) The timeliness of the convicted person's assistance.

4. The court may suspend the sentence of any person convicted of violating any provision of NRS 453.3387 if the person establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person did not know that the mixture at issue contained illicitly manufactured fentanyl. If a person convicted of violating any provision of NRS 453.3387 claims that he or she did not know that the mixture at issue contained illicitly manufactured fentanyl, the court shall, at sentencing, make findings of fact and state its reasoning on the record as to whether the person has met the burden of proof pursuant to this subsection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.3862 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.3862
“Committee” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 459.3862 to 459.3868 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “Committee” means a Committee to Oversee the Management of Risks, created pursuant to NRS 459.3864 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.900 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.900
Service of notice
Status: in_force

1. Notices provided for in NRS 446.895 shall be deemed to have been properly served when the original of the inspection report form or other notice has been: (a) Delivered personally to the permit holder or person in charge; (b) Sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the permit holder; or (c) Except for any notice required pursuant to NRS 446.880 , sent to the electronic mail address, if any, provided by the permit holder to the health authority.

2. A copy of any inspection report form or other notice provided pursuant to subsection 1 shall be filed with the records of the health authority.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455C.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 455C.020 to 455C.085 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453B.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453B / Section 453B.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 453B.010 to 453B.130 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 453B.020 to 453B.070 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.201 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.201
Licensing and registration of sources of ionizing radiation
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Health shall, with due regard for compatibility with federal programs, adopt regulations for: (a) General or specific licensing of persons to receive, possess or transfer radioactive materials, or devices or equipment utilizing such materials. Every such regulation shall provide for amendment, suspension or revocation of licenses. (b) Licensing and regulation of by-product materials, source materials, special nuclear materials and other radioactive materials, including radioactive waste. (c) Control of other sources of ionizing radiation.

2. The Division may require: (a) Registration and inspection of sources of ionizing radiation which do not require specific licensing. (b) Compliance with specific standards to be promulgated by the State Board of Health.

3. The State Board of Health may exempt certain sources of ionizing radiation, or kinds of uses or users of such sources, from the licensing or registration requirements set forth in this section if the Board makes a finding that the exemption of such sources of ionizing radiation, or kinds of uses or users of such sources, will not constitute a significant risk to the health and safety of the public.

4. Regulations promulgated pursuant to NRS 459.010 to 459.290 , inclusive, may provide for recognition of such other state or federal licenses as the State Board of Health may consider desirable, subject to such registration requirements as the State Board of Health may prescribe.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.986 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.986
“Sterile hypodermic device program” or “program” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 439.985 to 439.994 , inclusive, “ sterile hypodermic device program ” or “ program ” means a program established pursuant to NRS 439.987 for the safe distribution and disposal of hypodermic devices.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.644 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.644
Effect of certificate of completion: Applicability to persons other than original holder
Status: in_force

1. The relief from liability provided by NRS 459.640 extends to another person who: (a) Purchases or leases the property to which the certificate of completion relates; or (b) Acquires, merges with or purchases substantially all of the assets of the holder of the certificate, after the certificate is issued, if the other person is not otherwise a responsible party. The other person is subject to any duties of the original holder of the certificate under the remedial agreement or the certificate.

2. The relief provided to a subsequent owner or lessee continues even if it is determined that the original holder of the certificate is not released from liability because of a provision of NRS 459.642 if: (a) The subsequent owner or lessee purchased or leased the property in good faith for its fair market value; and (b) The actions of the original holder of the certificate cannot be attributed to the subsequent owner or lessee under a provision of law other than this chapter.

3. If the original holder of a certificate of completion is a prospective purchaser, the relief from liability provided by NRS 459.640 extends to the person from whom he or she purchases the property if: (a) The seller and purchaser so agree; (b) The seller bears the expense of removal or remediation performed on the property, directly or indirectly; (c) The seller is a responsible party only because of his or her ownership of the property; and (d) The Administrator approves the extension of relief and incorporates it into the certificate of completion.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.375 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.375
Procedure upon notification that insufficient information exists to determine whether emergency response employee was exposed to infectious disease; request for further evaluation; duties of health officer
Status: in_force

1. If a designated officer receives a notice from a medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner, as applicable, pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 450B.370 that insufficient information exists for the medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner to make a determination of whether an emergency response employee was exposed to an infectious disease, the designated officer may submit a request for further evaluation to the health officer in whose jurisdiction the medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner is located. A request submitted pursuant to this subsection must include the original request for a written response submitted by the designated officer pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 450B.360 .

2. If a health officer receives a request for further evaluation pursuant to subsection 1, the health officer shall evaluate the request and the request for a written response submitted by the designated officer pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 450B.360 . An evaluation conducted pursuant to this subsection must be completed as soon as practicable but not later than 48 hours after the request for further evaluation is received.

3. If an evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection 2 indicates that the facts provided to the medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner, as applicable, were: (a) Sufficient to determine that an emergency response employee was exposed to an infectious disease, the health officer shall, on behalf of the designated officer, resubmit the request to the medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner; or (b) Insufficient to determine that an emergency response employee was exposed to an infectious disease, the health officer shall advise the designated officer in writing regarding the collection and description of additional facts for further evaluation by the medical facility, county coroner or medical examiner pursuant to NRS 450B.370 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.621 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.621
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 444.621 to 444.645 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 444.623 , 444.625 and 444.627 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.436 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.436
Form of declaration directing physician or advanced practice registered nurse to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment
Status: in_force

A declaration directing a physician or advanced practice registered nurse to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment may, but need not, be in the following form:

DECLARATION

If I should have an incurable and irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will, in the opinion of my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, cause my death within a relatively short time, and I am no longer able to make decisions regarding my medical treatment, I direct my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, pursuant to NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive, to withhold or withdraw treatment that only prolongs the process of dying and is not necessary for my comfort or to alleviate pain.

If you wish to include this statement in this declaration, you must INITIAL the statement in the box provided:
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.070 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.070
Mitigating factors considered by court in determining criminal penalty for violation; written agreement regarding environmental audit may be modified; authority of regulatory agency not limited by mitigation of criminal penalty
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a court that is determining the appropriate criminal penalty to impose against a regulated person who is convicted for a violation of an environmental requirement shall consider, in mitigation of the penalty, whether: (a) An environmental audit was conducted pursuant to a written agreement with the appropriate regulatory agency and the agreement prescribed the: (1) Scope, methods and schedule for conducting the audit; (2) Manner in which a violation of an environmental requirement must be reported to the regulatory agency, including, but not limited to, the number of days after the discovery of a violation that the regulated person must report the violation to the regulatory agency; and (3) Period within which such a violation must be corrected; (b) The regulated person voluntarily disclosed the results of the environmental audit to the appropriate regulatory agency in accordance with the requirements of the written agreement; (c) The regulatory agency discovered the violation of the environmental requirement as a result of the voluntary disclosure in the environmental audit and before: (1) The occurrence of any inspection or investigation of the regulated facility by a regulatory agency or other governmental entity; or (2) The commencement of an administrative proceeding or a civil or criminal action against the regulated person for the violation; (d) The regulated person or regulated facility has not been issued a citation for a violation of the environmental requirement in the immediately preceding 3 years; (e) The regulated person did not obtain an actual economic benefit or advantage as a result of the violation; and (f) The regulated person entered into an enforceable agreement with the appropriate regulatory agency to: (1) Comply, as soon as practicable after the violation, with the environmental requirement; (2) Remedy any damage or other harm caused by the violation; and (3) Take action to prevent a recurrence of the violation.

2. A written agreement that prescribes the scope, methods and schedule for conducting an environmental audit may be reasonably modified if the regulated person and the regulatory agency specifically agree to the modification.

3. If a federal statute or regulation provides for the imposition of a specific penalty for a violation of an environmental requirement, a voluntary disclosure that complies with the provisions of subsection 1 is, to the extent permitted under that statute or regulation, a mitigating factor to be considered by the court when determining the penalty for the violation.

4. The mitigation of a criminal penalty pursuant to subsection 1 does not limit the authority of a regulatory agency to order a regulated person to comply with an environmental requirement whose violation it discovered because the regulated person voluntarily disclosed the results of an environmental audit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.383 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.383
County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health
Status: in_force

When two or more counties establish a district board of health, all county boards of health in such district shall thereupon be abolished.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 441A.020 to 441A.115 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.065 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.065
“Isolation” defined
Status: in_force

“ Isolation ” means the physical separation and confinement of a person or a group of persons infected or reasonably believed by a health authority to be infected with a communicable disease from persons who are not infected with and have not been exposed to the communicable disease, to limit the transmission of the communicable disease to persons who are not infected with and have not been exposed to the communicable disease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.401 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.401
Penalties for conspiracy
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, if two or more persons conspire to commit an offense which is a felony under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or conspire to defraud the State of Nevada or an agency of the State in connection with its enforcement of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and one of the conspirators does an act in furtherance of the conspiracy, each conspirator: (a) For a first offense, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . (b) For a second offense, or if, in the case of a first conviction of violating this subsection, the conspirator has previously been convicted of a felony under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or of an offense under the laws of the United States or of any state, territory or district which if committed in this State, would amount to a felony under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. (c) For a third or subsequent offense, or if the conspirator has previously been convicted two or more times of a felony under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or of an offense under the laws of the United States or any state, territory or district which, if committed in this State, would amount to a felony under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 3 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $20,000 for each offense.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if two or more persons conspire to commit an offense in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the offense does not constitute a felony, and one of the conspirators does an act in furtherance of the conspiracy, each conspirator shall be punished by imprisonment, or by imprisonment and fine, for not more than the maximum punishment provided for the offense which they conspired to commit.

3. If two or more persons conspire to possess more than 1 ounce of marijuana unlawfully, except for the purpose of sale, and one of the conspirators does an act in furtherance of the conspiracy, each conspirator is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

4. If the conspiracy subjects the conspirators to criminal liability under NRS 207.400 , the persons so conspiring shall be punished in the manner provided in NRS 207.400 .

5. The court shall not grant probation to or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of violating this section and punishable pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1.

6. As used in this section, “marijuana” does not include concentrated cannabis.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.439 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.439
Form of declaration designating another person to decide to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment
Status: in_force

1. A declaration that designates another person to make decisions governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment may, but need not, be in the following form: DECLARATION If I should have an incurable and irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, will, in the opinion of my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, cause my death within a relatively short time, and I am no longer able to make decisions regarding my medical treatment, I appoint __________ or, if he or she is not reasonably available or is unwilling to serve, __________, to make decisions on my behalf regarding withholding or withdrawal of treatment that only prolongs the process of dying and is not necessary for my comfort or to alleviate pain, pursuant to NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive. (If the person or persons I have so appointed are not reasonably available or are unwilling to serve, I direct my attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse, pursuant to those sections, to withhold or withdraw treatment that only prolongs the process of dying and is not necessary for my comfort or to alleviate pain.) Strike language in parentheses if you do not desire it. If you wish to include this statement in this declaration, you must INITIAL the statement in the box provided: Withholding or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration may result in death by starvation or dehydration. Initial this box if you want to receive or continue receiving artificial nutrition and hydration by way of the gastrointestinal tract after all other treatment is withheld pursuant to this declaration. [____________________] Signed this _______________ day of __________, ______ Signature _____________________________________ Address _______________________________________ The declarant voluntarily signed this writing in my presence. Witness _______________________________________ Address _______________________________________ Witness _______________________________________ Address _______________________________________ Name and address of each designee. Name __________________________________________ Address _______________________________________

2. The designation of an agent pursuant to chapter 162A of NRS , or the judicial appointment of a guardian, who is authorized to make decisions regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, constitutes for the purpose of NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive, a declaration designating another person to act for the declarant pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.540 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.540
Restoration of superseded local program; continuation of existing local program
Status: repealed

1. A county or area whose local jurisdiction over air pollution control has been superseded may establish or restore a local air pollution control program if such program is approved as adequate by the Commission.

2. A district, county or city which has an air pollution control program in operation on July 1, 1971, may continue its program if within 1 year after July 1, 1971, the program is approved as adequate by the Commission. Such approval shall be deemed granted unless the Commission specifically disapproves the program after a public hearing. Nothing in NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, is to be construed as invalidating any rule, regulation, enforcement action, variance, permit, cease and desist order, compliance schedule, or any other legal action taken by any existing air pollution control authority pursuant to former NRS 445.400 to 445.595, inclusive, on or before July 1, 1971, unless it is specifically repealed, superseded or disapproved, pursuant to NRS 445B.215 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 447.007 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.007
“Health authority” defined
Status: in_force

“ Health authority ” means:

1. The officers and agents of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; or

2. The officers and agents of the local boards of health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.945 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.945
Injunctions
Status: in_force

1. The Division or the appropriate district board of health may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the continuance or occurrence of any act or practice which violates the provisions of NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955 , inclusive, or of any regulation adopted or order issued pursuant thereto.

2. On a showing by the Division or the district board of health that such a violation has occurred or will occur, the court may issue, without bond, such prohibitory or mandatory injunction as the facts may warrant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.080 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.080
Agreement for endowment care
Status: in_force

Upon payment of the purchase price and the amount fixed as a proportionate contribution for endowment care, there may be included in the deed of conveyance or by separate instrument an agreement to use the money disbursed from such endowment care fund for the care, maintenance and embellishment, in accordance with the plan adopted, of the cemetery and its appurtenances to the proportionate extent the income received by the cemetery authority from the contribution will permit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.3385 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.3385
Trafficking in controlled substances: Flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate and schedule I or II substances, except marijuana
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, a person who knowingly or intentionally sells, manufactures, delivers or brings into this State or who is knowingly or intentionally in actual or constructive possession of flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate, any substance for which flunitrazepam or gamma-hydroxybutyrate is an immediate precursor or any controlled substance which is listed in schedule I or II, except marijuana, or any mixture which contains any such controlled substance, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 453.322 , if the quantity involved: (a) Is 100 grams or more, but less than 400 grams, is guilty of low-level trafficking and shall be punished for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years and by a fine of not more than $100,000. (b) Is 400 grams or more, is guilty of high-level trafficking and shall be punished for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison: (1) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; or (2) For a definite term of 25 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served, and by a fine of not more than $500,000.

2. As used in this section, “marijuana” does not include concentrated cannabis.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.075 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.075
Prohibition on certain acts by cemetery authority concerning burial plot owned in fee simple
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, without limitation, any provision of NRS 451.069 to 451.330 , inclusive, a cemetery authority shall not:

1. Order the disinterment and removal of human remains interred in a burial plot that is owned in fee simple by a person other than the cemetery authority; or

2. Sell, mortgage or encumber or require the sale, mortgage or encumbrance of such a burial plot.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.620 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.620
Creation and administration of Fund; appropriation and expenditure of contents
Status: in_force

1. The Fund for a Healthy Nevada is hereby created in the State Treasury. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the Fund: (a) Sixty percent of all money received by this State pursuant to any settlement entered into by the State of Nevada and a manufacturer of tobacco products; and (b) Sixty percent of all money recovered by this State from a judgment in a civil action against a manufacturer of tobacco products.

2. The State Treasurer shall administer the Fund. As administrator of the Fund, the State Treasurer: (a) Shall maintain the financial records of the Fund; (b) Shall invest the money in the Fund as the money in other state funds is invested; (c) Shall manage any account associated with the Fund; (d) Shall maintain any instruments that evidence investments made with the money in the Fund; (e) May contract with vendors for any good or service that is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and (f) May perform any other duties necessary to administer the Fund.

3. The interest and income earned on the money in the Fund must, after deducting any applicable charges, be credited to the Fund. All claims against the Fund must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.

4. The State Treasurer or the Department may submit to the Interim Finance Committee a request for an allocation for administrative expenses from the Fund pursuant to this section. Except as otherwise limited by this subsection, the Interim Finance Committee may allocate all or part of the money so requested. The annual allocation for administrative expenses from the Fund must: (a) Not exceed 2 percent of the money in the Fund, as calculated pursuant to this subsection, each year to pay the costs incurred by the State Treasurer to administer the Fund; and (b) Not exceed 5 percent of the money in the Fund, as calculated pursuant to this subsection, each year to pay the costs incurred by the Department, including, without limitation, the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department, to carry out its duties set forth in NRS 439.630 . For the purposes of this subsection, the amount of money available for allocation to pay for the administrative costs must be calculated at the beginning of each fiscal year based on the total amount of money anticipated by the State Treasurer to be deposited in the Fund during that fiscal year.

5. The money in the Fund remains in the Fund and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.

6. All money that is deposited or paid into the Fund is hereby appropriated to be used for any purpose authorized by the Legislature or by the Department for expenditure or allocation in accordance with the provisions of NRS 439.630 . Money expended from the Fund must not be used to supplant existing methods of funding that are available to public agencies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.840 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.840
Unlawful acts
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to:

1. Possess any unauthorized evidence of compliance;

2. Make, issue or use any imitation or counterfeit evidence of compliance;

3. Willfully and knowingly fail to comply with the provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.815 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Department of Motor Vehicles; or

4. Issue evidence of compliance if he or she is not a licensed inspector of an authorized inspection station, authorized station or fleet station.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 457.065 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 457 / Section 457.065
Adoption of regulations for administration of chapter
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations for the administration of this chapter which include, without limitation, standards for the:

1. Training and performance of a person who operates a radiation machine for mammography which are at least as stringent as the requirements for accreditation established by the American College of Radiology.

2. Inspection and authorization of a radiation machine for mammography which are at least as stringent as the requirements for accreditation established by the American College of Radiology.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.3635 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.3635
Applicability
Status: in_force

1. The provisions of NRS 453.3611 to 453.3648 , inclusive, do not apply to a person who is: (a) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, unless the person is acting outside of the usual course of his or her business or employment and knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the act or transaction is unlawful. (b) The intended recipient of a substance or drug, unless the intended recipient knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the act or transaction is unlawful.

2. The provisions of NRS 453.3611 to 453.3648 , inclusive, do not prohibit a person from filling or refilling a prescription for a prescription drug during the period in which the prescription is valid pursuant to NRS 453.256 if the person is otherwise authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, to dispense or distribute the prescription drug.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.650 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.650
Budgets
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each county hospital district shall prepare annual budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.670 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.670
Local governments may assist programs and services
Status: in_force

A county or city may extend funds for the purpose of establishing or maintaining any program or service provided for in NRS 453.660 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.2488 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 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
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a brochure and website to assist persons who are 55 years of age or older in determining the appropriate level of care and type of housing that they require to meet their individual needs. The brochure and website must include, without limitation: (a) The various types of housing and levels of care that are available to persons who are 55 years of age or older, including, without limitation, residential facilities for groups, facilities for intermediate care and facilities for skilled nursing, distinguishing the varying degree of services that are offered by the different types of facilities; (b) Whether individual facilities accept payment through Medicaid or Medicare for the level of care and type of housing that the facilities provide; (c) The manner in which a person may obtain information concerning whether the facility has ever been found to have violated the provisions of this chapter; and (d) Such other information as the Department deems to be beneficial to persons who are 55 years of age or older in determining the appropriate level of care and type of housing that they require to meet their individual needs.

2. As used in this section: (a) “Medicaid” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439B.120 . (b) “Medicare” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439B.130 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.220 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.220
Periodic inspections
Status: in_force

1. Subsequent to issuance of any permit under NRS 450B.200 and 450B.210 , the health authority shall cause to be inspected the ambulances, aircraft, vehicles, medical supplies, equipment, personnel, records, premises and operational procedures of a holder of a permit whenever that inspection is deemed necessary, but no less frequently than once each year. The periodic inspection required by this section is in addition to any other state or local inspections required for ambulances, aircraft or motor vehicles under statute or ordinances.

2. Any inspection conducted pursuant to subsection 1 of the aircraft, equipment, personnel, records, premises or operational procedures of a holder of a permit to operate an air ambulance must be related only to the medical aspects of the operation of the air ambulance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.270 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.270
Manner and time of reinterment
Status: in_force

1. The remains of each person reinterred shall be placed in a separate and suitable receptacle and decently and respectfully interred not later than 1 year after the date on which the remains are disinterred under rules and regulations adopted by the cemetery authority making the removal.

2. A receptacle shall be deemed suitable for the purposes of subsection 1 if the receptacle: (a) Is capable of withstanding weather and movement of the earth that may affect the receptacle for at least 100 years; or (b) Has been approved by the closest living relative of the decedent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.220 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.220
“Fund” defined
Status: in_force

“ Fund ” means the Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455A.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.020
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 455A.010 to 455A.190 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 455A.023 to 455A.090 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.085 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.085
Form and contents of license
Status: in_force

Each license issued by the Division shall be in the form prescribed by the Division and shall contain:

1. The name of the person or persons authorized to operate such licensed facility;

2. The location of such licensed facility; and

3. The number of beds authorized in such licensed facility, the nature of services offered and the service delivery capacity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 458.100 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.100
State Grant and Gift Account for Alcohol or Other Substance Use Disorders
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 458.102 , all gifts or grants of money for a program for alcohol or other substance use disorders which the Division is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the State Grant and Gift Account for Alcohol or Other Substance Use Disorders which is hereby created in the Department of Health and Human Services' Gift Fund.

2. Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 458.094 , money in the Account must be used to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

3. All claims must be approved by the Administrator before they are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.111 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.111
Authorized activities of licensee; requirements governing provision of services
Status: in_force

1. The holder of a license to provide community-based living arrangement services may provide such services to any person with a primary diagnosis of a mental illness, including, without limitation, such a person who has a secondary diagnosis other than a mental illness. Such a secondary diagnosis may include, without limitation, a secondary diagnosis of an intellectual disability or developmental disability.

2. Each person employed by a provider of community-based living arrangement services to supervise or provide support to recipients of such services must be able to communicate with the recipients to whom he or she is to provide services.

3. A child under 18 years of age must not reside in a building operated by a provider of community-based living arrangement services in which community-based living arrangement services are provided.

4. A provider of community-based living arrangement services shall: (a) Provide each recipient of community-based living arrangement services with access to licensed professionals who are qualified to provide supportive and habilitative services that are appropriate for the recipient; and (b) Post prominently in any building operated by the provider of community-based living arrangement services in which community-based living arrangement services are provided a sign with the telephone number that may be used to make a complaint to the Division concerning the provider.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.675 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.675
Manner of presentation of information
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department shall ensure that the list of prescription drugs prepared pursuant to NRS 439B.625 and the information that pharmacies and the Department provide and obtain pursuant to NRS 439B.655 and 439B.670 are combined and presented to consumers in such a manner that a consumer may easily compare the prices for particular prescription drugs, and their generic equivalents, that are currently charged by: (a) Pharmacies located within the same city, county or zip code in which the consumer resides; (b) Internet pharmacies; and (c) Pharmacies that provide mail order service to residents of Nevada. The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) apply only to the extent that information regarding such pharmacies is made available to the Department.

2. As used in this section, “ Internet pharmacy ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 639.00865 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.070 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.070
“Account” defined
Status: in_force

“Account” means the Account to Finance the Construction of Treatment Works and the Implementation of Pollution Control Projects created pursuant to NRS 445A.120 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455C.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.020
“Boiler” defined
Status: in_force

“Boiler” means a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum, for use external to the boiler by the direct application of heat. The term includes a fired unit for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water if the unit is separate from the processing system and is complete within itself.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.920 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.920
Criminal penalty and administrative fine for failure to comply with regulations or requirements of chapter; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 441A.315 , every provider of health care, medical facility or medical laboratory that willfully fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any regulation of the Board relating to the reporting of a communicable disease, a drug overdose or an attempted suicide or any requirement of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition, may be subject to an administrative fine of $1,000 for each violation, as determined by the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.630 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.630
Prohibited acts; criminal penalty; clean up of dump site; community service; timing of commencement of clean up; proof of lawful disposal; revocation of business license or registration; identification of violator; persons required to enforce provisions; issuance of citation; request for and provision of information
Status: in_force

1. A person who places, deposits or dumps, or who causes to be placed, deposited or dumped, or who causes or allows to overflow, any sewage, sludge, cesspool or septic tank effluent, or accumulation of human excreta, or any solid waste, in or upon any street, alley, public highway or road in common use, or upon any public park or other public property other than property designated or set aside for such a purpose by the governing body having charge thereof, or upon any private property, is guilty of: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), for a first offense within the immediately preceding 2 years, a misdemeanor. (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), for a second offense within the immediately preceding 2 years, a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 14 days but not more than 364 days. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, for a third or subsequent offense within the immediately preceding 2 years, a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for 364 days. If, within the immediately preceding 4 years, a person commits three or more offenses that involve placing, depositing or dumping, or causing to be placed, deposited or dumped, any cesspool or septic tank effluent or solid waste, the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for 1 year.

2. For the purposes of subsection 1, an offense that occurred within 2 or 4 years, as applicable, immediately preceding the date of the principal offense or after the principal offense constitutes a prior offense when evidenced by a conviction, without regard to the sequence of the offenses and convictions.

3. In addition to any criminal penalty imposed pursuant to subsection 1, any civil penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 444.635 and any administrative penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 444.629 , a court shall sentence a person convicted of violating subsection 1: (a) If the person is a natural person, to clean up the dump site and perform 10 hours of community service under the conditions prescribed in NRS 176.087 . (b) If the person is a business entity: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), for a first or second offense within the immediately preceding 2 years, to: (I) Clean up the dump site; and (II) Perform 40 hours of community service cleaning up other dump sites identified by the solid waste management authority. (2) For a third or subsequent offense within the immediately preceding 2 or 4 years, as applicable pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1, to: (I) Clean up the dump site; and (II) Perform 200 hours of community service cleaning up other dump sites identified by the solid waste management authority.

4. If a person is sentenced to clean up a dump site pursuant to subsection 3, the person shall: (a) Within 3 calendar days after sentencing, commence cleaning up the dump site; and (b) Within 5 business days after cleaning up the dump site, provide to the solid waste management authority proof of the lawful disposal of the sewage, solid waste or other matter that the person was convicted of disposing of unlawfully. The solid waste management authority shall prescribe the forms of proof which may be provided to satisfy the provisions of paragraph (b).

5. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, if a business entity is convicted of violating subsection 1: (a) Such violation constitutes reasonable grounds for the revocation of any license or registration to engage in business that has been issued to the business entity by any governmental entity of this State; and (b) The solid waste management authority may seek the revocation of such a license or registration by way of any applicable procedures established by the governmental entity that issued the license or registration.

6. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 444.585 , ownership of solid waste does not transfer from the person who originally possessed it until it is received for transport by a person authorized to dispose of solid waste pursuant to this chapter or until it is disposed of at a municipal disposal site. Identification of the owner of any solid waste which is disposed of in violation of subsection 1 creates a reasonable inference that the owner is the person who disposed of the solid waste. The fact that the disposal of the solid waste was not witnessed does not, in and of itself, preclude the identification of its owner.

7. All: (a) Health officers and their deputies; (b) Game wardens; (c) Police officers of cities and towns; (d) Sheriffs and their deputies; (e) Other peace officers of the State of Nevada; and (f) Other persons who are specifically designated by the local government to do so, shall, within their respective jurisdictions, enforce the provisions of this section.

8. A district health officer or a deputy of the district health officer or other person specifically designated by the local government to do so may issue a citation for any violation of this section which occurs within the jurisdiction of the district health officer.

9. To effectuate the purposes of this section, the persons charged with enforcing this section may request information from any: (a) Agency of the State or its political subdivisions. (b) Employer, public or private. (c) Employee organization or trust of any kind. (d) Financial institution or other entity which is in the business of providing credit reports. (e) Public utility. Each of these persons and entities, their officers and employees, shall cooperate by providing any information in their possession which may aid in the location and identification of a person believed to be in violation of subsection 1. A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to this subsection does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.718 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.718
“Out-of-network emergency facility” defined
Status: in_force

“ Out-of-network emergency facility ” means a hospital or independent center for emergency medical care that is an out-of-network provider.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.4933 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.4933
Records of health care facility: Availability to Chief Medical Officer; abstracting of information; schedule of fees for abstracting; administrative penalty for violation of section
Status: in_force

1. The chief administrative officer of each health care facility in this State shall make available to the Chief Medical Officer or his or her representative the records of the health care facility for each case of sickle cell disease and its variants.

2. The Division shall abstract from the records of a health care facility or shall require a health care facility to abstract from the records of the health care facility such information as is required by the State Board of Health. The Division shall compile the information in a timely manner and not later than 6 months after the Division abstracts the information or receives the abstracted information from the health care facility.

3. The State Board of Health shall by regulation adopt a schedule of fees which must be assessed to a health care facility for each case from which information is abstracted by the Division pursuant to subsection 2.

4. Any person who violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty established by regulation by the State Board of Health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 460.040 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 460 / Section 460.040
Minimum age for donation with and without consent of parent or guardian
Status: in_force

1. Any person who is 16 years of age may donate his or her blood with the consent of his or her parent or guardian.

2. Any person who is 17 years of age or older may donate his or her blood without the consent of his or her parent or guardian.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.680 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.680
Violations: Provisions concerning surface waters of higher quality and diffuse sources; remedies; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445A.707 , if the Director finds that any person is engaged or about to engage in any act or practice which violates any provision of NRS 445A.565 , 445A.570 and 445A.572 , or any standard or other regulation adopted pursuant thereto, with respect to a diffuse source:

1. The Director may issue an order: (a) Specifying the provision or provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730 , inclusive, or the regulation or order alleged to be violated or about to be violated; (b) Indicating the facts alleged which constitute a violation thereof; and (c) Prescribing the necessary corrective action to be taken and a reasonable period for completing that corrective action, but no civil or criminal penalty may be imposed for failure to obey the order.

2. If the corrective action is not taken or completed, or without the Director first issuing an order: (a) The Director may commence a civil action pursuant to NRS 445A.695 ; or (b) The Department may compel compliance by injunction or other appropriate remedy pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 445A.700 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.525 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.525
Gifts, grants and contributions: Accounting; use; administration
Status: in_force

1. The Division may apply for and accept any available gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money to carry out the provisions of NRS 439.514 to 439.525 , inclusive.

2. Any money that is accepted by the Division pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund.

3. Except as otherwise provided by the terms of a gift, donation, bequest or grant, expenditures from the account must be made only for carrying out the provisions of NRS 439.514 to 439.525 , inclusive.

4. The Administrator shall administer the account created pursuant to subsection 2. Money in the account does not lapse to the State General Fund at the end of a fiscal year. The interest and income earned on the money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.945 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.945
Division authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with certain state and federal agencies to obtain information for inclusion
Status: in_force

The Division may enter into cooperative agreements to obtain and accept information for inclusion on the Internet website established pursuant to NRS 439.942 from:

1. The Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child established pursuant to NRS 432.100 and any similar registry maintained by a governmental entity of any state or territory within the United States;

2. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History or any similar repository maintained by a government agency of any state or territory within the United States; and

3. Any other state or federal agency which maintains a database, repository or registry which contains information the Division determines is necessary or appropriate for inclusion on the Internet website.