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NV Rev Stat § 439.803 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.803 - "Health facility" defined.

Health facility means:   1. Any facility licensed by the Division pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS; and  2. A home operated by a provider of community-based living arrangement services, as defined in NRS 449.0026.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 1666)
NV Rev Stat § 439.805 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.805 - "Medical facility" defined.

Medical facility means:  1. A hospital, as that term is defined in NRS 449.012 and 449.0151;  2. An obstetric center, as that term is defined in NRS 449.0151 and 449.0155;  3. A surgical center for ambulatory patients, as that term is defined in NRS 449.0151 and 449.019; and  4. An independent center for emergency medical care, as that term is defined in NRS 449.013 and 449.0151.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13)
NV Rev Stat § 439.810 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.810 - "Patient" defined.

Patient means a person who:  1. Is admitted to a health facility for the purpose of receiving treatment;  2. Resides in a health facility; or  3. Receives treatment from a provider of health care.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13; A 2019, 1666)
NV Rev Stat § 439.815 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.815 - "Patient safety officer" defined.

Patient safety officer means a person who is designated as such by a health facility pursuant to NRS 439.870.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13; A 2019, 1666)
NV Rev Stat § 439.820 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.820 - "Provider of health care" defined.

Provider of health care means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the business or practice of a profession.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13)
NV Rev Stat § 439.830 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.830 - "Sentinel event" defined.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "sentinel event" means:  (a) An event included in Appendix A of "Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare--2011 Update: A Consensus Report," published by the National Quality Forum; or  (b) Any death that occurs in a health facility.  2. If the publication described in subsection 1 is revised, the term "sentinel events" includes, without limitation, the events included on the most current version of the list of serious reportable events published by the National Quality Forum as it exists on the effective date of the revision which is deemed to be:  (a) January 1 of the year following the publication of the revision if the revision is published on or after January 1 but before July 1 of the year in which the revision is published; or  (b) July 1 of the year following the publication of the revision if the revision is published on or after July 1 of the year in which the revision is published but before January 1 of the year after the revision is published.  3. If the National Quality Forum ceases to exist, the most current version of the list shall be deemed to be the last version of the publication in existence before the National Quality Forum ceased to exist.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13; A 2005, 599; 2013, 217; 2019, 1666)
NV Rev Stat § 439.835 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.835 - Mandatory reporting of sentinel events.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 13; A 2009, 553; 2019, 1667)
NV Rev Stat § 439.837 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.837 - Mandatory investigation of sentinel event by health facility; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a health facility shall, upon reporting a sentinel event pursuant to NRS 439.835, conduct an investigation or cause an investigation to be conducted concerning the causes or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event and implement a plan to remedy the causes or contributing factors, or both, of the sentinel event.  2. A health facility is not required to take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death confirmed to have resulted from natural causes.  3. A residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care or facility for hospice care is not required to take the actions described in subsection 1 concerning a death that appears to have resulted from natural causes.  4. As used in this section:  (a) "Facility for hospice care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0033.  (b) "Home for individual residential care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105.  (c) "Residential facility for groups" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.017.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 3068; A 2019, 1667)
NV Rev Stat § 439.840 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.840 - Reports of sentinel events: Duties of Division; confidentiality.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 14; A 2007, 2107; 2009, 553, 3068; 2011, 836, 1799; 2019, 1668)
NV Rev Stat § 439.841 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.841 - Authority of Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.

  1. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 439.835, the Division may, as often as deemed necessary by the Administrator to protect the health and safety of the public, request additional information regarding the sentinel event or conduct an audit or investigation of the health facility.  2. A health facility shall provide to the Division any information requested in furtherance of a request for information, an audit or an investigation pursuant to this section.  3. If the Division conducts an audit or investigation pursuant to this section, the Division shall, within 30 days after completing such an audit or investigation, report its findings to the State Board of Health.  4. A health facility which is audited or investigated pursuant to this section shall pay to the Division the actual cost of conducting the audit or investigation.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 552; A 2019, 1669)
NV Rev Stat § 439.843 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.843 - Annual summaries of reports of sentinel events; compilation by Division; confidentiality; posting of patient safety plans by Department on Internet website.

  1. On or before March 1 of each year, each health facility shall provide to the Division, in the form prescribed by the State Board of Health, a summary of the reports submitted by the health facility pursuant to NRS 439.835 during the immediately preceding calendar year. The summary must include, without limitation:  (a) The total number and types of sentinel events reported by the health facility, if any;  (b) For a medical facility:  (1) A copy of the most current patient safety plan established pursuant to NRS 439.865; and  (2) A summary of the membership and activities of the patient safety committee established pursuant to NRS 439.875; and  (c) Any other information required by the State Board of Health concerning the reports submitted by the health facility pursuant to NRS 439.835.  2. On or before June 1 of each year, the Division shall submit to the State Board of Health an annual summary of the reports and information received by the Division pursuant to this section. The annual summary must include, without limitation, a compilation of the information submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and any other pertinent information deemed necessary by the State Board of Health concerning the reports submitted by the health facility pursuant to NRS 439.835. 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 and any other identifying information of a person requested by the State Board of Health concerning those reports when preparing the annual summary pursuant to this section.  3. The Department shall post on the Internet website maintained pursuant to NRS 439A.270 or any other website maintained by the Department a copy of the most current patient safety plan submitted by each health facility pursuant to subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 551; A 2011, 1583, 1800; 2019, 1669)
NV Rev Stat § 439.845 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.845 - Analysis and reporting of trends regarding sentinel events; treatment of certain information regarding corrective action by health facility.

  1. The Division shall analyze and report trends regarding sentinel events.  2. When the Division receives notice from a health facility that the health facility has taken corrective action to remedy the causes or contributing factors, or both, of a sentinel event, the Division shall:  (a) Make a record of the information;  (b) Ensure that the information is released in a manner so as not to reveal the identity of a specific patient, provider of health care or member of the staff of the facility; and  (c) At least quarterly, report its findings regarding the analysis of trends of sentinel events on the Internet website maintained pursuant to NRS 439A.270.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 14; A 2009, 3069; 2011, 1800; 2019, 1669)
NV Rev Stat § 439.855 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.855 - Notification of patients involved in sentinel events.

  1. Each health facility that is located within this state shall designate a representative for the notification of patients who have been involved in sentinel events at that health facility.  2. A representative designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall, not later than 7 days after discovering or becoming aware of a sentinel event that occurred at the health facility, provide notice of that fact to each patient who was involved in that sentinel event.  3. The provision of notice to a patient pursuant to subsection 2 must not, in any action or proceeding, be considered an acknowledgment or admission of liability.  4. A representative designated pursuant to subsection 1 may or may not be the same person who serves as the facility’s patient safety officer.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 14; A 2019, 1670)
NV Rev Stat § 439.856 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.856 - Provision of certain information relating to facility-acquired infections to patients.

  1. A medical facility shall:  (a) Provide to each patient of the medical facility, upon admission of the patient, the general and facility-specific information relating to facility-acquired infections required by subsection 2.  (b) Post in publicly accessible areas of the medical facility information on reporting facility-acquired infections, including, without limitation, the contact information for making reports to the Division. Such information may be added to other required notices concerning the making of reports to the Division.  2. The information provided to each patient pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must include, without limitation:  (a) The measures used by the medical facility for preventing infections, including facility-acquired infections;  (b) Information on determining whether a patient had an infection upon admission to the medical facility, risk factors for acquiring infections and determining whether an infection has been acquired;  (c) Information on preventing facility-acquired infections;  (d) Instructions for reporting facility-acquired infections, including, without limitation, the contact information for making reports to the Division; and  (e) Any other information that the medical facility deems necessary.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 1580)
NV Rev Stat § 439.857 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.857 - Procedure for informing patient, legal guardian or other person that patient at medical facility has infection; immunity from liability for providing certain information.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a provider of health care confirms that a patient at the medical facility has an infection, the provider of health care or the designee of the provider of health care shall, as soon as practicable but not later than 5 days after the diagnosis is confirmed, inform the patient or the legal guardian or other person authorized by the patient to receive such information that the patient has an infection.  2. The provider of health care or the designee of the provider of health care may delay providing information about an infection if the patient does not have a legal guardian, has not authorized any other person to receive such information and:  (a) Is not capable of understanding the information;  (b) Is not conscious; or  (c) In the judgment of the provider of health care, is likely to harm himself or herself if informed about the infection.  3. If the provider of health care or the designee of the provider of health care delays providing information about an infection pursuant to subsection 2, such information must be provided as soon as practicable after:  (a) The patient is capable of understanding the information;  (b) The patient regains consciousness;  (c) In the judgment of the provider of health care, the patient is not likely to harm himself or herself if informed about the infection; or  (d) A legal guardian or other person authorized to receive such information is available.  4. A medical facility shall ensure that the providers of health care of the medical facility establish protocols in accordance with this section that provide the manner in which a provider of health care or his or her designee must:  (a) Inform a patient or the legal guardian or other person authorized by a patient to receive such information that the patient has an infection; and  (b) If known or determined while a patient remains at the medical facility, inform the patient or the legal guardian or other person authorized by the patient to receive such information whether the infection was acquired at the medical facility and of the apparent source of the infection.  5. A person or governmental entity who, with reasonable care, informs a patient or the legal guardian or other person authorized by the patient to receive such information that an infection was not acquired at the medical facility and of the apparent source of the infection pursuant to subsection 4 is immune from any criminal or civil liability for providing that information.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 1581)
NV Rev Stat § 439.860 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.860 - Inadmissibility of certain information in administrative or legal proceeding.

Any report, document and any other information compiled or disseminated pursuant to the provisions of NRS 439.800 to 439.890, inclusive, is not admissible in evidence in any administrative or legal proceeding conducted in this State.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 15; A 2005, 600; 2011, 679; 2019, 1670)
NV Rev Stat § 439.865 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.865 - Patient safety plan: Development; inclusion of infection control program to prevent and control infections; approval; notice; compliance; annual review and update.

  1. Each medical facility that is located within this state shall develop, in consultation with the providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility, an internal patient safety plan to improve the health and safety of patients who are treated at that medical facility.  2. The patient safety plan must include, without limitation:  (a) The patient safety checklists and patient safety policies most recently adopted pursuant to NRS 439.877.  (b) An infection control program to prevent and control infections within the medical facility. To carry out the program, the medical facility shall adopt an infection control policy. The policy must consist of:  (1) The current guidelines appropriate for the facility’s scope of service developed by a nationally recognized infection control organization as approved by the State Board of Health which may include, without limitation, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the World Health Organization and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; and  (2) Facility-specific infection control developed under the supervision of a certified infection preventionist.  3. The program to prevent and control infections within the medical facility must provide for the designation of a person who is responsible for infection control when the infection control officer is absent to ensure that someone is responsible for infection control at all times.  4. A medical facility shall submit its patient safety plan to the governing board of the medical facility for approval in accordance with the requirements of this section.   5. After a medical facility’s patient safety plan is approved, the medical facility shall notify all providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility of the existence of the plan and of the requirements of the plan. A medical facility shall require compliance with its patient safety plan.  6. The patient safety plan must be reviewed and updated annually in accordance with the requirements for approval set forth in this section.  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 15; A 2011, 679, 1583)
NV Rev Stat § 439.870 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.870 - Patient safety officer: Designation; duties.

  1. A health facility shall designate an officer or employee of the facility to serve as the patient safety officer of the health facility.  2. The person who is designated as the patient safety officer of a health facility shall:  (a) Supervise the reporting of all sentinel events alleged to have occurred at the health facility, including, without limitation, performing the duties required pursuant to NRS 439.835.  (b) Take such action as he or she determines to be necessary to ensure the safety of patients as a result of an investigation of any sentinel event alleged to have occurred at the health facility.  (c) If the health facility is a medical facility:  (1) Serve on the patient safety committee of the medical facility established pursuant to NRS 439.875; and  (2) Report to the patient safety committee regarding any action taken in accordance with paragraph (b).  (Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 15; A 2019, 1670)