Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.160 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.160
Environmental review: Regulations; preparation and review of environmental assessments
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall adopt regulations relating to the environmental review process required by 33 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq.

2. Each eligible recipient which receives money from the Account shall prepare an environmental assessment which complies with the regulations adopted by the Commission and submit it to the Division for review.

3. The Division shall review each such assessment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.263 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.263
Policy of State concerning clinical trials; duties of Division to carry out policy; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations
Status: in_force

1. It is the policy of this State to: (a) Improve the completeness and quality of data concerning diverse demographic groups that is collected, reported and analyzed for the purposes of clinical trials of drugs and medical devices; (b) Identify barriers to participation in clinical trials by persons who are members of demographic groups that are underrepresented in such trials and employ strategies recognized by the United States Food and Drug Administration to encourage greater participation in clinical trials by such persons; and (c) Make data concerning demographic groups that is collected, reported and analyzed for the purposes of clinical trials more available and transparent.

2. To assist in carrying out this policy: (a) The Division shall review the most recent version of “Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials--Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff,” published by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and establish, using existing infrastructure and tools, a program to encourage participation in clinical trials of drugs and medical devices by persons who are members of demographic groups that are underrepresented in such clinical trials. The program must include, without limitation: (1) Collaboration with medical facilities, health authorities and other local governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and scientific investigators and institutions that are performing research relating to drugs or medical devices to assist such investigators and institutions in identifying and recruiting persons who are members of underrepresented demographic groups to participate in clinical trials; and (2) The establishment and maintenance of an Internet website that: (I) Provides information concerning methods recognized by the United States Food and Drug Administration for identifying and recruiting persons who are members of underrepresented demographic groups to participate in clinical trials; and (II) Contains links to Internet websites maintained by medical facilities, health authorities and other local governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and scientific investigators and institutions that are performing research relating to drugs or medical devices in this State. (b) With the assistance of the Office of Federal Assistance, the Division shall apply for grants from any source, including, without limitation, the Federal Government, to fund the program established pursuant to paragraph (a). (c) Not later than May 1 of each even-numbered year, the Division shall submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature a report concerning the status and results of the program established pursuant to paragraph (a). (d) Each state or local governmental entity that conducts clinical trials of drugs or medical devices, including, without limitation, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, shall adopt a policy concerning the identification and recruitment of persons who are members of underrepresented demographic groups to participate in those clinical trials. Such a policy must include, without limitation, requirements that investigators who are conducting clinical trials collaborate with community-based organizations and use methods recognized by the United States Food and Drug Administration to identify and recruit such persons to participate in those clinical trials.

3. For the purposes of this section, demographic groups that are underrepresented in clinical trials may include, without limitation, persons who are underrepresented by race, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and age.

4. The Division may accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.

5. As used in this section, “medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.005 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.005
“Human remains” and “remains” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 451.010 to 451.340 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “ human remains ” or “ remains ” means the body of a deceased person, and includes the body in any stage of decomposition and the cremated remains of a body.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.315 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.315
Certain providers of emergency medical services or primary care required to ascertain whether patient wishes to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases; exceptions; regulations; enforcement
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or midwife who provides or supervises the provision of emergency medical services in a hospital or primary care to a patient who is 15 years of age or older shall, in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4: (a) Consult with the patient to ascertain whether he or she wishes to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases, including, without limitation, the human immunodeficiency virus, and to determine which tests, if any, are medically indicated for the patient; and (b) If the patient wishes to be tested, conduct any test which is medically indicated for the patient or assist the patient with obtaining any such test, to the extent practicable for the physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or midwife.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a hospital that provides emergency medical services or primary care to a patient who is 15 years of age or older shall, in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4: (a) Ensure that the patient is consulted to ascertain whether he or she wishes to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases, including, without limitation, the human immunodeficiency virus, and to determine which tests, if any, are medically indicated for the patient; and (b) If the patient wishes to be tested, ensure that any test which is medically indicated for the patient is conducted or that the patient is assisted with obtaining any such test, to the extent practicable for the hospital.

3. A physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, midwife or hospital is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 1 or 2 if the physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or midwife or a provider of health care who provides emergency medical services or primary care to the patient at the hospital, as applicable, reasonably believes that the patient: (a) Is being treated for a life-threatening emergency; (b) Has recently been offered or has been the subject of a test for the human immunodeficiency virus or other sexually transmitted diseases; or (c) Lacks capacity to consent to such testing.

4. The Board shall adopt regulations to ensure that: (a) Any test which is administered to a patient or for which a patient is assisted in obtaining pursuant to this section is medically indicated for that patient; and (b) Communications concerning testing pursuant to this section are made in a culturally competent manner and, to the extent practicable, in a language that is easily understood by the patient.

5. A physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, midwife or hospital that fails to comply with the provisions of this section: (a) Is not subject to a criminal penalty or an administrative fine pursuant to this chapter; and (b) Is subject to disciplinary action, where applicable.

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Primary care ” means the practice of family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and midwifery. (b) “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.499 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.499
Limitation on civil and criminal liability
Status: in_force

A person or governmental entity that provides information to the Division in accordance with NRS 439.4976 , 439.4978 and 439.498 must not be held liable in a civil or criminal action for sharing confidential information unless the person or organization has done so in bad faith or with malicious purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.020
“Dead body” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “dead body” means a lifeless human body, or such severed parts of the human body or the bones thereof, from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded that death had recently occurred, and where the circumstances under which such dead body was found indicate that the death has not been recorded.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439A.116 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439A / Section 439A.116
Establishment of database of certain information relating to renewal of license, certificate or registration; data request provided to certain professional licensing boards; confidentiality of information; duties of Director
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall establish and maintain a database of information collected from applicants for the renewal of a license, certificate or registration as a provider of health care. The information in the database must include, for each applicant from whom such information is collected: (a) The type of license, certificate or registration held by the applicant; (b) The race and ethnicity of the applicant; (c) The primary language spoken by the applicant; (d) The specialty area in which the applicant practices; (e) The county of this State in which the applicant spends the majority of his or her working hours; (f) The address of each location at which the applicant practices or intends to practice and the percentage of working hours spent by the applicant at each location; (g) The type of practice in which the applicant engages, including, without limitation, individual private practice, group private practice, multispecialty group private practice, government or nonprofit; (h) The settings in which the applicant practices, including, without limitation, hospitals, clinics and academic settings; (i) The education and primary and secondary specialties of the applicant; (j) The average number of hours worked per week by the applicant and the total number of weeks worked by the applicant during the immediately preceding calendar year; (k) The percentages of working hours during which the applicant engages in patient care and other activities, including, without limitation, teaching, research and administration; (l) Any planned major changes to the practice of the applicant within the immediately following 5 years, including, without limitation, retirement, relocation or significant changes in working hours; and (m) Any other information prescribed by regulation of the Director.

2. The Director shall develop and make available to each professional licensing board that licenses, certifies or registers providers of health care an electronic data request that solicits the information described in subsection 1 from an applicant for the renewal of such a license, certificate or registration.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, information included in the database is confidential and not a public record. The Director shall: (a) Take all necessary measures to ensure the confidentiality of the identity of providers of health care to whom information in the database pertains, including, without limitation, measures to ensure that the identity of a provider of health care is not ascertainable due to his or her reported profession or the reported location at which he or she practices. (b) Make data from the database that does not contain any information that could be used to identify an applicant for or the holder of a license, certificate or registration as a provider of health care available to the Working Group. The Working Group may use such data to support the recommendations made pursuant to NRS 439A.121 or include such data in any report published pursuant to that section. (c) Publish an annual report of data from the database that does not contain any information that could be used to identify an applicant for or holder of a license, certificate or registration as a provider of health care. (d) Analyze the data in the database and make periodic reports to the Legislature, the Department and other agencies of the Executive Branch of the State Government concerning ways in which to: (1) Attract more persons, including, without limitation, members of underrepresented groups, to pursue the education necessary to practice as a provider of health care and practice as a provider of health care in this State; and (2) Improve health outcomes and public health in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.500 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.500
“Solid waste management system” defined
Status: in_force

“Solid waste management system” means the entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing, recycling and disposal of solid waste. The term includes plans and programs for the reduction of waste and public education.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 458.091 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.091
Admission to and treatment in hospital of person with an alcohol or other substance use disorder
Status: in_force

Persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders must be admitted to public or private general medical hospitals which receive federal or state money for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders, and must be treated in those hospitals on the basis of their medical need. No general medical hospital that violates this section is eligible to receive further federal or state assistance pursuant to this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.330 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.330
Collection of fee for certain fuels and heating oil; exempt products; payment of expenses of Department
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall collect for deposit in the Fund a fee of 0.75 cent for each gallon of motor vehicle fuel, diesel fuel of grade number 1, diesel fuel of grade number 2 and heating oil imported into this State in one of those forms or refined in this State. The fee imposed by this section is in addition to the taxes imposed by chapters 365 and 366 of NRS.

2. The fee imposed by subsection 1 does not apply to motor vehicle fuel, diesel fuel of grade number 1, diesel fuel of grade number 2 or heating oil that is: (a) Imported or refined by the United States, its unincorporated agencies and instrumentalities, or any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States wholly owned by the United States or by a corporation wholly owned by the United States; (b) Exported from this State; (c) Imported or refined by railroad companies for use in locomotive engines; (d) Being transported through this State in interstate commerce; or (e) Used as fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft.

3. The fee is payable on or before the last day of each calendar month for those products subject to the fee that are handled during the preceding calendar month. The Department shall prescribe by regulation the manner of payment of the fee and for this purpose may reasonably classify the persons liable for payment. The Department may, in collecting the fee, employ any administrative power conferred upon it by chapter 360A or 365 of NRS .

4. The expenses incurred by the Department in performing its duties under NRS 445C.150 to 445C.410 , inclusive, are a charge against the Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.235 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.235
Additional powers of Department; deposit of money collected from sale of emission credits or allocations; Department to develop regulations concerning public participation in determination of amount of emission credits or allocations available for sale
Status: in_force

1. In carrying out the purposes of NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, the Department may: (a) Collect money from the sale of emission credits or allocations. (b) Cooperate with appropriate federal officers and agencies of the Federal Government, other states, interstate agencies, local governmental agencies and other interested parties in all matters relating to air pollution control in preventing or controlling the pollution of the air in any area. (c) On behalf of this State, apply for and receive money made available to the State for programs from any private source or from any agency of the Federal Government under the Federal Act. All money received from any federal agency or private source as provided in this section must be paid into the State Treasury and must be expended, under the direction of the Department, solely for the purpose for which the grant has been made. (d) Certify to the appropriate federal authority that facilities are in conformity with the state program and requirements for control of air pollution, or will be in conformity with the state program and requirements for control of air pollution if such facility is constructed and operated in accordance with the application for certification. (e) Develop measures for control of air pollution originating in the State.

2. All money collected by the Department pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the Account for the Management of Air Quality.

3. The Department shall: (a) Develop proposed regulations establishing requirements for public participation in the determination by the Department of the amount of emission credits or allocations that are available for sale pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1; and (b) Recommend that the Commission adopt the proposed regulations pursuant to NRS 445B.210 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.843 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.843
“Service connection” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Service connection” means: (a) The point of connection between a public water system and the system used by a customer of the public water system to obtain water from that system, at which point the public water system loses its control over the use of the water; (b) If a meter is installed between a public water system and the system used by a customer of the public water system to obtain water from that system, the downstream end of the meter or meter assembly; or (c) At a park for mobile homes or recreational vehicles, the point of connection of the mobile home or recreational vehicle to the riser for water service of the public water system that serves the park.

2. The term does not include a connection to a system that delivers water which is exempted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300f(4)(B) .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.829 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.829
“Nontransient water system” defined
Status: in_force

“Nontransient water system” means a noncommunity water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons for more than 6 months per year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.250 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.250
Location, layout and drainage of camp; containers for garbage
Status: in_force

1. Every children's camp shall be located on well drained ground near an adequate safe water supply.

2. The general layout of a children's camp shall be planned to lessen fire, accident and disease hazards.

3. In every children's camp all kitchen, toilet, bath and other drainage shall be disposed of in such manner as to prevent fly and mosquito breeding and the pollution of any water or food supply.

4. A reasonable number of watertight metal garbage containers with lids shall be provided. The containers shall be emptied and cleaned as necessary, and the garbage disposed of in accordance with minimum standards of the appropriate board of health of a health district or county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.013 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.013
“Independent center for emergency medical care” defined
Status: in_force

“Independent center for emergency medical care” means a facility, structurally separate and distinct from a hospital, which provides limited services for the treatment of a medical emergency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.077 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.077
“Health authority” defined
Status: in_force

“ Health authority ” means:

1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the Division.

2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.640 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.640
Effect of certificate of completion: Relief from liability
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 459.642 , the holder of a certificate of completion issued by the Administrator is not a responsible party with respect to a release of a hazardous substance occurring on the property to which the certificate relates before the certificate was issued. The State may not maintain an action pursuant to federal law or NRS 459.537 to recover costs from the holder with respect to such a release.

2. The relief from liability provided by a certificate of completion remains effective despite a subsequent change in state or federal law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.512 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.512
“Attending physician assistant” defined
Status: in_force

“ Attending physician assistant ” means a physician assistant who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.325 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.325
Certificate of birth: Issuance of new certificate upon establishment of paternity or parentage; availability of record on court order; availability of records to Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services
Status: in_force

1. In the case of the paternity or parentage of a child being established by the: (a) Person who gave birth and other parent acknowledging paternity of a child by signing a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 ; (b) Person who gave birth and another person acknowledging parentage of the child by signing a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.285 ; or (c) Order of a district court, the State Registrar, upon the receipt of the declaration or court order, shall prepare a new certificate of birth in the name of the child as shown in the declaration or order with no reference to the fact of legitimation.

2. The new certificate must be identical with the certificate registered for the birth of a child born in wedlock.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the evidence upon which the new certificate was made and the original certificate must be sealed and filed and may be opened only upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

4. The State Registrar shall, upon the request of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, open a file that has been sealed pursuant to subsection 3 to allow the Division to compare the information contained in the declaration or order upon which the new certificate was made with the information maintained pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 654a .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.505 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.505
Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.864 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.864
“Brownfield project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Brownfield project ” means a project for the remediation of a brownfield site for future or alternative use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.250 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.250
Enforcement of certain provisions by peace officers of Nevada Highway Patrol; impounding or detaining of vehicles
Status: in_force

1. Peace officers of the Nevada Highway Patrol shall enforce those provisions of NRS 459.221 and 459.7052 to 459.728 , inclusive, which govern the transport and handling of radioactive waste as they affect the safety of drivers or vehicles, the leakage or spill of radioactive waste from its package or the emission of ionizing radiation in an unsafe amount as established by the regulations of the State Board of Health.

2. The peace officer may: (a) Impound a vehicle with unsafe equipment; (b) Detain a vehicle, if any waste has leaked or spilled from its package or if the peace officer has detected the emission of ionizing radiation in an unsafe amount, and order the driver of the vehicle to park it in a safe place, as determined by an officer designated by the Division, pending remedial action by that Division; or (c) Impound the vehicle or seize the license plates of the vehicle pursuant to the provisions of NRS 484A.805 .

3. After a vehicle has been so detained, an officer designated by the Division may order: (a) The vehicle to be impounded; (b) The leaked or spilled waste to be cleaned up; (c) The contents of any unsafe or leaking package to be repackaged; or (d) Any other appropriate precaution or remedy, at the expense of the shipper or broker, carrier or other person who is responsible as determined by the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.854 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.854
Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

1. The Director may seek an injunction in district court to prevent the occurrence or continuance of any act or practice which violates any provision of NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections.

2. If the Director shows that a person is or has engaged in any act or practice which violates a provision of NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections, the court may issue, without bond, any prohibitory or mandatory injunction which the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction. A temporary restraining order may be granted only if: (a) The Director gives notice to the defendant in person, of the Director’s intention to seek such an order, or mails such notice to the defendant's last known address by registered or certified mail. The notice must be given at least 10 days before the commencement of the hearing. (b) Before and during that 10-day period, the Director affords the defendant an opportunity to correct each violation which is the subject of the hearing and the defendant fails to correct the violation or violations before the commencement of the hearing.

3. The court may require a performance bond or other security by the respondent to ensure the respondent’s compliance with the order.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.830 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.830
Fees to be paid to Department of Motor Vehicles; Pollution Control Account; expenditure of money in Account; quarterly distributions to local governments; annual reports by local governments; grants; creation and duties of advisory committee; submission and approval of proposed grants
Status: in_force

1. In areas of the State where and when a program is commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815 , inclusive, the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund: (a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an authorized inspection station, authorized station or fleet station $25 (b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance 150 (c) For each form issued to a fleet station 6

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, and after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7, money in the Pollution Control Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, be expended by the following agencies in the following order of priority: (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845 , inclusive. (b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (c) The State Department of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150 , inclusive. (d) Local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408 , for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air. (e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

3. The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees, and for the posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an authorized inspection station or authorized station.

4. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make quarterly distributions of money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408 . The distributions of money made to agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made from an amount of money in the Pollution Control Account that is equal to one-sixth of the amount received for each form issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1.

5. Each local air pollution control agency that receives money pursuant to subsections 4, 6 and 7 shall, not later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal year in which the money is received, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance Committee a report on the use of the money received.

6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make annual distributions of excess money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408 , for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air. The distributions of excess money made to local air pollution control agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made in an amount proportionate to the number of forms issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1. As used in this subsection, “ excess money ” means the money in excess of $1,000,000 remaining in the Pollution Control Account at the end of the fiscal year, after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7 and any disbursements made from the Account pursuant to subsection 2.

7. If a board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445B.834 , the Department of Motor Vehicles shall: (a) Upon receiving the notification pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 445B.834 , collect the additional fee on behalf of the county and account separately for money from the additional fee in the Pollution Control Account; and (b) Make quarterly distributions of the money in the Pollution Control Account attributable to each county whose board of county commissioners imposed the additional fee. The distributions made pursuant to this paragraph must be equal to the amount of money collected on behalf of the county pursuant to the additional fee imposed by the board of county commissioners of the county.

8. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall: (a) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of emissions from motor vehicles; (b) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and (c) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 445B.770 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.210 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.210
Powers of Commission
Status: in_force

The Commission may:

1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 445B.215 , adopt regulations consistent with the general intent and purposes of NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, to prevent, abate and control air pollution.

2. Establish standards for air quality.

3. Require access to records relating to emissions which cause or contribute to air pollution.

4. Cooperate with other governmental agencies, including other states and the Federal Government.

5. Establish such requirements for the control of emissions as may be necessary to prevent, abate or control air pollution.

6. By regulation: (a) Designate as a hazardous air pollutant any substance which, on or after October 1, 1993, is on the federal list of hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7412(b) ; and (b) Delete from designation as a hazardous air pollutant any substance which, after October 1, 1993, is deleted from the federal list of hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7412(b) , based upon the Commission's determination of the extent to which such a substance presents a risk to the public health.

7. Hold hearings to carry out the provisions of NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640 , inclusive, except as otherwise provided in those sections.

8. Establish fuel standards for both stationary and mobile sources of air contaminants. Fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants must be established to achieve air quality standards that protect the health of the residents of the State of Nevada.

9. Require elimination of devices or practices which cannot be reasonably allowed without generation of undue amounts of air contaminants.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.220 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.220
Action to enjoin violations
Status: in_force

1. The Division may bring an action in the name of the State to enjoin any person, state or local government unit or agency thereof from operating or maintaining any facility within the meaning of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive: (a) Without first obtaining a license therefor; or (b) After his or her license has been revoked or suspended by the Division.

2. It is sufficient in such action to allege that the defendant did, on a certain date and in a certain place, operate and maintain such a facility without a license.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.745 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.745
Regulations
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Health shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 442.710 to 442.745 , inclusive. The regulations must establish, without limitation: (a) The manner in which a local governmental entity or nonprofit organization may apply for a grant pursuant to NRS 442.725 ; and (b) A requirement that the recipient of a grant pursuant to NRS 442.725 must submit any information that the State Board of Health determines is necessary for the Director or his or her designee to determine the purposes for which such a grant was used and evaluate the outcomes of services provided using such grants.

2. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must not require a local governmental entity or nonprofit organization to apply for a grant pursuant to NRS 442.725 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.480 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.480
Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The county health officer has supervision over all matters pertaining to the preservation of the lives and health of the people of the county, except incorporated cities of population categories one and two having a health officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which are under the jurisdiction of the city health officer, subject to the supervision and control of the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455.099 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455 / Section 455.099
“Sewer main” defined
Status: in_force

“ Sewer main ” means a sewer line with a diameter that exceeds 6 inches.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.213 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.213
Persons authorized to possess and administer dangerous drug
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 454.217 , a drug or medicine referred to in NRS 454.181 to 454.371 , inclusive, may be possessed and administered by: (a) A practitioner. (b) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or an anesthesiologist assistant, at the direction of his or her supervising physician or supervising anesthesiologist or supervising osteopathic anesthesiologist, as applicable, or a licensed dental hygienist or expanded function dental assistant acting in the office of and under the supervision of a dentist. (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), a registered nurse licensed to practice professional nursing or licensed practical nurse, at the direction of a prescribing physician, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS , dentist, podiatric physician or advanced practice registered nurse, or pursuant to a chart order, for administration to a patient at another location. (d) In accordance with applicable regulations of the Board, a registered nurse licensed to practice professional nursing or licensed practical nurse who is: (1) Employed by a health care agency or health care facility that is authorized to provide emergency care, or to respond to the immediate needs of a patient, in the residence of the patient; and (2) Acting under the direction of the medical director of that agency or facility who works in this State. (e) A medication aide-certified at a designated facility under the supervision of an advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse and in accordance with standard protocols developed by the State Board of Nursing. As used in this paragraph, “ designated facility ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.0145 . (f) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g), an advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic, as authorized by regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy and in accordance with any applicable regulations of: (1) The State Board of Health in a county whose population is less than 100,000; (2) A county board of health in a county whose population is 100,000 or more; or (3) A district board of health created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370 in any county. (g) An advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic who holds an endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 450B.1975 , under the direct supervision of a local health officer or a designee of the local health officer pursuant to that section. (h) A respiratory therapist employed in a health care facility. The therapist may possess and administer respiratory products only at the direction of a physician. (i) A dialysis technician, under the direction or supervision of a physician or registered nurse only if the drug or medicine is used for the process of renal dialysis. (j) A medical student or student nurse in the course of his or her studies at an accredited college of medicine or approved school of professional or practical nursing, at the direction of a physician and: (1) In the presence of a physician or a registered nurse; or (2) Under the supervision of a physician or a registered nurse if the student is authorized by the college or school to administer the drug or medicine outside the presence of a physician or nurse. A medical student or student nurse may administer a dangerous drug in the presence or under the supervision of a registered nurse alone only if the circumstances are such that the registered nurse would be authorized to administer it personally. (k) Any person designated by the head of a correctional institution. (l) An ultimate user or any person designated by the ultimate user pursuant to a written agreement. (m) A holder of a license to engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging issued pursuant to chapter 653 of NRS , at the direction of a physician and in accordance with any conditions established by regulation of the Board. (n) A chiropractic physician, but only if the drug or medicine is a topical drug used for cooling and stretching external tissue during therapeutic treatments. (o) A physical therapist, but only if the drug or medicine is a topical drug which is: (1) Used for cooling and stretching external tissue during therapeutic treatments; and (2) Prescribed by a licensed physician for: (I) Iontophoresis; or (II) The transmission of drugs through the skin using ultrasound. (p) In accordance with applicable regulations of the State Board of Health, an employee of a residential facility for groups, as defined in NRS 449.017 , pursuant to a written agreement entered into by the ultimate user. (q) A veterinary technician or a veterinary assistant at the direction of his or her supervising veterinarian. (r) In accordance with applicable regulations of the Board, a registered pharmacist who: (1) Is trained in and certified to carry out standards and practices for immunization programs; (2) Is authorized to administer immunizations pursuant to written protocols from a physician; and (3) Administers immunizations in compliance with the “Standards for Immunization Practices” recommended and approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (s) A registered pharmacist pursuant to written guidelines and protocols developed pursuant to NRS 639.2629 or a collaborative practice agreement, as defined in NRS 639.0052 . (t) A person who is enrolled in a training program to become a physician assistant or anesthesiologist assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS , dental hygienist, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, respiratory therapist, dialysis technician, physical therapist or veterinary technician or to obtain a license to engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging pursuant to chapter 653 of NRS if the person possesses and administers the drug or medicine in the same manner and under the same conditions that apply, respectively, to a physician assistant or anesthesiologist assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS , dental hygienist, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, respiratory therapist, dialysis technician, physical therapist, veterinary technician or person licensed to engage in radiation therapy and radiologic imaging who may possess and administer the drug or medicine, and under the direct supervision of a person licensed or registered to perform the respective medical art or a supervisor of such a person. (u) A medical assistant, in accordance with applicable regulations of the: (1) Board of Medical Examiners, at the direction of the prescribing physician and under the supervision of a physician or physician assistant. (2) State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, at the direction of the prescribing physician and under the supervision of a physician or physician assistant.

2. As used in this section, “ accredited college of medicine ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.375 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.802 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.802
“Commission” defined
Status: in_force

“Commission” means the State Environmental Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 458.080 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.080
Financial assistance for treatment provider
Status: in_force

The Division may, by contracting with organized groups, render partial financial assistance for treatment providers established by these groups. Each such contract must contain a provision allowing for an audit of all accounts, books and other financial records of the organization with which the agency contracts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.900 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.900
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 445B.900 to 445B.936 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445B.902 to 445B.926 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.257 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.257
Violations: Report required; development and review of and compliance with corrective plan
Status: in_force

1. A facility where a violation of the provisions of NRS 449A.200 to 449A.263 , inclusive, occurs shall report the violation to the Division not later than 24 hours after the violation occurred, or as soon thereafter as the violation is discovered.

2. A facility where a violation occurred shall develop, in cooperation with the Division, a corrective plan to ensure that within 30 calendar days after the violation occurred, appropriate action is taken by the facility to prevent future violations.

3. The Division shall forward the plan to the Board. The Board shall review the plan to ensure that it complies with applicable federal law and the statutes and regulations of this state. The Board may require appropriate revision of the plan to ensure compliance.

4. If the facility where the violation occurred does not meet the requirements of the plan to the satisfaction of the Board, the Board may direct the agency that administers funding for the facility to withhold state funding for the facility until the facility meets the requirements of the plan.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461A.260 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.260
Disposition of money collected as fees and administrative fines; delegation of power to conduct enforcement proceedings and take disciplinary action
Status: in_force

1. All money collected from fees and administrative fines imposed pursuant to this chapter must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for Housing Inspection and Compliance created by NRS 319.169 .

2. The Administrator may appoint one or more hearing officers or panels and may delegate to those hearing officers or panels the power of the Administrator to conduct hearings and other proceedings, determine violations, impose fines and penalties and take other disciplinary action authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.451 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.451
Treatment of qualified patients; withholding or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration; treatment of pregnant patient
Status: in_force

1. A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment so long as the patient is able to do so.

2. NRS 449A.400 to 449A.481 , inclusive, do not affect the responsibility of the attending physician or other provider of health care to provide treatment for a patient's comfort or alleviation of pain.

3. Artificial nutrition and hydration by way of the gastrointestinal tract shall be deemed a life-sustaining treatment and must be withheld or withdrawn from a qualified patient unless a different desire is expressed in writing by the patient. For a patient who has no effective declaration, artificial nutrition and hydration must not be withheld unless a different desire is expressed in writing by the patient's authorized representative or the family member with the authority to consent or withhold consent.

4. Life-sustaining treatment must not be withheld or withdrawn pursuant to a declaration from a qualified patient known to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be pregnant so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining treatment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445C.380 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445C / Section 445C.380
Allocation of costs resulting from discharge from other storage tanks; additional allotments from Fund; requirement to hold public hearings under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

1. If the costs resulting from a discharge from any other storage tank exceed $5,000, the costs must be paid as follows, to the extent applicable: (a) By an operator which is an agency, department, division or political subdivision of the State, 10 percent or $10,000, whichever is less, of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank and of the first $1,000,000 of liability for damages from each storage tank to any person other than this State or the operator of the storage tank, or both amounts. The balance of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank or for damages from each storage tank must be paid from the Fund, but the total amount paid from the Fund pursuant to this paragraph in any one fiscal year for discharges from two or more storage tanks under the control of any one operator must not exceed $1,980,000 for cleaning up the tanks and $1,980,000 for damages. (b) By an operator which is a small business, 5 percent of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank and of the first $1,000,000 of liability for damages from each storage tank to a person other than this State or the operator of the storage tank, or both amounts. The total amount paid by an operator pursuant to this paragraph must not exceed $50,000 for cleaning up and $50,000 for damages regardless of the number of storage tanks involved. The balance of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank or for damages from each storage tank must be paid from the Fund, but the total amount paid from the Fund pursuant to this paragraph in any one fiscal year for discharges from two or more storage tanks under the control of any one operator must not exceed $1,950,000 for cleaning up the storage tanks and $1,950,000 for damages. For the purpose of this limitation, a group of operators more than 50 percent of whose net worth is beneficially owned by the same person or persons constitutes one operator. (c) By all other operators: (1) Ten percent of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank and of the first $1,000,000 of liability for damages from each storage tank to a person other than this State or the operator of the storage tank, or both amounts. (2) Ninety percent of the first $1,000,000 for cleaning up each storage tank and of the first $1,000,000 of liability for damages from each storage tank must be paid from the Fund. The total amount paid from the Fund pursuant to subparagraph (2) in any one fiscal year for discharges from two or more storage tanks under the control of any one operator must not exceed $1,800,000 for cleaning up the storage tanks and $1,800,000 for damages. For the purpose of this limitation, a group of operators more than 50 percent of whose net worth is beneficially owned by the same person or persons constitutes one operator.

2. Any further cost for damages which is in excess of the amount paid pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid by the operator.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, any further cost for cleaning up which is in excess of the amount paid pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid by the operator.

4. The Board may approve an operator to receive an additional allotment of not more than $1,000,000 from the Fund for cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of a storage tank if: (a) The Division requires additional cleanup to occur in compliance with any of the requirements of the Division concerning the cleanup of discharged petroleum; (b) The Board determines that: (1) The operator is in compliance with any requirements of the Division concerning the cleanup of discharged petroleum; (2) The operator has obtained approval from the Division for a plan and a schedule to clean up the discharged petroleum; (3) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (4), the operator is not liable pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445C.390 ; (4) If the operator is liable pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445C.390 , the operator has complied with subsection 2 of NRS 445C.390 ; (5) The facility where the storage tank is located has complied with the applicable provisions of NRS 459.800 to 459.856 , inclusive, for the immediately preceding 3 years; and (6) The operator has not received money for damages pursuant to subsection 1 before July 1, 2021; and (c) The amount paid to the operator pursuant to subsection 1 for cleaning up the storage tank has been exhausted.

5. In addition to an allotment made pursuant to subsection 4, the Board may approve an operator to receive one or more additional allotments of not more than $1,000,000 per allotment from the Fund for cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of a storage tank if: (a) The Division requires additional cleanup pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4; (b) The Board determines that the conditions in paragraph (b) of subsection 4 are met; and (c) The amounts paid to the operator from the Fund for cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of the storage tank have been exhausted.

6. If the Board approves an additional allotment for cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of a storage tank pursuant to subsection 4 or 5, for each such allotment: (a) An operator which is an agency, department, division or political subdivision of the State shall pay an amount equal to 10 percent or $10,000, whichever is less, of the allotment for the costs of cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of the storage tank. (b) An operator which is a small business shall pay an amount equal to 5 percent of the allotment for the costs of cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of the storage tank. (c) Any operator not described in paragraph (a) or (b) shall pay an amount equal to 10 percent of the allotment for the costs of cleaning up discharged petroleum at the site of the storage tank.

7. A political subdivision of the State that receives money from the Fund pursuant to subsection 1, 4 or 5 to pay for the costs of cleaning up shall hold one public hearing upon initiation of the cleanup and one public hearing every 3 months thereafter until the cleanup is completed to ensure that the cleanup complies with any requirements of the Division concerning the cost-effectiveness of cleaning up. The costs incurred by the political subdivision for the hearing must not be attributed to the political subdivision as part of the costs paid by the political subdivision pursuant to subsection 1, 4 or 5.

8. For the purposes of this section, the Board shall define by regulation “small business.”

9. As used in this section, “ site ” means the facility, whether situated on a single parcel or on multiple adjacent parcels, where the storage tank is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.660 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.660
Right to counsel; compensation of counsel; recess; duties of district attorney
Status: in_force

1. The person alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease, or any relative or friend on behalf of the person, is entitled to retain counsel to represent the person in any proceeding before the district court relating to involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, and if the person fails or refuses to obtain counsel, the court shall advise the person and his or her guardian or next of kin, if known, of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel, who may be the public defender or his or her deputy.

2. Any counsel appointed pursuant to subsection 1 must be awarded compensation by the court for his or her services in an amount determined by the court to be fair and reasonable. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the compensation must be charged against the estate of the person for whom the counsel was appointed or, if the person is indigent, against the county in which the application for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine was filed. In any proceeding before the district court relating to involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, if the person for whom counsel was appointed is challenging his or her isolation or quarantine or any condition of such isolation or quarantine and the person succeeds in his or her challenge, the compensation must be charged against the county in which the application for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine was filed.

3. The court shall, at the request of counsel representing the person alleged to have been infected with or exposed to a communicable disease in proceedings before the court relating to involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, grant a recess in the proceedings for the shortest time possible, but for not more than 5 days, to give the counsel an opportunity to prepare his or her case.

4. Each district attorney or his or her deputy shall appear and represent the State in all involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine proceedings in his or her county. The district attorney is responsible for the presentation of evidence, if any, in support of the involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine of a person to a medical facility, residence or other safe location in proceedings held pursuant to NRS 441A.600 or 441A.610 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 447.080 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.080
Air space, floor area and ceiling height of rooms
Status: in_force

No room for sleeping purposes shall have less than 500 cubic feet of air space for each occupant. The floor area of each sleeping room must be at least 80 square feet and at least 7 feet in width. All rooms must have a ceiling height of at least 8 feet.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.008 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.008
Appointment of member of Board by Governor; designation of alternate member
Status: in_force

1. The Governor shall appoint the member of the Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board to represent this State. The member serves at the pleasure of the Governor.

2. The member representing this State on the Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board may, in the member’s absence, be represented on the Board by an alternate designated by the member. Such an alternate may discharge the member's duties and perform the member's functions to the extent and during the time designated by the member, pursuant to subsection B of article 6 of the Compact.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.113 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.113
“Person” defined
Status: in_force

“Person” includes a government or a governmental subdivision or agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.023 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.023
“Unitrust” defined
Status: in_force

“ Unitrust ” means a trust in which a certain percentage of the annually assessed fair market value of the trust property is paid to a beneficiary of the trust.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.350 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.350
Establishment and support of clinics
Status: in_force

The health authority may establish such clinics as it believes are necessary for the prevention and control of, and for the treatment and cure of, persons who have tuberculosis and provide those clinics with financial or other assistance within the limits of the available appropriations and any other resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.300 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.300
Legislative findings and declarations; applicability
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The practice of refusing to treat an indigent patient if another hospital can provide the treatment endangers the health and well-being of such patients. (b) Counties in which more than one hospital is located may lack available resources to compensate for all indigent care provided at their hospitals. Refusal by a hospital to treat indigent patients in such counties results in a burden upon hospitals which treat large numbers of indigent patients. (c) A requirement that hospitals in such counties provide a designated amount of uncompensated care for indigent patients would: (1) Equalize the burden on such hospitals of treating indigent patients; and (2) Aid the counties in meeting their obligation to compensate hospitals for such care. (d) Hospitals with 100 or fewer beds have been meeting the needs of their communities with regard to care of indigents, and have a minimal effect on the provision of such care.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions of NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340 , inclusive, apply to each hospital in this State which is located in a county in which there are two or more licensed hospitals. The provisions of NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340 , inclusive, do not apply to a hospital which has 100 or fewer beds.

3. The provisions of NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340 , inclusive, do not prohibit a county from: (a) Entering into an agreement for medical care or otherwise contracting with any hospital located within that county; or (b) Using a definition of “indigent” which would include more persons than the definition in NRS 439B.310 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455.240 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455 / Section 455.240
Liability for violation causing contact with line
Status: in_force

If an act constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter causes contact with an overhead line carrying high voltage, each person who committed the violation or caused another person to commit the violation shall pay the public utility operating the overhead line carrying high voltage for:

1. All damages to property of the public utility;

2. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the public utility as a result of the contact; and

3. The costs and expenses incurred by the public utility as a result of the contact for damages to third persons.

Each person who committed a violation causing the contact or who caused another person to commit a violation causing the contact is jointly and severally liable for the payment required by this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455A.023 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455A / Section 455A.023
“Chair lift” defined
Status: in_force

“ Chair lift ” means a device, except for an elevator, that carries, pulls or pushes a person along a level or inclined path to, from or within a snow recreation area by means of a rope, cable or other flexible element that is driven by an essentially stationary source of power.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.245 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.245
Chemical restraint: Permissible use; report of use
Status: in_force

1. Chemical restraint may only be used on a person with a disability who is a patient at a facility if: (a) The patient has been diagnosed as a person in a mental health crisis, as defined in NRS 433A.0175 , and is receiving mental health services from a facility; (b) The chemical restraint is administered to the patient while he or she is under the care of the facility; (c) An emergency exists that necessitates the use of chemical restraint; (d) A medical order authorizing the use of chemical restraint is obtained from the patient's attending physician, psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse; (e) The physician, psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse who signed the order required pursuant to paragraph (d) examines the patient not later than 1 working day immediately after the administration of the chemical restraint; and (f) The chemical restraint is administered by a person licensed to administer medication.

2. If chemical restraint is used on a person with a disability who is a patient, the use of the procedure must be reported as a denial of rights pursuant to NRS 449A.263 , regardless of whether the use of the procedure is authorized by statute. The report must be made not later than 1 working day after the procedure is used.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.110 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.110
“Air contaminant” defined
Status: in_force

“Air contaminant” means any substance discharged into the atmosphere except water vapor and water droplets.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.00387 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.00387
“Facility for refractive surgery” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Facility for refractive surgery” means a freestanding facility that provides limited medical services relating to surgical treatments for patients with refractive errors of the eye, including the preoperative care and evaluation of those patients, the surgical treatment of those patients and the postoperative care and evaluation of those patients.

2. As used in this section: (a) “Postoperative care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.24892 . (b) “Preoperative care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.24893 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.154 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.154
Division required to prepare certain reports concerning controlled substances; Division and Board may enter into agreements with public agencies; requirements
Status: in_force

1. In this section, “ diversion ” means the transfer of a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use.

2. The Division shall regularly prepare and make available to other state regulatory, licensing and law enforcement agencies a report on the patterns and trends of distribution, diversion and abuse of controlled substances.

3. The Board and the Division may enter into written agreements with local, state and federal agencies to improve identification of sources of diversion and to improve enforcement of and compliance with NRS 453.011 to 453.348 , inclusive, and other laws and regulations pertaining to unlawful conduct involving controlled substances. An agreement must specify the roles and responsibilities of each agency that has information or authority to identify, prevent or control diversion and abuse of controlled substances. The Board and the Division may convene periodic meetings to coordinate a state program to prevent and control diversion. The Board and the Division may arrange for cooperation and exchange of information among agencies and with other states and the Federal Government.

4. The Division shall report annually to the Governor and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and biennially to the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature on the outcome of the program with respect to its effect on distribution and abuse of controlled substances, including recommendations for improving control and prevention of the diversion of controlled substances in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.065 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.065
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 445A.060 to 445A.160 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445A.070 to 445A.115 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.0615 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.0615
“Community paramedicine services” defined
Status: in_force

“ Community paramedicine services ” means services provided by an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to patients who do not require emergency medical transportation and provided in a manner that is integrated with the health care and social services resources available in the community.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.706 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.706
“Registrant” defined
Status: in_force

“ Registrant ” means a person whose advance directive is registered with the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 449A.715 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.530 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.530
Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through certain purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding
Status: in_force

A county hospital that is authorized pursuant to NRS 450.191 or 450.525 to purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services in accordance with this section through the purchasing contracts of the company that manages the hospital or through a purchasing group may purchase the supplies, materials, equipment and services without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS if:

1. The documents pertaining to the proposed purchase, including, without limitation, the prices available to the company or purchasing group, are summarized in writing and, together with a sworn statement by an officer or agent of the company or purchasing group that the prices were obtained by the company or purchasing group through a process of competitive bidding, are presented to the governing body of the county hospital at its next regularly scheduled meeting; and

2. The governing body, after reviewing the summary and statement, finds that the proposed purchase will be made at a lower price than the lowest price reasonably obtainable by the hospital through competitive bidding pursuant to chapter 332 of NRS or available to the hospital pursuant to NRS 333.470 and approves the proposed purchase.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.258 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.258
Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall evaluate, certify and monitor programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2.

2. The Division shall adopt regulations governing the evaluation, certification and monitoring of programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence.

3. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2 must include, without limitation, provisions: (a) Requiring that a program: (1) Include a module specific to victim safety; and (2) Be based on: (I) Evidence-based practices; and (II) The assessment of a program participant by a supervisor of treatment or provider of treatment; and (b) Allowing a program that is located in another state to become certified in this State to provide treatment to persons who: (1) Reside in this State; and (2) Are ordered by a court in this State to participate in a program for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.155 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.155
Training and certification
Status: in_force

1. An educational institution, public or private agency or other entity may provide a training program for emergency medical dispatchers and issue certificates of completion if the program meets the requirements set forth in the regulations of the board and is approved by the board.

2. The board shall adopt regulations: (a) Prescribing the requirements for a program for training and certifying an emergency medical dispatcher; (b) Prescribing the procedures for an educational institution, public or private agency or other entity to obtain the approval of the board to provide such a program; and (c) Establishing such fees as are necessary to cover the cost of administering the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.430 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.430
City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer
Status: in_force

1. The city board of health shall be composed of three members appointed by the mayor, at least one of whom may be learned in sanitary science and public health practice and experienced in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, in which case that member shall be the city health officer and the executive officer of the city board of health.

2. If no member, or if more than one member, is experienced in the diagnosis of infectious diseases and learned in sanitary science, the city board of health shall appoint the city health officer.

3. The compensation of the city health officer shall be prescribed by the city council and the compensation, together with his or her necessary expenses, shall be paid by the municipality in which the city health officer serves.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461A.215 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.215
Board of directors or trustees of mobile home park owned or leased by nonprofit organization; operation of nonprofit organization and mobile home park
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a nonprofit organization owns or leases a mobile home park: (a) The board of directors or trustees which controls the mobile home park must be selected as set forth in this section; and (b) The provisions of this section govern the operation of the nonprofit organization and the mobile home park.

2. If a nonprofit organization owns or leases only one mobile home park, the board of directors or trustees which controls the mobile home park must be composed of: (a) Three directors or trustees who are residents of the mobile home park and are elected by a majority of the residents who live in the mobile home park, with each unit in the mobile home park authorized to cast one vote; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, three directors or trustees appointed by the governing body of the local government with jurisdiction over the location of the mobile home park; and (c) Three directors or trustees elected by a majority of the other directors or trustees selected pursuant to this subsection.

3. If a nonprofit organization owns or leases more than one mobile home park, the board of directors or trustees which controls the mobile home parks must be composed of: (a) For each mobile home park, one director or trustee who is a resident of that mobile home park and is elected by a majority of the residents who live in that mobile home park, with each unit in the mobile home park authorized to cast one vote; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, one director or trustee appointed for each mobile home park by the governing body of the local government with jurisdiction over the location of that mobile home park; and (c) For each mobile home park, one director or trustee elected by a majority of the other directors or trustees selected pursuant to this subsection.

4. The governing body of a local government with jurisdiction over the location of a mobile home park owned or leased by a nonprofit organization shall not appoint a director or trustee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 or paragraph (b) of subsection 3 unless the land upon which the mobile home park is located or the improvements to that land are owned by any governmental entity, patented to any governmental entity or leased to the nonprofit organization by any governmental entity.

5. The term of office of a director or trustee selected pursuant to this section: (a) Is 4 years, except that upon the expiration of his or her term of office he or she shall continue to serve until his or her successor is selected; and (b) Commences on July 1.

6. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board of directors or trustees selected pursuant to this section must be filled in the same manner as the original election or appointment.

7. The Attorney General shall: (a) Enforce the provisions of this section; (b) Investigate suspected violations of the provisions of this section; and (c) Institute proceedings on behalf of this State, an agency or political subdivision of this State, or as parens patriae of a person residing in a mobile home park: (1) For injunctive relief to prevent and restrain a violation of any provision of this section; and (2) To collect any costs or fees awarded pursuant to the provisions of this section.

8. The provisions of this section may be enforced with regard to a nonprofit organization or a mobile home park by: (a) The nonprofit organization; (b) The board of directors or trustees required to be selected pursuant to this section, or any member thereof; (c) A person who claims membership on the board of directors or trustees required to be selected pursuant to this section; (d) A resident of the mobile home park; (e) The local government with jurisdiction over the location of the mobile home park; or (f) Any combination of the persons described in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive.

9. In any action to enforce the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, an action to prevent or restrain a violation of the provisions of this section, if a person is found to have knowingly acted as a director or trustee on a board of directors or trustees required to be selected pursuant to this section while the person was not authorized to act as such a director or trustee pursuant to this section: (a) The court shall award the prevailing party costs and attorney's fees; (b) If the nonprofit organization which owns or leases a mobile home park participates in the action, the court shall award the nonprofit organization costs and attorney's fees; and (c) Costs and attorney's fees awarded pursuant to this section must be recovered from the person. If in the same action to enforce the provisions of this section, more than one person is found to have knowingly acted as a director or trustee on a board of directors or trustees required to be selected pursuant to this section while the person was not authorized to act as such a director or trustee pursuant to this section, each such person is jointly and severally liable for the costs and attorney's fees awarded pursuant to this section.

10. The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate cooperative park.

11. As used in this section: (a) “ Board of directors or trustees which controls the mobile home park ” means: (1) If the nonprofit organization which owns or leases a mobile home park does not own or operate any substantial asset that is unrelated to the mobile home park, the board of directors or trustees of the nonprofit organization; or (2) If the nonprofit organization which owns or leases a mobile home park owns or operates a substantial asset that is unrelated to the mobile home park, a board of directors or trustees which: (I) Has full and independent control over the affairs of the nonprofit organization that are related to the mobile home park, including, without limitation, full and independent control over all policies, operation, property, assets, accounts and records of the nonprofit organization which are related to or derived from the park; (II) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, exercises the powers described in sub-subparagraph (I) without being subject to any control by the board of directors or trustees of the nonprofit organization or any other person, group or entity within or related to the nonprofit organization; and (III) If the nonprofit organization owns or leases more than one mobile home park, controls all of the mobile home parks owned or leased by the nonprofit organization. (b) “Corporation for public benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 82.021 . (c) “ Governmental entity ” includes, without limitation, the Federal Government, this State, an agency or political subdivision of this State, a municipal corporation and a housing authority. (d) “ Nonprofit organization ” includes, without limitation, a corporation for public benefit. (e) “ Owns or leases a mobile home park ” means being the owner or lessee of: (1) The land upon which the mobile home park is located; or (2) The improvements to the land upon which the mobile home park is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.670 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.670
Prerequisites to operation of cemetery
Status: in_force

A person shall not operate a cemetery for pets unless:

1. The trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery contains a principal sum of not less than that amount required pursuant to NRS 452.705 .

2. The cemetery is located on not less than 2.5 acres of real property which: (a) Is dedicated for use as a cemetery for pets pursuant to NRS 452.655 ; and (b) Is not subject to any liens, mortgages or other encumbrances, except those which are subordinate to the dedication of the property for use as a cemetery for pets.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.4972 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.4972
“Health care facility” defined
Status: in_force

“Health care facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.0305 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.0305
Businesses that provide referrals to residential facilities for groups and certain other group housing arrangements: License required; standards and regulations; provision of referrals; prohibited acts; civil penalties
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person must obtain a license from the Board to operate a business that provides referrals to residential facilities for groups or any other group housing arrangement that provides assistance, food, shelter or limited supervision to a person with a mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disability or physical disability or who is aged or infirm, including, without limitation, a senior living community referral agency.

2. The Board shall adopt: (a) Standards for the licensing of businesses described in subsection 1; (b) Standards relating to the fees charged by such businesses; (c) Regulations governing the licensing of such businesses; and (d) Regulations establishing requirements for training the employees of such businesses.

3. A licensed nurse, social worker, physician or hospital, or a provider of geriatric care who is licensed as a nurse or social worker, may provide referrals to residential facilities for groups or any other group housing arrangement described in subsection 1 through a business that is licensed pursuant to this section. The Board may, by regulation, authorize a public guardian or any other person it determines appropriate to provide referrals to residential facilities for groups or any other group housing arrangement described in subsection 1 through a business that is licensed pursuant to this section.

4. A business that is licensed pursuant to this section or an employee of such a business shall not: (a) Refer a person to a residential facility for groups that is not licensed. (b) Refer a person to a residential facility for groups or any other group housing arrangement described in subsection 1 if the business or its employee knows or reasonably should know that the facility or other group housing arrangement, or the services provided by the facility or other group housing arrangement, are not appropriate for the condition of the person being referred. (c) Refer a person to a residential facility for groups or any other group housing arrangement described in subsection 1 that is owned by the same person who owns the business. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is liable for a civil penalty to be recovered by the Attorney General in the name of the Board for the first offense of not more than $10,000 and for a second or subsequent offense of not less than $10,000 nor more than $20,000. Unless otherwise required by federal law, the Board shall deposit all civil penalties collected pursuant to this section into a separate account in the State General Fund to be used to administer and carry out the provisions of NRS 449.001 to 449.430 , inclusive, 449.435 to 449.531 , inclusive, and chapter 449A of NRS and to protect the health, safety, well-being and property of the patients and residents of facilities in accordance with applicable state and federal standards.

5. This section does not apply to a medical facility that is licensed pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive, on October 1, 1999.

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Developmental disability ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 435.007 . (b) “ Intellectual disability ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 435.007 . (c) “ Mental illness ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.164 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.320 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.320
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any provision of NRS 444.220 to 444.300 , inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.2455 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.2455
Authority of hospital to enter into agreement with Armed Forces of United States for provision of medical care by certain persons acting under federal authority
Status: in_force

1. A hospital may enter into an agreement with the Armed Forces of the United States to authorize: (a) A medical officer to provide medical care in the hospital if: (1) The medical officer holds a valid license in good standing to provide such medical care in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States; (2) The medical care is provided as part of a training or educational program designed to further the employment of the medical officer; and (3) The agreement complies with the provisions of 10 U.S.C. § 1094 and any regulations or guidelines adopted pursuant thereto. (b) An unlicensed federal medical provider to provide care for which a license, certificate or registration is otherwise required pursuant to chapter 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 639, 640, 652 or 653 of NRS at the hospital: (1) In his or her official capacity and within the scope of practice authorized by the Federal Government; and (2) As part of a training or educational program. (c) A federal surgical technologist who does not meet the requirements of NRS 449.24185 to engage in the practice of surgical technology at the hospital: (1) In his or her official capacity and within the scope of practice authorized by the Federal Government; and (2) As part of a training or educational program.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Federal surgical technologist ” means a surgical technologist who engages in the practice of surgical technology pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Government. (b) “ Medical officer ” includes any physician, nurse, dentist or other health care professional who is employed by the Armed Forces of the United States or a reserve component thereof. (c) “ Practice of surgical technology ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.2417 . (d) “ Surgical technologist ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.24175 . (e) “ Unlicensed federal medical provider ” means a pharmaceutical technician who is not registered pursuant to chapter 639 of NRS and provides care pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Government or a person who does not hold a license or certificate issued pursuant to chapter 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 640, 652 or 653 of NRS and provides care pursuant to such authority. The term: (1) Includes, without limitation, a person who does not hold any license or certificate issued by a licensing authority in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States. (2) Does not include a health-care professional, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 1094 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.738 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.738
“Licensee” defined
Status: in_force

“ Licensee ” means any automobile wrecker, body shop, distributor, manufacturer, rebuilder, salvage pool or vehicle dealer licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any garage registered with the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.3365 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.3365
Sealing of record of person convicted of possession of controlled substance not for purpose of sale; conditions
Status: in_force

1. Three years after a person is convicted and sentenced pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 453.336 , the court may order sealed all documents, papers and exhibits in that person's record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and other documents relating to the case in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court's order, if the: (a) Person fulfills the terms and conditions imposed by the court and the parole and probation officer; and (b) Court, after a hearing, is satisfied that the person is rehabilitated.

2. Except as limited by subsection 4, after an accused is discharged from probation pursuant to NRS 453.3363 , the court shall order sealed all documents, papers and exhibits in that person's record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and other documents relating to the case in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court's order if the person fulfills the terms and conditions imposed by the court and the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety. The court shall order those records sealed without a hearing unless the Division of Parole and Probation petitions the court, for good cause shown, not to seal the records and requests a hearing thereon.

3. If the court orders sealed the record of a person discharged pursuant to NRS 453.3363 , it shall cause a copy of the order to be sent to each agency or officer named in the order. Each such agency or officer shall notify the court in writing of its compliance with the order.

4. A professional licensing board is entitled, for the purpose of determining suitability for a license or liability to discipline for misconduct, to inspect and to copy from a record sealed pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.027 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.027
Cooperation and exchange of information between Administrator and Board
Status: in_force

The Administrator and the Board shall cooperate in the performance of their respective duties pursuant to this chapter and shall exchange any information, statistics or data in their records that is necessary to carry out those duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.815 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.815
“Direct patient identifier” defined
Status: in_force

“ Direct patient identifier ” means data that directly identifies a patient, including, without limitation, a name, telephone number, social security number, number associated with a medical record, health plan beneficiary number or electronic mail address.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.720 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.720
Contract for management of district hospital
Status: in_force

1. The board of trustees may contract with a company which manages hospitals for the rendering of management services in a district hospital.

2. The agreement may provide: (a) That the chief executive officer of the hospital must be an employee of the company which manages the hospital; and (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, that the hospital may, in accordance with the requirements of NRS 450.730 , purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services through the purchasing contracts of the company which manages the hospital, or through a purchasing group, without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS . The hospital may not purchase services or otherwise enter into an agreement pursuant to this paragraph for: (1) The hiring of temporary or permanent staff through a vendor or employment agency to perform any medical or nursing care. (2) Any work for which a contractor's license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required. The provisions of this paragraph do not prohibit the hospital from purchasing specialty equipment which requires installation services that must be performed by a person who holds a contractor's license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS and which are specific to a particular project and are not commonly used in public works projects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.680 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.680
Procedure and space for cremation
Status: in_force

1. The agent, or the person charged with arranging for disposition of the body of a person who has ordered his or her own cremation, shall ensure that any artificial device that would be dangerous if cremated is removed from the human remains before their cremation. If he or she is unable to arrange for its removal before the remains are delivered to a crematory, he or she shall inform the operator of the crematory.

2. The space within a crematory where cremation takes place must be enclosed and must not be used for any other purpose than the cremation of human remains. Immediately before a container is placed in this chamber, the identification of the human remains within it must be verified by the operator and any identifying document or label for the urn must be removed from the container and kept near the control panel until cremation is complete.

3. Upon the completion of cremation, the operator shall: (a) Remove the recoverable residue from the chamber; (b) Place the bone fragments or soil, as applicable, in an urn with proper identification and insofar as practicable place no other material with them unless authorized by the agent; and (c) Dispose of the remaining residue.

4. If the cremated remains will not fit in the urn selected by the agent, the operator of the crematory shall hold the remains until the agent selects an urn or urns in which the remains will fit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.070 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.070
“Discharge form” defined
Status: in_force

“Discharge form” means the form hospitals are required to use to report information concerning the discharge of patients.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.3806 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.3806
“Division” defined
Status: in_force

“Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.804 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.804
“Department” defined
Status: in_force

“Department” means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.076 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.076
“Division” defined
Status: in_force

“ Division ” means the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.890 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.890
Access to food establishment; form for inspection report
Status: in_force

1. The health authority, after he or she has properly identified himself or herself, must be permitted to enter, at any reasonable time, any food establishment within the State for the purpose of making any inspection to determine compliance with this chapter. The health authority must be permitted to examine the records of the establishment to obtain pertinent information pertaining to food and supplies purchased, received or used, and persons employed.

2. Whenever the health authority makes an inspection of a food establishment, the health authority shall record his or her findings on an inspection report form provided for this purpose. The health authority shall furnish the original or an electronic original of the inspection report form to the permit holder or operator. The form must summarize the requirements of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461A.010 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 461A.020 to 461A.065 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.835 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.835
Mandatory reporting of sentinel events
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A person who is employed by a health facility shall, within 24 hours after becoming aware of a sentinel event that occurred at the health facility, notify the patient safety officer of the facility of the sentinel event; and (b) The patient safety officer shall, within 13 days after receiving notification pursuant to paragraph (a), report the date, the time and a brief description of the sentinel event to: (1) The Division; and (2) The representative designated pursuant to NRS 439.855 , if that person is different from the patient safety officer.

2. If the patient safety officer of a health facility personally discovers or becomes aware, in the absence of notification by another employee, of a sentinel event that occurred at the health facility, the patient safety officer shall, within 14 days after discovering or becoming aware of the sentinel event, report the date, time and brief description of the sentinel event to: (a) The Division; and (b) The representative designated pursuant to NRS 439.855 , if that person is different from the patient safety officer.

3. The State Board of Health shall prescribe the manner in which reports of sentinel events must be made pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.181 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.181
Medical facility that has custody of child pursuant to court order to adopt policy relating to medical care and medications for child; employees to receive copy of policy
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a medical facility that has custody of a child pursuant to the order of a court shall adopt a policy concerning the manner in which to: (a) Document the orders of the treating physician of a child; (b) Administer medication to a child; (c) Store, handle and dispose of medication; (d) Document the administration of medication and any errors in the administration of medication; (e) Minimize errors in the administration of medication; and (f) Address errors in the administration of medication.

2. Such a medical facility shall ensure that each employee of the medical facility who will administer medication to such a child receives a copy of and understands the policy adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.3675 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.3675
Duties of district health department to ensure access for persons with limited English proficiency to certain services related to COVID-19; collaboration with community-based organizations; gifts, grants, donations and other funding
Status: in_force

1. To the extent that money is available for these purposes, a district health department shall: (a) Take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible to receive services from the district health department that are intended to help restrain the spread of COVID-19 have meaningful and timely access to those services. Such steps must include, without limitation: (1) Maintaining a record of the preferred language of each person who receives any service from the district health department that is intended to help restrain the spread of COVID-19, including, without limitation, guidance, testing, contact tracing and immunization; (2) Identifying the languages preferred by such recipients; (3) Taking reasonable steps to provide meaningful and timely access to oral language services to recipients of services described in subparagraph (1); and (4) Providing notice of the availability of such services, to the extent practicable, in the languages identified and at a literacy level and in a format that is likely to be understood by such recipients. (b) Take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency have meaningful and timely access in their preferred language to: (1) Vital information and documents relating to COVID-19. Such information and documents include, without limitation, those necessary to access or participate in the services, programs and activities of the district health department related to COVID-19, including, without limitation, applications, instructions for completing applications, contracts, stipulations, outreach materials, written notices or letters that affect the legal rights or benefits of a person and any communications of the district health department relating to COVID-19. (2) Any governmental order issued to restrain the spread of COVID-19 and any information relating to a state of emergency or declaration of disaster for COVID-19 proclaimed pursuant to NRS 414.070 . (c) Collaborate with community-based organizations that serve persons with limited English proficiency to prioritize the provision of services, information and documents in languages other than English as described in paragraphs (a) and (b).

2. When determining whether steps to provide meaningful and timely access to a service described in subsection 1 are reasonable, a district health department shall consider: (a) The number of persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for the service and have a particular preferred language and the proportion of such persons to the total number of persons eligible for the service; (b) The frequency with which persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for the service have contact with the district health department for purposes relating to the service; (c) The nature and importance of the service; and (d) Available resources.

3. A district health department may: (a) Accept gifts, grants and donations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section; and (b) Research and apply for any available federal or private funding that may be used to carry out the provisions of this section.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Contact tracing ” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 6 of NRS 439.235 . (b) “ COVID-19 ” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 439.235 . (c) “ Oral language services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (d) of subsection 6 of NRS 439.235 . (d) “ Person with limited English proficiency ” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e) of subsection 6 of NRS 439.235 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.120 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.120
Regulations, standards and procedures of board
Status: in_force

The board shall establish and promulgate such rules, regulations, standards and procedures as it determines are necessary to administer the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 457.150 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 457 / Section 457.150
Issuance of injunction to restrain violation of cease and desist order
Status: in_force

If any person or association, after service upon the person or association of a cease and desist order issued by the Division under this chapter, persists in prescribing, recommending or using the drug, medicine, compound or device described in the order, any district court, on application of the Division, may issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining such person or association from prescribing, recommending or using such drug, medicine, compound or device or any substantially similar drug, medicine, compound or device.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.650 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.650
Municipality may recover cost of sewage treatment and refuse to receive wastes
Status: in_force

Any municipality may, with respect to any sewage collection, treatment or disposal facilities or projects:

1. Provide through the establishment and collection of rates, fees and charges for payment to that municipality by the industrial users of the sewage treatment works of that facility or project of the portion of any federal share of the cost of construction of those works allocable to the treatment of industrial waste in accordance with section 204(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ( 33 U.S.C. § 1284(b)(1)(B) ), as amended from time to time.

2. After notice of noncompliance and an opportunity for a public hearing, refuse to receive any sewage, liquid waste, solid waste, industrial waste, night soil or any other waste from any other municipality which fails to comply with any provision of an approved plan for areawide waste treatment management prepared pursuant to section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ( 33 U.S.C. § 1288 ), as amended from time to time.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445B.760 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445B / Section 445B.760
Authority of Commission to prescribe standards for emissions from mobile internal combustion engines; trimobiles; standards pertaining to motor vehicles to be approved by Department of Motor Vehicles
Status: in_force

1. The Commission may by regulation prescribe standards for exhaust emissions, fuel evaporative emissions and visible emissions of smoke from mobile internal combustion engines on the ground or in the air, including, but not limited to, aircraft, motor vehicles, snowmobiles and railroad locomotives. The regulations must provide for the exemption from such standards of: (a) A moped registered pursuant to NRS 482.2155 ; and (b) A vehicle for which special license plates have been issued pursuant to NRS 482.381 , 482.3812 , 482.3814 or 482.3816 if the owner of such a vehicle certifies to the Department of Motor Vehicles, on a form provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles, that the vehicle was not driven more than 5,000 miles during the immediately preceding year.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, standards for exhaust emissions which apply to a: (a) Reconstructed vehicle, as defined in NRS 482.100 ; and (b) Trimobile, as defined in NRS 482.129 , must be based on standards which were in effect in the year in which the engine of the vehicle was built.

3. A trimobile that meets the definition of a motorcycle in 40 C.F.R. § 86.402-78 or 86.402-98 , as applicable, is not subject to emissions standards under this chapter.

4. Any such standards which pertain to motor vehicles must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles before they are adopted by the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.340 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.340
“Director” defined
Status: in_force

“Director” means the Director of the Department or the Director’s designee.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.700 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.700
Fees for services and copies of certificates; certificates available without fee to certain persons
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the State Registrar shall charge and collect a fee in an amount established by the State Registrar by regulation: (a) For searching the files for one name, if no copy is made. (b) For verifying a vital record. (c) For establishing and filing a record of paternity, other than a hospital-based paternity, and providing a certified copy of the new record. (d) For a certified copy of a record of birth. (e) For a certified copy of a record of death originating in a county in which the board of county commissioners has not created an account for the support of the office of the county coroner pursuant to NRS 259.025 . (f) For a certified copy of a record of death originating in a county in which the board of county commissioners has created an account for the support of the office of the county coroner pursuant to NRS 259.025 . (g) For correcting a record on file with the State Registrar and providing a certified copy of the corrected record. (h) For replacing a record on file with the State Registrar and providing a certified copy of the new record. (i) For filing a delayed certificate of birth and providing a certified copy of the certificate. (j) For the services of a notary public, provided by the State Registrar. (k) For an index of records of marriage provided on microfiche to a person other than a county clerk or a county recorder of a county of this State. (l) For an index of records of divorce provided on microfiche to a person other than a county clerk or a county recorder of a county in this State. (m) For compiling data files which require specific changes in computer programming.

2. The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of birth or death must include the sum of $3 for credit to the Children's Trust Account created by NRS 432.131 .

3. The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of death must include the sum of $1 for credit to the Review of Death of Children Account created by NRS 432B.409 .

4. The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of death must include the sum of 50 cents for credit to the Grief Support Trust Account created by NRS 439.5132 .

5. The State Registrar shall not charge a fee for furnishing a certified copy of a record of birth to: (a) A homeless person, including, without limitation, a homeless child or youth, who submits on a form prescribed by the State Registrar a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the person is homeless. The State Registrar shall not require such a statement to be notarized. (b) A person who submits documentation from the Department of Corrections verifying that the person is imprisoned or was released from prison within the immediately preceding 90 days. (c) A staff person of a local educational agency who has been designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) for a certified copy of a record of birth of a homeless child or youth who is enrolled in the local educational agency. (d) A social worker licensed to practice in this State, for a certified copy of a record of birth of a homeless child or youth who is a client of the social worker.

6. The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of death originating in a county in which the board of county commissioners has created an account for the support of the office of the county coroner pursuant to NRS 259.025 must include the sum of $4 for credit to the account for the support of the office of the county coroner of the county in which the certificate originates.

7. Upon the request of any parent or guardian or an unaccompanied youth, the State Registrar shall supply, without the payment of a fee, a certificate limited to a statement as to the date of birth of any child or of the unaccompanied youth as disclosed by the record of such birth when the certificate is necessary for admission to school or for securing employment.

8. The United States Bureau of the Census may obtain, without expense to the State, transcripts or certified copies of births and deaths without payment of a fee.

9. As used in this section: (a) “Homeless child or youth” has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 11434a . (b) “Local educational agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 11434a . (c) “Unaccompanied youth” has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 11434a .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.220 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.220
Certificates of birth and death: Enforcement of requirements by local health officer
Status: in_force

1. If any certificate of death is incomplete or unsatisfactory, the local health officer shall call attention to the defects in the return and withhold issuing the burial or removal permit until the defects are corrected.

2. If any certificate of birth is incomplete, the local health officer shall immediately notify the person who produced the certificate and require him or her to supply the missing items if they can be obtained.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.5345 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.5345
“Parent” defined
Status: in_force

“ Parent ” means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.720 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.720
“Director” defined
Status: in_force

“ Director ” means the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.594 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.594
Solid waste management authority: Contents of orders for protection or enforcement
Status: in_force

1. An order issued by a solid waste management authority must: (a) Specify the term or condition of a permit issued pursuant to NRS 444.505 , 444.553 or 444.556 , or the statute or regulation, which is alleged to have been violated or which is about to be violated, or the threat to human health, public safety or the environment; (b) Set forth the facts alleged to constitute the violation or threat; and (c) Prescribe any corrective action which must be taken and a reasonable time within which it must be taken.

2. The order may require the person to whom the order is directed to appear before the solid waste management authority, its authorized representative or a hearing officer appointed by the authority, to show cause why an action should not be commenced against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction requesting appropriate relief.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 461A.090 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.090
Powers of Administrator or person designated by agency for enforcement
Status: in_force

1. In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator or a person designated by an agency for enforcement may: (a) Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, papers and documents; and (b) Conduct hearings.

2. The Administrator may make inspections of and approve or disapprove plans and specifications for proposed mobile home parks and alteration of mobile home parks. When it is necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter or when the Administrator or the Administrator’s authorized representative has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any mobile home, mobile home lot or mobile home park any condition or violation which makes it unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Administrator or the Administrator’s authorized representative may enter it at any reasonable time to inspect it or to perform any duty imposed on the Administrator with respect to it. The Administrator shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the mobile home or mobile home lot or park, and if that person is located, shall present to the person proper credentials and request entry. If that person is not located or entry is refused, the Administrator or the Administrator’s authorized representative has recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.

3. A magistrate shall issue a warrant to permit an inspection if the Administrator has shown: (a) Evidence that a violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it has been committed or is being committed; or (b) That the mobile home or mobile home lot or park has been chosen for an inspection on the basis of a general administrative plan for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under it.

4. The Administrator shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to govern the use and occupancy of mobile homes and premises. The regulations must establish minimum requirements to protect the health and safety of the occupants and the public and must provide for the abatement of any substandard, unsafe or unsanitary condition of a mobile home or premises or of the electrical, mechanical or plumbing systems therein.

5. The Administrator shall adopt regulations to govern the construction and alteration of mobile home parks and lots within the parks and the abatement of any substandard, unsafe or unsanitary condition of a mobile home park. The regulations must establish standards to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the parks, and must contain provisions relating to: (a) The construction and maintenance of roadways, driveways, walkways and permanent buildings; (b) Plumbing and the supply of water; (c) Disposal of refuse and sewage; (d) Electrical wiring, fixtures and equipment, any related installations; (e) Gas equipment and related installations; (f) Prevention of fire and fire protection; and (g) Other matters which relate to the health and safety of residents.

6. When construction, rebuilding or other work is being performed or is about to be performed in violation of the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the Administrator may order the work stopped by written notice served on any person performing the work or causing the work to be done, and the person shall immediately stop the work until authorized by the Administrator to proceed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.326 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.326
Unlawful acts relating to recordkeeping, inspections and knowingly keeping or maintaining place where controlled substances are unlawfully used, kept or sold; penalty
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for a person: (a) To refuse or fail to make, keep or furnish any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information required under the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive; (b) To refuse an entry into any premises for any inspection authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive; or (c) Knowingly to keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft or other structure or place which is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, for the purpose of using these substances, or which is used for keeping or selling them in violation of those sections.

2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.4329 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.4329
Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor; penalty
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, within 10 days after hiring an employee, accepting an employee of a temporary employment service or entering into a contract with an independent contractor, the holder of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization shall: (a) Obtain a written statement from the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor stating whether he or she has been convicted of any crime listed in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 ; (b) Obtain an oral and written confirmation of the information contained in the written statement obtained pursuant to paragraph (a); (c) Obtain proof that the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor holds any required license, permit or certificate; (d) Obtain from the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor one set of fingerprints and a written authorization to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; (e) Submit to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History the fingerprints obtained pursuant to paragraph (d) to obtain information on the background and personal history of each employee, employee of a temporary employment service or independent contractor to determine whether the person has been convicted of any crime listed in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 ; and (f) If an Internet website has been established pursuant to NRS 439.942 : (1) Screen the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor using the Internet website. Upon request of the Division, proof that the employee, temporary employee or independent contractor was screened pursuant to this subparagraph must be provided to the Division. (2) Enter on the Internet website information to be maintained on the website concerning the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor.

2. The holder of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization is not required to obtain the information described in subsection 1 from an employee, employee of a temporary employment service or independent contractor if his or her fingerprints have been submitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report within the immediately preceding 6 months and the report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicated that the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor has not been convicted of any crime set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 .

3. The holder of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization is not required to obtain the information described in subsection 1, other than the information described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1, from an employee, employee of a temporary employment service or independent contractor if: (a) The employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor agrees to allow the holder of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization to receive notice from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History regarding any conviction and subsequent conviction of the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor of a crime listed in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 ; (b) An agency, board or commission that regulates an occupation or profession pursuant to title 54 of NRS or temporary employment service has, within the immediately preceding 5 years, submitted the fingerprints of the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and (c) The report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicated that the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor has not been convicted of any crime set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 .

4. The holder of a certificate to operate an intermediary service organization shall ensure that the information concerning the background and personal history of each employee, employee of a temporary employment service or independent contractor who works at or for the intermediary service organization is investigated is completed as soon as practicable and at least once every 5 years after the date of the initial investigation. The holder of the certificate shall, when required: (a) Obtain one set of fingerprints from the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor; (b) Obtain written authorization from the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor to forward the fingerprints obtained pursuant to paragraph (a) to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and (c) Submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History or, if the fingerprints were submitted electronically, obtain proof of electronic submission of the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.

5. Upon receiving fingerprints submitted pursuant to this section, the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History shall determine whether the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor has been convicted of a crime listed in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 and immediately inform the Division and the holder of the certificate to operate an intermediary service organization for which the person works whether the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor has been convicted of such a crime.

6. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History may impose a fee upon an intermediary service organization that submits fingerprints pursuant to this section for the reasonable cost of the investigation. The intermediary service organization may recover from the employee or independent contractor whose fingerprints are submitted not more than one-half of the fee imposed by the Central Repository. If the intermediary service organization requires the employee or independent contractor to pay for any part of the fee imposed by the Central Repository, it shall allow the employee or independent contractor to pay the amount through periodic payments. The intermediary service organization may require a temporary employment service which employs a temporary employee whose fingerprints are submitted to pay the fee imposed by the Central Repository. An intermediary service organization shall notify a temporary employment service if a person employed by the temporary employment service is determined to be ineligible to provide services to the intermediary service organization based upon the results of an investigation conducted pursuant to this section.

7. Unless a greater penalty is provided by law, a person who willfully provides a false statement or information in connection with an investigation of the background and personal history of the person pursuant to this section that would disqualify the person from employment, including, without limitation, a conviction of a crime listed in subsection 1 of NRS 449.4332 , is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.01515 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.01515
“Mobile unit” defined
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “ mobile unit ” means a motor vehicle that is specially designed, constructed and equipped to provide any of the medical services provided by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151 .

2. “Mobile unit” does not include: (a) A motor vehicle that is operated by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151 which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association; (b) A motor vehicle that is operated by a health center that is funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 254b , as amended; or (c) A vehicle operated under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.115 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.115
“Major hospital” defined
Status: in_force

“Major hospital” means a hospital in this State which has 200 or more licensed or approved beds, or any hospital in a group of affiliated hospitals in a county which have a combined total of 200 or more licensed or approved beds, that is not operated by a federal, state or local governmental agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.026 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.026
Regulations of Board
Status: in_force

The Board may adopt reasonable regulations, suitably designed to protect the public, for those aspects of the operation of a cemetery which are not governed by the regulations of the Commissioner of Insurance pertaining to endowment care.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453B.070 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453B / Section 453B.070
“Provider of health care” defined
Status: in_force

“Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.940 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.940
Enforcement
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this chapter must be enforced by the health authority in accordance with regulations hereby authorized to be adopted by the State Board of Health to carry out the requirements of this chapter.

2. A local board of health may adopt such regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. Such regulations: (a) Become effective when approved by the State Board of Health; (b) Must be enforced by the health authority; and (c) Supersede the regulations adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to subsection 1.

3. All sheriffs, constables, police officers, marshals and other peace officers shall render such services and assistance to the health authority in regard to enforcement as the health authority may request.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.4339 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.4339
Prosecution by district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the county in which an intermediary service organization operates shall, upon application by the Division, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation of any provision of NRS 449.4304 to 449.4339 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.365 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.365
District board of health: Budget; adoption by board of county commissioners; annual allocation
Status: in_force

1. The district board of health shall prepare an annual operating budget for the health district. The district board of health shall submit the budget to the board of county commissioners before April 1 for funding for the following fiscal year. The budget must be adopted by the board of county commissioners as part of the annual county budget.

2. The board of county commissioners shall annually allocate for the support of the health district an amount that does not exceed an amount calculated by multiplying the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county by the rate of 3.5 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. The amount allocated pursuant to this subsection must be transferred from the county general fund to the health district fund created by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 439.363 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.916 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.916
Systematic review of issues relating to health care; authority to request information from state and local governmental entities; hyperlink to data dashboard
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall systematically review issues related to the health care needs of residents of this State and the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care, including, without limitation, prescription drugs, in this State. The review must include, without limitation: (a) Comprehensively examining the system for regulating health care in this State, including, without limitation, the licensing and regulation of health care facilities and providers of health care and the role of professional licensing boards, commissions and other bodies established to regulate or evaluate policies related to health care. (b) Identifying gaps and duplication in the roles of such boards, commissions and other bodies. (c) Examining the cost of health care and the primary factors impacting those costs. (d) Examining disparities in the quality and cost of health care between different groups, including, without limitation, minority groups and other distinct populations in this State. (e) Reviewing the adequacy and types of providers of health care who participate in networks established by health carriers in this State and the geographic distribution of the providers of health care who participate in each such network. (f) Reviewing the availability of health benefit plans, as defined in NRS 687B.470 , in this State. (g) Reviewing the effect of any changes to Medicaid, including, without limitation, the expansion of Medicaid pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 , on the cost and availability of health care and health insurance in this State. (h) If a data dashboard is established pursuant to NRS 439.245 , using the data dashboard to review access by different groups and populations in this State to services provided through telehealth and evaluating policies to make such access more equitable. (i) Reviewing proposed and enacted legislation, regulations and other changes to state and local policy related to health care in this State. (j) Researching possible changes to state or local policy in this State that may improve the quality, accessibility or affordability of health care in this State, including, without limitation: (1) The use of purchasing pools to decrease the cost of health care; (2) Increasing transparency concerning the cost or provision of health care; (3) Regulatory measures designed to increase the accessibility and the quality of health care, regardless of geographic location or ability to pay; (4) Facilitating access to data concerning insurance claims for medical services to assist in the development of public policies; (5) Resolving problems relating to the billing of patients for medical services; (6) Leveraging the expenditure of money by the Medicaid program and reimbursement rates under Medicaid to increase the quality and accessibility of health care for low-income persons; and (7) Increasing access to health care for uninsured populations in this State, including, without limitation, retirees and children. (k) Monitoring and evaluating proposed and enacted federal legislation and regulations and other proposed and actual changes to federal health care policy to determine the impact of such changes on the cost of health care in this State. (l) Evaluating the degree to which the role, structure and duties of the Commission facilitate the oversight of the provision of health care in this State by the Commission and allow the Commission to perform activities necessary to promote the health care needs of residents of this State. (m) Making recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, the Department of Health and Human Services, local health authorities and any other person or governmental entity to increase the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care in this State, including, without limitation, recommendations concerning the items described in this subsection.

2. The Commission may request that any state or local governmental entity submit not more than two reports each year containing or analyzing information that is not confidential by law concerning the cost of health care, consolidation among entities that provide or pay for health care or other issues related to access to health care. To the extent that a governmental entity from which such a report is requested has the resources to compile the report and the disclosure of the information requested is authorized by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 , the governmental entity shall provide the report to the Executive Director of the Commission and submit a copy of the report to the Attorney General.

3. If a data dashboard is established pursuant to NRS 439.245 , the Commission shall make available on an Internet website maintained by the Commission a hyperlink to the data dashboard.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Health carrier ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 687B.625 . (b) “ Network ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 687B.640 . (c) “ Telehealth ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.515 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.196 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.196
Requirements for program of hospice care
Status: in_force

No person, state or local government or agency may represent that it provides “hospice care” unless the program of care, either directly or indirectly:

1. Has a medical director whose responsibilities are appropriate to the needs of the program and who: (a) Is a physician, currently licensed to practice; (b) On the basis of training, experience and interest, is knowledgeable about the psychosocial and medical aspects of hospice; and (c) Acts as a medical resource to the interdisciplinary team which provides the hospice care;

2. Is provided to the patient, as needed, in the patient's home, at a residential facility and at a medical facility, at any time of the day or night;

3. Includes medical, nursing, psychological and pastoral care and social services at the level required by the patient's condition;

4. Provides supportive services for the patient's immediate family and other persons with significant personal ties to the patient, whether or not related by blood, including: (a) Care for the patient which provides a respite from the stresses and responsibilities that result from the daily care of the patient; and (b) Emotional support and other care after the patient dies; and

5. Includes the services of trained volunteers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.540 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.540
Package plant for sewage treatment: Conditions for issuing permit
Status: in_force

A permit to discharge water from a package plant for sewage treatment may not be issued unless all of the following conditions are met:

1. Neither of the following is available: (a) Sewerage provided by a public utility; or (b) Sewerage provided by a municipality or other public entity.

2. The applicant fully complies with all of the conditions of NRS 445A.465 to 445A.515 , inclusive.

3. The local governing body assumes: (a) Responsibility in case of default by the builder or developer for the continued operation and maintenance of the plant in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of the permit. (b) The duty of assessing the lands served as provided in subsection 5.

4. The applicant furnishes the local governing body sufficient surety in the form of a bond, certificate of deposit, investment certificate or any other form acceptable to the governing body, to ensure the continued maintenance and operation of the plant: (a) For 5 years following the date the plant is placed in operation; or (b) Until 75 percent of the lots or parcels served by the plant are sold, whichever is later.

5. The owners of the lands to be served by the package plant for sewage treatment record a declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, which is an equitable servitude running with the land and which must provide that each lot or parcel will be assessed by the local governing body for its proportionate share of the cost of continued operation and maintenance of the plant if there is a default by the applicant or operator of the plant and a sufficient surety, as provided in subsection 4, is not available.

6. The declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions recorded by the owners further provides that if the local governing body determines that: (a) The plant is not satisfactorily serving the needs of its users; and (b) Sewerage provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity is reasonably available, the local governing body may require all users of a package plant for sewage treatment to connect into the available sewers provided by a utility or a municipality or other public entity, and each lot or parcel will be assessed by the local governing body for its proportionate share of the cost of connecting into those sewers. These assessments are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

7. Provision has been made for disposition of the plant and the land on which it is situated after the local governing body requires all users to connect into available sewers provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459A.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459A / Section 459A.020
Connection of generator to public utility's system for distribution of electricity
Status: in_force

1. Any portable generator of electricity capable of being connected temporarily to an electrical system that is normally furnished electricity by a public utility may be connected only after the main switch of the system has been opened to isolate that electrical system from the public utility's system for distribution of electricity.

2. Any generator of electricity capable of being permanently connected to an electrical system, except for a generator of electricity designed to run in parallel with a public utility's system for distribution of electricity, must be connected by means of a double-throw switch that isolates that electrical system from the public utility's system. The provisions of this section do not apply until the service connection from the public utility to the customer is installed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 460.139 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 460 / Section 460.139
“School of Medicine” defined
Status: in_force

“ School of Medicine ” means the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.272 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.272
State Dental Health Officer: Appointment by Director of Department in unclassified service or as contractor; qualifications; duties
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall appoint a State Dental Health Officer, who may serve in the unclassified service of the State or as a contractor for the Department. The State Dental Health Officer must: (a) Be a resident of this State; (b) Have satisfied the educational requirements for and may, but is not required to, satisfy any other requirements for the issuance of an unrestricted license to practice dentistry pursuant to chapter 631 of NRS ; and (c) Be appointed on the basis of his or her education, training and experience and his or her interest in public dental health and related programs.

2. The State Dental Health Officer shall: (a) Determine the needs of the residents of this State for public dental health; (b) Provide the Advisory Committee and the Department with advice regarding public dental health; (c) Make recommendations to the Advisory Committee, the Department and the Legislature regarding programs in this State for public dental health; (d) Work collaboratively with the State Public Health Dental Hygienist; and (e) Seek such information and advice from the Advisory Committee or from any dental education program in this State, including any such programs of the Nevada System of Higher Education, as necessary to carry out his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.390 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.390
Authority to receive and distribute federal money; Health Facilities Assistance Fund; deposits, use and controls
Status: in_force

1. The State Department is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, applicants.

2. There is hereby established a nonreverting trust fund designated as the Health Facilities Assistance Fund. Money received from the Federal Government for a construction project approved by the federal agency shall be transmitted to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Health Facilities Assistance Fund, and shall be used solely for payments due applicants for work performed, purchases made or other approved expenditures in carrying out approved projects or plans, except that any moneys in such Fund which become available under the Federal Act and regulations for expenditure in administering an approved state plan may be expended for that purpose.

3. The State Department shall establish and maintain such accounts and fiscal controls of moneys deposited in and disbursed from the Health Facilities Assistance Fund as may be required by the Federal Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.089 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.089
Expiration and renewal of license; fees
Status: in_force

1. Each license issued pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive, expires on December 31 following its issuance and is renewable for 1 year upon reapplication and payment of all fees required pursuant to subsection 4 and NRS 449.050 , as applicable, unless the Division finds, after an investigation, that the facility has not: (a) Satisfactorily complied with the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428 , inclusive, or the standards and regulations adopted by the Board; (b) Obtained the approval of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services before undertaking a project, if such approval is required by NRS 439A.100 or 439A.102 ; or (c) Conformed to all applicable local zoning regulations.

2. Each reapplication for an agency to provide personal care services in the home, an agency to provide nursing in the home, a community health worker pool, a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a provider of community-based living arrangement services, a hospital described in 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv) , a psychiatric hospital that provides inpatient services to children, a psychiatric residential treatment facility, a residential facility for groups, a program of hospice care, a home for individual residential care, a facility for the care of adults during the day, a facility for hospice care, a nursing pool, the distinct part of a hospital which meets the requirements of a skilled nursing facility or nursing facility pursuant to 42 C.F.R. § 483.5 , a hospital that provides swing-bed services as described in 42 C.F.R. § 482.58 or, if residential services are provided to children, a medical facility or facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders must include, without limitation, a statement that the facility, hospital, agency, program, pool or home is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 449.115 to 449.125 , inclusive, and 449.174 .

3. Each reapplication for an agency to provide personal care services in the home, a community health worker pool, a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a facility for the care of adults during the day, a residential facility for groups or a home for individual residential care must include, without limitation, a statement that the holder of the license to operate, and the administrator or other person in charge and employees of, the facility, agency, pool or home are in compliance with the provisions of NRS 449.093 .

4. Each reapplication for a surgical center for ambulatory patients, facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease, facility for hospice care, program of hospice care, hospital, facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, agency to provide personal care services in the home or rural clinic must be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 457.240 , in addition to the fees imposed pursuant to NRS 449.050 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.600 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.600
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 451.600 to 451.715 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 451.605 to 451.630 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.733 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.733
Suspension of components of Registry and duties of Secretary of State if sufficient money not available; fees authorized; acceptance of gifts and grants
Status: in_force

1. On or before July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Secretary of State shall make a determination of whether sufficient money is available and authorized for expenditure to fund one or more components of the programs and other duties of the Secretary of State relating to NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739 , inclusive.

2. The Secretary of State shall temporarily suspend any components of the programs or duties of the Secretary of State for which he or she determines pursuant to subsection 1 that sufficient money is not available.

3. The Secretary of State may charge and collect fees and accept gifts, grants, bequests and other contributions from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.020
Poisons enumerated in Schedules “A,” “B” and “C” in NRS 454.010 may not be sold unless warning label affixed to package
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for any person to vend, sell, give away or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any poisons enumerated in Schedules “A,” “B” and “C” in NRS 454.010 without labeling the container, package, box, bottle or paper in which the poison is contained with: (a) The name of the article. (b) The word “poison,” which shall be printed in boldface type in capital letters not less than twice the size of other type on the label. (c) The name and place of business of the person or firm manufacturing or selling the poison. (d) The vignette representing the skull and crossbones. (e) The first aid treatment or antidote approved by the Board or the American Chemical Manufacturers Association for such poison. (f) Any supplemental warnings or cautions required by either state or federal law or by regulations of the Board.

2. The label shall be printed in type that can be clearly read, upon red paper in distinct white letters or in distinct red letters upon white paper.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.460 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.460
Director authorized to delegate powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Director may delegate:

1. Any of the Director’s powers or duties pursuant to NRS 439B.160 to 439B.500 , inclusive, to the Administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department.

2. Any of the Department's powers or duties pursuant to NRS 439B.160 to 439B.500 , inclusive, to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.007 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.007
Inapplicability of chapter to certain veterinary biologic products
Status: in_force

1. The provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto do not apply to a veterinary biologic product that is: (a) Licensed for production under a product license; and (b) Directly marketed by a manufacturing facility holding an establishment license for administration to livestock.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Establishment license ” means a U. S. Veterinary Biologics Establishment License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159 , inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act. (b) “ Livestock ” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsections 1 and 3 to 6, inclusive, of NRS 571.022 . (c) “ Product license ” means a U. S. Veterinary Biological Product License issued by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 159 , inclusive, and any amendments to or replacements of the Act, and any regulations adopted pursuant to the Act. (d) “ Veterinary biologic product ” has the meaning ascribed to “biological product” in 9 C.F.R. § 101.2 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.525 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.525
Membership of hospital in purchasing group
Status: in_force

1. A county hospital may, with the approval of the governing body of the hospital, become a member of a purchasing group for the purpose of purchasing supplies, materials, equipment and services used by the county hospital.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a county hospital that becomes a member of a purchasing group may, in accordance with the requirements of NRS 450.530 , purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services through the purchasing group without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS . A county hospital may not purchase services or otherwise enter into an agreement pursuant to this subsection for: (a) The hiring of temporary or permanent staff through a vendor or employment agency to perform any medical or nursing care. (b) Any work for which a contractor's license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is required. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a county hospital from purchasing specialty equipment which requires installation services that must be performed by a person who holds a contractor's license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS and which are specific to a particular project and are not commonly used in public works projects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.650 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.650
Regulations to control use of residential individual system
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in this State. Those regulations are effective except in health districts in which a district board of health has adopted regulations to control the use of a residential individual system for disposal of sewage in that district.

2. A board which adopts such regulations shall consider and take into account the geological, hydrological and topographical characteristics of the area within its jurisdiction.

3. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must not conflict with the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions. If any regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 445A.425 impact residential individual systems for disposal of sewage, the State Board of Health shall adopt regulations consistent with such regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission.

4. As used in this section, “ residential individual system for disposal of sewage ” means an individual system for disposal of sewage from a parcel of land, including all structures thereon, that is zoned for single-family residential use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455B.020 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.020
Operators: Duty to ensure safety of passengers
Status: in_force

An operator shall take all measures reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of the passengers in constructing, maintaining, operating and supervising an amusement ride.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.983 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.983
Duties of emergency team upon resolution of public health emergency or other health event
Status: in_force

Upon the resolution of a public health emergency or other health event, the emergency team shall:

1. Make recommendations to the State Board of Health and local boards of health with respect to regulations or policies which may be adopted to prevent public health emergencies and other health events or to improve responses to public health emergencies and other health events; and

2. Evaluate the response of each state agency, division, board or other entity represented on the emergency team and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, to the Legislative Commission and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services with respect to actions and measures that may be taken to improve such responses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.830 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.830
“Unique identifier” defined
Status: in_force

“ Unique identifier ” means an identifier that is guaranteed to be unique for a patient and can be used to track information relating to the patient but is not a direct patient identifier.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 460.100 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 460 / Section 460.100
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 460.100 to 460.160 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 460.110 , 460.133 and 460.139 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.500 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.500
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 442.500 to 442.590 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 442.510 , 442.520 and 442.530 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.764 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.764
Establishment; membership; compensation of members; member who is officer or employee of State or political subdivision; meetings; immunity from liability; acceptance of gifts, grants or donations; regulations
Status: in_force

1. The Maternal Mortality Review Committee is hereby established within the Department of Health and Human Services.

2. The Director shall appoint to the Committee not less than 6 members and not more than 12 members who: (a) Are providers of health care, representatives of nonprofit organizations whose work is related to health care or women's issues, representatives of agencies involved in vital statistics, law enforcement and public health and other persons interested in maternal health and welfare; and (b) Represent the racial, ethnic, linguistic and geographic diversity of this State.

3. The members of the Committee serve without compensation but are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

4. A majority of the members of the Committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of a quorum present at any meeting is sufficient for any official action taken by the Committee.

5. A member of the Committee who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation to prepare for and attend meetings of the Committee and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Committee in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Committee to: (a) Make up the time he or she is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Committee; or (b) Take annual leave or compensatory time for the absence.

6. At the first meeting of the Committee and annually thereafter: (a) The Director shall appoint a Chair of the Committee; (b) The Committee shall elect a Secretary from among its members; and (c) The Committee shall adopt rules for its own management and government.

7. The Committee shall meet at least twice each year and may meet at such further times as deemed necessary by the Chair.

8. A member of the Committee or an employee, agent or consultant of the Committee is not liable in a civil action for any act performed in good faith and within the scope of the duties of the Committee. For the purposes of this subsection, any act which violates a provision of law concerning the privacy of information shall be deemed to be outside the scope of the duties of the Committee.

9. The Director may: (a) Apply for and accept gifts, grants or donations from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of NRS 442.751 to 442.774 , inclusive; and (b) Adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 442.751 to 442.774 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 455B.100 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.100
Effect of provisions governing amusement parks on local ordinances
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 455B.010 to 455B.100 , inclusive, do not prohibit a county, city or unincorporated town from adopting ordinances that regulate amusement parks which are consistent with the provisions of NRS 455B.010 to 455B.100 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.440 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 444 / Section 444.440
Declaration of state policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to regulate the collection and disposal of solid waste in a manner that will:

1. Protect public health and welfare.

2. Prevent water or air pollution.

3. Prevent the spread of disease and the creation of nuisances.

4. Conserve natural resources.

5. Enhance the beauty and quality of the environment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.235 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.235
Certificate of occupancy required before use
Status: in_force

A cemetery authority shall not use any crypt or niche for the entombment or inurnment of human remains unless a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the State Board of Health or the local building or public works department, depending upon which authority supervised the construction under NRS 452.210 , for the occupancy of any such crypt or niche.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.271 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.271
Powers of enforcement of officers and employees of Division
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee of the Division designated by his or her appointing authority may:

1. Carry firearms in the performance of his or her official duties;

2. Execute and serve search warrants, arrest warrants, administrative warrants for inspections, subpoenas and summonses issued under the authority of this State;

3. Make arrests without warrant for any offense under the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, committed in the presence of the officer or employee, or if the officer or employee has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of such sections which may constitute a felony;

4. Make seizures of property pursuant to the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive; or

5. Perform other law enforcement duties as the Division designates.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.164 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.164
Access to database for certain persons, occupational licensing boards, Board and Division; reporting of illegal activity or inappropriate use of controlled substance; exception to avoid interfering with investigation; practitioner required to notify Board of incorrect information in database; confidentiality of information obtained from program; notice of improper access
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Board shall provide Internet access to the database of the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 to an occupational licensing board that licenses any practitioner who is authorized to write prescriptions for human consumption of controlled substances listed in schedule II, III, IV or V. An occupational licensing board that is provided access to the database pursuant to this section may access the database to investigate a complaint, report or other information that indicates fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate activity related to the prescribing, dispensing or use of a controlled substance. The Board may terminate the access of an occupational licensing board that accesses the database for any other purpose.

2. The Board and the Division must have access to the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 to identify any suspected fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate activity related to the prescribing, dispensing or use of controlled substances.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the Board or the Division shall report any activity it reasonably suspects may: (a) Indicate fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate activity related to the prescribing, dispensing or use of a controlled substance to the appropriate law enforcement agency or occupational licensing board and provide the law enforcement agency or occupational licensing board with the relevant information obtained from the program for further investigation. (b) Indicate the inappropriate use by a patient of a controlled substance to the occupational licensing board of each practitioner who has prescribed the controlled substance to the patient. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, the occupational licensing board may access the database of the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 to determine which practitioners are prescribing the controlled substance to the patient. The occupational licensing board may use this information for any purpose it deems necessary, including, without limitation, alerting a practitioner that a patient may be fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance or determining whether a practitioner is engaged in unlawful or unprofessional conduct.

4. The Board or Division may withhold any report required by subsection 3 if the Board determines that doing so is necessary to avoid interfering with any pending administrative or criminal investigation into the suspected fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate prescribing, dispensing or use of a controlled substance.

5. The Board and the Division shall cooperatively develop a course of training for persons who are required or authorized to receive access to the database of the program pursuant to subsection 7 or NRS 453.1645 and 453.165 and require each such person to complete the course of training before the person is provided with Internet access to the database.

6. Each practitioner who is authorized to write prescriptions for and each person who is authorized to dispense controlled substances listed in schedule II, III, IV or V for human consumption shall complete the course of instruction described in subsection 5. The Board shall provide Internet access to the database to each such practitioner or other person who completes the course of instruction.

7. Each practitioner who is authorized to write prescriptions for human consumption of controlled substances listed in schedule II, III, IV or V shall, to the extent the program allows, access the database of the program established pursuant to NRS 453.162 at least once each 6 months to: (a) Review the information concerning the practitioner that is listed in the database, including, without limitation, information concerning prescriptions issued by the practitioner, and notify the Board if any such information is not correct; and (b) Verify to the Board that he or she continues to have access to and has accessed the database as required by this subsection.

8. Information obtained from the program relating to a practitioner or a patient is confidential and, except as otherwise provided by this section and NRS 239.0115 , 453.162 and 453.163 , must not be disclosed to any person. That information must be disclosed: (a) Upon a request made on a notarized form prescribed by the Board by a person about whom the information requested concerns or upon such a request on behalf of that person by his or her attorney; or (b) Upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

9. If the Board, the Division or a law enforcement agency determines that the database of the program has been intentionally accessed by a person or for a purpose not authorized pursuant to NRS 453.162 to 453.165 , inclusive, the Board, Division or law enforcement agency, as applicable, must notify any person whose information was accessed by an unauthorized person or for an unauthorized purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.160 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.160
District attorney to conduct actions and prosecutions
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the county wherein any violation of NRS 454.010 to 454.170 , inclusive, is committed shall conduct all actions and prosecutions for the same at the request of the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 441A.650 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 441A / Section 441A.650
Proceedings held in county where persons to conduct examination are available; expense of proceedings paid by county
Status: in_force

1. In counties where the examining personnel required pursuant to NRS 441A.630 are not available, proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine shall be conducted in the nearest county having such examining personnel available in order that there be minimum delay.

2. The entire expense of proceedings for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine shall be paid by the county in which the application is filed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.906 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.906
“Provider of health care” defined
Status: in_force

“Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 458.115 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.115
Legislative appropriations; claims
Status: in_force

Money to carry out the provisions of this chapter must be provided by direct legislative appropriation from the State General Fund and paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid. All claims must be approved by the Administrator before they are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450B.1996 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 450B / Section 450B.1996
Reports
Status: in_force

1. Each holder of a permit who has obtained an endorsement to provide community paramedicine services pursuant to NRS 450B.1993 shall submit a quarterly report to the health authority that issued the endorsement which must include, without limitation: (a) Information concerning the community paramedicine services that were provided in lieu of emergency medical transportation, including, without limitation, the types of services provided and the number of persons for whom such services were provided; (b) The impact of providing community paramedicine services on the overall services provided to patients; and (c) Such other information as prescribed by the health authority or requested by the Legislature or the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.

2. On or before February 1 of each year, each health authority shall submit a report summarizing the information received concerning community paramedicine services pursuant to subsection 1 along with a summary of the impact of providing such services to patients in that manner to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature in odd-numbered years or the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services in even-numbered years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.235 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.235
Deposit of penal fines; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines imposed by State Board of Health; claims for attorney's fees and costs of investigation
Status: in_force

1. All penal fines imposed in the name of a county for violations of the provisions of NRS 459.010 to 459.290 , inclusive, or any regulation or order adopted or issued pursuant to those provisions, must be deposited in the Fund for the Care of Sites for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.

2. The State Board of Health may delegate to a hearing officer or panel its authority to take any disciplinary action pursuant to NRS 459.010 to 459.290 , inclusive, impose and collect administrative penalties therefor and deposit the money therefrom in the Fund for the Care of Sites for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.

3. If a hearing officer or panel is not authorized to take disciplinary action pursuant to subsection 2 and the State Board of Health deposits the money collected from the imposition of administrative fines with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund, it may present a claim to the State Board of Examiners for recommendation to the Interim Finance Committee if money is needed to pay attorney's fees or the costs of an investigation, or both.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.724 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.724
Secretary of State not required to determine accuracy of contents of advance directive or validity of advance directive; effect of registration, failure to register and failure to notify Secretary of State of revocation of advance directive
Status: in_force

1. The provisions of NRS 449A.700 to 449A.739 , inclusive, do not require the Secretary of State to determine whether the contents of an advance directive submitted for registration are accurate or the execution or issuance of the advance directive complies with the requirements necessary to make the advance directive valid.

2. The registration of an advance directive does not establish or create a presumption that the contents of the advance directive are accurate or the execution or issuance of the advance directive complies with the requirements necessary to make the advance directive valid.

3. Failure to register an advance directive does not affect the validity of the advance directive.

4. Failure to notify the Secretary of State of the revocation of a registrant's advance directive does not affect the validity of the revocation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 446.846 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.846
Certain employees of food establishments required to wear hair net or other suitable covering to confine hair
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations requiring that any person employed in the preparation or service of food or beverages to patrons on the premises of a food establishment, or who comes in contact with eating or cooking utensils used for such service, whose hair length exceeds specified limits shall wear a hair net, cap or other suitable covering which confines the hair while such person is engaged in the performance of his or her duties. Such rules and regulations shall specify the minimum hair length to which such requirement applies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.433 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.433
Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of organization
Status: in_force

1. Each intermediary service organization shall maintain accurate records of the information concerning its employees, employees of a temporary employment service and independent contractors collected pursuant to NRS 449.4329 , including, without limitation: (a) A copy of the fingerprints submitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History or proof of electronic fingerprint submission and a copy of the written authorization that was provided by the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor; (b) Proof that the fingerprints of the employee, employee of the temporary employment service or independent contractor were submitted to the Central Repository; and (c) Any other documentation of the information collected pursuant to NRS 449.4329 .

2. The records maintained pursuant to subsection 1 must be: (a) Maintained for the period of the employment of the person with the intermediary service organization; and (b) Made available for inspection by the Division at any reasonable time, and copies thereof must be furnished to the Division upon request.

3. If an Internet website has been established pursuant to NRS 439.942 , an intermediary service organization shall maintain a current list of its employees, employees of a temporary employment service and independent contractors on the Internet website.

4. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History may maintain an electronic image of fingerprints submitted pursuant to NRS 449.4329 to notify an intermediary service organization and the Division of any subsequent conviction of a person who is required to submit to an investigation pursuant to NRS 449.4329 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.640 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.640
Delayed or altered certificates as evidence
Status: in_force

The admissibility in evidence of a “delayed” or “altered” certificate shall be subject to the discretion of the court, judicial or administrative body or official to whom any such certificate is offered as evidence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.735 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.735
Duties of grant recipient; confidentiality of information concerning recipient of services
Status: in_force

1. A local governmental entity or nonprofit organization that receives a grant pursuant to NRS 442.725 shall: (a) Inform a person to whom the entity or organization provides education concerning family planning which is funded by a grant of any methods or procedures that may be used to assist the person to achieve his or her goals concerning family planning. The information must include: (1) A clear explanation of family planning services, procedures, prescriptions and devices available directly from the entity or organization and those for which referral is required; (2) A description of any risks of the method or procedure, including possible negative outcomes and discomfort or pain that may result from using the method or procedure; (3) A description of the likely outcome and benefits of using the method or procedure; (4) A description of any alternative methods or procedures designed to accomplish the same goal; and (5) Answers to any questions the person has concerning the method or procedure. (b) Notify a person to whom the entity or organization provides education concerning family planning which is funded by a grant that the person is free to refuse any method or procedure about which the entity or organization informs the person pursuant to paragraph (a).

2. Any personally identifiable information concerning a person to whom services funded by a grant pursuant to NRS 442.725 are provided is confidential. A local governmental entity or nonprofit organization that receives such a grant shall comply with all laws concerning the privacy of information, including, without limitation, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 , as amended, and applicable regulations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 452.685 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.685
Trust fund for endowment care: Requirements for deposit
Status: in_force

1. A cemetery authority shall, before the interment, inurnment or entombment of a pet, require a deposit for the trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery, in addition to any fee charged for the interment, inurnment or entombment.

2. The deposit for the trust fund for the endowment care of the cemetery must be set by the cemetery authority in an amount which is not less than: (a) For each grave, $5 per square foot. (b) For the first entombment in a single, companion or communal crypt, $35, and for each additional entombment in the same crypt, $20. (c) For the first inurnment in a single, companion or communal niche, $15, and for each additional inurnment in the same niche, $10.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.186 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.186
Prohibitions; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person other than the patient or the representative of the patient who has requested the installation and use of an electronic communication device pursuant to NRS 449A.182 shall not intentionally: (a) Obstruct, tamper with or destroy the electronic communication device or any recording made by the electronic communication device; or (b) View or listen to any images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by the electronic communication device.

2. The following persons may view or listen to the images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by an electronic communication device installed and used pursuant to NRS 449A.182 or temporarily disable or turn off such a device: (a) A representative of a law enforcement agency who is conducting an investigation; (b) A representative of the Aging and Disability Services Division or the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services who is conducting an investigation; (c) The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; and (d) An attorney who is representing the patient or a roommate of the patient and acting within the scope of that representation.

3. A patient or the representative of the patient who has requested the installation and use of an electronic communication device pursuant to NRS 449A.182 may authorize a person other than a person described in subsection 2 to view or listen to the images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by the electronic communication device. Any such authorization must be made in writing. The patient or representative, as applicable, may provide a copy of the authorization to the facility and the roommate of the patient or the representative of the roommate, if any.

4. A person who temporarily disables or turns off an electronic communication device pursuant to subsection 2 shall ensure that the functions of the electronic communication device are appropriately enabled or turned back on before exiting the living quarters of the patient.

5. A facility for skilled nursing shall not deny admission to or discharge a patient from the facility or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against a patient because of a decision to request the installation and use of an electronic communication device in the living quarters of the patient pursuant to NRS 449A.182 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.327 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.327
Hospital to document certain actions and instructions in medical record of patient; hospital to proceed with planned discharge or transfer of patient if unable to reach caregiver
Status: in_force

1. A hospital shall document in the medical record of the patient: (a) The attempt or completion of any actions required pursuant to NRS 449A.321 or 449A.324 ; (b) Any instructions given pursuant to NRS 449A.324 ; and (c) The date and time at which such instructions were given.

2. If a hospital is unable to reach a caregiver after attempting to provide any information pursuant to NRS 449A.321 or 449A.324 , the hospital must proceed with the discharge or transfer of the patient as scheduled.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.00945 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.00945
“Pharmacy in a correctional institution” defined
Status: in_force

“Pharmacy in a correctional institution” means a pharmacy or other storage place for medicines, controlled substances and dangerous drugs which is a part of or is operated in conjunction with a correctional facility, including a jail and facility for the detention of juveniles.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 445A.812 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 445A / Section 445A.812
“District board of health” defined
Status: in_force

“District board of health” means a district board of health created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449A.192 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 449A / Section 449A.192
Regulations; inapplicability where device installed by law enforcement agency
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Health may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192 , inclusive.

2. The provisions of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192 , inclusive, do not apply if an electronic communication device is installed by a law enforcement agency and used solely for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.690 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.690
Suspension of components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants
Status: in_force

1. On or before July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department shall make a determination of whether sufficient money is available and authorized for expenditure to fund one or more components of the programs and other duties of the Department relating to NRS 439B.600 to 439B.695 , inclusive.

2. The Department shall temporarily suspend any components of the program or duties of the Department for which it determines pursuant to subsection 1 that sufficient money is not available.

3. The Department may apply for and accept any available grants and may accept any bequests, devises, donations or gifts from any public or private source to carry out the provisions of NRS 439B.600 to 439B.695 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.840 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.840
Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Division; confidentiality
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall: (a) Collect and maintain reports received pursuant to NRS 439.835 and 439.843 and any additional information requested by the Division pursuant to NRS 439.841 ; (b) Ensure that such reports, and any additional documents created from such reports, are protected adequately from fire, theft, loss, destruction and other hazards and from unauthorized access; (c) Annually prepare a report of sentinel events reported pursuant to NRS 439.835 by a health facility, including, without limitation, the type of event, the number of events, the rate of occurrence of events, and the health facility which reported the event, and provide the report for inclusion on the Internet website maintained pursuant to NRS 439A.270 ; and (d) Annually prepare a summary of the reports received pursuant to NRS 439.835 and provide a summary for inclusion on the Internet website maintained pursuant to NRS 439A.270 . The Division shall maintain the confidentiality of the patient, the provider of health care or other member of the staff of the health facility identified in the reports submitted pursuant to NRS 439.835 when preparing the annual summary pursuant to this paragraph.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115 , reports received pursuant to NRS 439.835 and subsection 1 of NRS 439.843 and any additional information requested by the Division pursuant to NRS 439.841 are confidential, not subject to subpoena or discovery and not subject to inspection by the general public.

3. The report prepared pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 must provide to the public information concerning each health facility which provided medical services and care in the immediately preceding calendar year and must: (a) Be presented in a manner that allows a person to view and compare the information for the health facilities; (b) Be readily accessible and understandable by a member of the general public; (c) Use standard statistical methodology, including without limitation, risk-adjusted methodology when applicable, and include the description of the methodology and data limitations contained in the report; (d) Not identify a patient, provider of health care or other member of the staff of the health facility; and (e) Not be reported for a health facility if reporting the data would risk identifying a patient.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 459.547 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 459 / Section 459.547
Variances: Renewal; protest and hearing on application for renewal
Status: in_force

1. A variance may be renewed only under circumstances and upon conditions which would justify its original granting.

2. An application for a renewal of a variance must be made at least 60 days before the expiration of the variance. The Commission shall give public notice of the application.

3. If a protest is filed with the Commission against the renewal, the Commission shall hold a public hearing and shall not renew the variance unless it makes specific, written findings of fact which justify the renewal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.330 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439B / Section 439B.330
Eligibility of indigent for assistance; payment of hospital for serving disproportionately large share of patients; discharge forms; appeal from determination of county regarding indigent status
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, subsection 2 and NRS 439B.300 , each county shall use the definition of “indigent” in NRS 439B.310 to determine a person's eligibility for medical assistance pursuant to chapter 428 of NRS , other than assistance provided pursuant to NRS 428.115 to 428.255 , inclusive.

2. A board of county commissioners may, if it determines that a hospital within the county is serving a disproportionately large share of low-income patients: (a) Pay a higher rate to the hospital for treatment of indigent inpatients; (b) Pay the hospital for treatment of indigent inpatients whom the hospital would otherwise be required to treat without receiving compensation from the county; or (c) Both pay at a higher rate and pay for inpatients for whom the hospital would otherwise be uncompensated.

3. Each hospital which treats an indigent inpatient shall submit to the board of county commissioners of the county of residence of the patient a discharge form identifying the patient as a possible indigent and containing the information required by the Department and the county to be included in all such forms.

4. The county which receives a discharge form from a hospital for an indigent inpatient shall verify the status of the patient and the amount which the hospital is entitled to receive. A hospital aggrieved by a determination of a county regarding the indigent status of an inpatient may appeal the determination to the Director or a person designated by the Director to hear such an appeal. The decision of the Director or the designee of the Director must be mailed by registered or certified mail to the county and the hospital. The decision of the Director or the designee of the Director may be appealed to a court having general jurisdiction in the county within 15 days after the date of the postmark on the envelope in which the decision was mailed.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section and subsection 3 of NRS 439B.320 , if the county is the county of residence of the patient and the patient is indigent, the county shall pay to the hospital the amount required, within the limits of money which may lawfully be appropriated for this purpose pursuant to NRS 428.050 , 428.285 and 450.425 .

6. For the purposes of this section, the county of residence of the patient is the county of residence of that person before he or she was admitted to the hospital.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439.5294 — NV Code / Title 40 / Chapter 439 / Section 439.5294
“Registry” defined
Status: in_force

“ Registry ” means the Stroke Registry established pursuant to NRS 439.5295 .