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NV Rev Stat § 439.135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.135 - Appointment of Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other agents by Administrator.

As provided in chapter 585 of NRS, the Administrator shall designate and appoint, for the enforcement of chapter 585 of NRS, a Commissioner and such other agent or agents as the Administrator may deem necessary.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 617; A 1963, 939; 1969, 616; 1983, 833)
NV Rev Stat § 439.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.140 - Appointment or removal of subordinate officer or employee of Division.

  1. With the approval of the Director, the Administrator shall appoint and may remove subordinate officers and employees of the Division.  2. For the purpose of insuring the impartial selection of personnel on the basis of merit, the Administrator may fill all positions in the Division, with the exception of the positions of Chief Medical Officer and professional persons employed for part-time duties, from the classified service of the State.  [Part 5:199:1911; A 1939, 297; 1945, 130; 1943 NCL § 5239] — (NRS A 1963, 939; 1983, 833; 1985, 424)
NV Rev Stat § 439.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.150 - State Board of Health supreme in matters concerning health; Department designated agency for federal cooperation; fees.

  1. The State Board of Health is hereby declared to be supreme in all nonadministrative health matters. It has general supervision over all matters, except for administrative matters and as otherwise provided in NRS 439.950 to 439.983, inclusive, relating to the preservation of the health and lives of citizens of this State and over the work of the Chief Medical Officer and all district, county and city health departments, boards of health and health officers.  2. The Department is hereby designated as the agency of this State to cooperate with the federal authorities in the administration of those parts of the Social Security Act which relate to the general promotion of public health. It may receive and expend all money made available to the Division by the Federal Government, the State of Nevada or its political subdivisions, or from any other source, for the purposes provided in this chapter. In developing and revising any state plan in connection with federal assistance for health programs, the Department shall consider, without limitation, the amount of money available from the Federal Government for those programs, the conditions attached to the acceptance of that money and the limitations of legislative appropriations for those programs.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128, the State Board of Health may set reasonable fees for the:  (a) Licensing, registering, certifying, inspecting or granting of permits for any facility, establishment or service regulated by the Division;  (b) Programs and services of the Division;  (c) Review of plans; and  (d) Certification and licensing of personnel.  Fees set pursuant to this subsection must be calculated to produce for that period the revenue from the fees projected in the budget approved for the Division by the Legislature.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259] + [Part 6 1/2:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259.02] — (NRS A 1963, 939; 1967, 1168; 1973, 1406; 1981, 1599, 1898; 1987, 773; 1997, 3172; 2001, 415; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 54; 2009, 369; 2013, 3038)
NV Rev Stat § 439.155 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.155 - Contracts for cooperation with governmental entities and others; effect of payments to Division for such cooperation; immunity from and limitations on liability not waived.

  1. For the purposes of this chapter, the Department through the Division may cooperate, financially or otherwise, and execute contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, any federal department or agency, any other state department or agency, a county, a city, a public district or any political subdivision of this State, a public or private corporation, an individual or a group of individuals. Such a contract or agreement may include provisions whereby the Division will provide staff, services or other resources, or any combination thereof, without payment, to further the purposes of the contract or agreement. If the contract or agreement includes a provision whereby the Division is paid for the provision of staff, services or other resources, the payment will be reimbursed directly to the Division’s budget. Cooperation pursuant to this section does not of itself relieve any person, department, agency or political subdivision of any responsibility or liability existing under any provision of law.  2. If the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee enters into a contract or agreement pursuant to subsection 1 with a private nonprofit corporation, the contract or agreement may allow:  (a) The Division to enter and inspect any premises which are related to services provided under the contract or agreement and to inspect any records which are related to services provided under the contract or agreement to ensure the welfare of any consumer served by the private nonprofit corporation under the contract or agreement;  (b) The Division and the private nonprofit corporation to share confidential information concerning any consumer served by the private nonprofit corporation under the contract or agreement; and  (c) The private nonprofit corporation to assign rights and obligations of the private nonprofit corporation under the contract or agreement to the Division.  3. The State, the Department and the Division do not waive any immunity from liability or limitation on liability provided by law by entering into a contract or agreement pursuant to this section and any such contract or agreement must include a provision to that effect.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 316)
NV Rev Stat § 439.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.160 - Uniform compliance with provisions of chapter.

  1. The Division is charged with:  (a) The thorough and efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter in every part of the State; and  (b) Supervisory power over local health officers,  to the end that all of the requirements of this chapter shall be uniformly complied with.  2. The Division shall have authority to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of the law, and all local health officers shall aid the Division, upon request, in such investigations.  [Part 22:199:1911; RL § 2973; NCL § 5256] — (NRS A 1963, 939)
NV Rev Stat § 439.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.170 - Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

The Division shall take such measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of sickness and disease, and shall possess all powers necessary to fulfill the duties and exercise the authority prescribed by law and to bring actions in the courts for the enforcement of all health laws and lawful rules and regulations.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259] — (NRS A 1963, 940)
NV Rev Stat § 439.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.170 - Prevention of sickness and disease; legal action for enforcement of laws and regulations; provision of information concerning importance of annual physical examination for children. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. The Division shall take such measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of sickness and disease, and shall possess all powers necessary to fulfill the duties and exercise the authority prescribed by law and to bring actions in the courts for the enforcement of all health laws and lawful rules and regulations.  2. The Division shall include in appropriate public health programs and activities information concerning the importance of an annual physical examination by a provider of health care for children.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259] — (NRS A 1963, 940; 2019, 1478, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 439.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.180 - Biennial report to Director by Administrator.

The Administrator shall make a biennial report to the Director, setting forth the condition of public health in the State and making such recommendations for legislation, appropriations and other matters as are deemed necessary or desirable.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259] — (NRS A 1963, 940; 1983, 833)
NV Rev Stat § 439.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.190 - Hearings and witnesses.

The State Board of Health may hold hearings and summon witnesses to testify before it.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259]
NV Rev Stat § 439.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.200 - Regulations of State Board of Health: Adoption; effect; variances; distribution.

  1. The State Board of Health may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members adopt, amend and enforce reasonable regulations consistent with law:  (a) To define and control dangerous communicable diseases.  (b) To prevent and control nuisances.  (c) To regulate sanitation and sanitary practices in the interests of the public health.  (d) To provide for the sanitary protection of water and food supplies.  (e) To govern and define the powers and duties of local boards of health and health officers, except with respect to the provisions of NRS 444.440 to 444.620, inclusive, 444.650, 445A.170 to 445A.955, inclusive, and chapter 445B of NRS.  (f) To protect and promote the public health generally.  (g) To carry out all other purposes of this chapter.  2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 444.650, those regulations have the effect of law and supersede all local ordinances and regulations inconsistent therewith, except those local ordinances and regulations which are more stringent than the regulations provided for in this section.  3. The State Board of Health may grant a variance from the requirements of a regulation if it finds that:  (a) Strict application of that regulation would result in exceptional and undue hardship to the person requesting the variance; and  (b) The variance, if granted, would not:  (1) Cause substantial detriment to the public welfare; or  (2) Impair substantially the purpose of that regulation.  4. Each regulation adopted by the State Board of Health must be published immediately after adoption and issued in pamphlet form for distribution to local health officers and the residents of the State.  [Part 25:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5259] — (NRS A 1969, 880; 1971, 137, 807; 1977, 1138; 1979, 703; 1983, 329, 1129; 1987, 775; 1991, 2189; 2009, 1077)
NV Rev Stat § 439.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.230 - Personal and statistical information to be secured from patient admitted or committed to public or private institution.

  1. All superintendents or managers, or other persons in charge of hospitals, almshouses, lying-in or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, or confinement, or are committed by process of law, shall make a record of all the personal and statistical particulars relative to the inmates of their institutions at the time of their admission on the forms of the certificates provided for by law and as directed by the State Board of Health.  2. In case of persons admitted or committed for medical treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify for entry in the record the nature of the disease and where, in his or her opinion, it was contracted.  3. The personal particulars and information required by this section shall be obtained from the patient, if it is practicable to do so. When they cannot be so obtained, they shall be secured in as complete a manner as possible from relatives, friends or other persons acquainted with the facts.  [Part 17:199:1911; A 1915, 249; 1951, 312; 1953, 311]
NV Rev Stat § 439.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.240 - State Public Health Laboratory: Maintenance by University of Nevada School of Medicine; branch laboratories; purpose; administration; reports.

  1. The University of Nevada School of Medicine shall maintain the State Public Health Laboratory, and may designate, establish or maintain such branch laboratories as may be necessary.  2. The purpose of the State Public Health Laboratory is:  (a) To make available, at such charges as may be established, to health officials, the Director of the State Department of Agriculture and licensed physicians of the State, proper laboratory facilities for the prompt diagnosis of communicable diseases.  (b) To make necessary examinations and analyses of water, natural ice, sewage, milk, food and clinical material.  (c) To conduct research into the nature, cause, diagnosis and control of diseases.  (d) To undertake such other technical and laboratory duties as are in the interest of the health of the general public.  3. The person in charge of the State Public Health Laboratory, or the person’s designee, must be a skilled bacteriologist.  4. The person in charge of the State Public Health Laboratory may have such technical assistants as that person, in cooperation with the University of Nevada School of Medicine, considers necessary.  5. Reports of investigations conducted at the State Public Health Laboratory may be published from time to time in bulletins and circulars.  6. If the University of Nevada School of Medicine designates a branch laboratory pursuant to subsection 1 that is operated or controlled by a public agency other than the University of Nevada School of Medicine, the public agency and the University of Nevada School of Medicine shall enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 277.080 to 277.180, inclusive, concerning the branch laboratory. The cooperative agreement must include, without limitation, provisions setting forth the powers and duties of each party to the cooperative agreement.  [1:230:1909; RL § 3941; NCL § 7060] + [2:230:1909; RL § 3942; NCL § 7061] + [3:230:1909; RL § 3943; NCL § 7062] + [4:230:1909; RL § 3944; NCL § 7063] + [5:230:1909; RL § 3945; NCL § 7064] + [33:199:1911; added 1919, 221; A 1939, 297; 1945, 177; 1943 NCL § 5267] — (NRS A 1963, 268, 1185; 1983, 833; 1997, 1204; 2001, 2438; 2009, 30; 2017, 144)
NV Rev Stat § 439.249 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.249 - Continuing education and information concerning health of veterans; report.

  1. The Division shall, in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Services:  (a) Establish continuing education courses concerning the health of veterans and make those courses available at no cost to providers of health care and any person who provides services related to the health or welfare of veterans and family members of veterans; or  (b) Provide information concerning the health of veterans to providers of health care and any person who provides services related to the health or welfare of veterans and family members of veterans.  2. Continuing education courses established pursuant to subsection 1 or information provided pursuant to that subsection must include, without limitation, information concerning service-connected disabilities and diseases, including, without limitation, diseases presumed to be service-connected pursuant to 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.303 to 3.344, inclusive.  3. On or before April 1 of each year, the Division shall:  (a) Compile a report concerning the health of veterans in this State. The report must include, without limitation:  (1) Information concerning trends in cancers, other illnesses and deaths related to service-connected disabilities and diseases, including, without limitation, diseases presumed to be service-connected pursuant to 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.303 to 3.344; and  (2) A summary of the information submitted to the Division pursuant to NRS 417.126.  (b) Submit the report to the Governor, the Department of Veterans Services and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults with Special Needs created by NRS 218E.750.   4. As used in this section, "provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 417.124.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2692)
NV Rev Stat § 439.255 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.255 - Masks and face shields for use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Regulations; provision to peace officers and firefighters; waiver of requirements; civil immunity for use.

  1. The State Board of Health shall adopt by regulation the types of portable manual masks and face shields that are approved by the Board to assist in the prevention of the spread of communicable diseases during the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An approved mask or face shield may not weigh more than 1 pound.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every employer shall, without charge to the peace officer or firefighter, provide each peace officer, whether or not the peace officer is on duty, and each firefighter who is on duty, whether paid or voluntary, with:  (a) A portable manual mask and face shield approved by the Board; and  (b) Initial training and instruction in the use of the equipment.  The mask, shield and training must be provided not later than 30 days after the first day of employment. The employer shall provide refresher courses in the use of the equipment when necessary.  3. An employer may apply to the Division for a waiver of the requirements of subsection 2 with regard to each peace officer or firefighter who, in the normal course of his or her employment, is not likely ever to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The application must be in writing, specify the reasons why the employee is not likely in the normal course of his or her employment ever to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and be sworn to by the employer or his or her authorized representative. The Division shall grant or deny the waiver based on the information contained in the application.  4. A waiver granted pursuant to subsection 3 expires upon any change in the duties of the peace officer or firefighter which makes it likely that he or she will administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation at some time in the normal course of his or her employment. The date of the change in duties shall be deemed to be the first day of employment for purposes of subsection 2.  5. An injury or illness which results from the use of a mask or shield by a peace officer or firefighter pursuant to subsection 2 may not be considered as negligence or as causation in any civil action brought against a peace officer or firefighter or his or her employer.  6. As used in this section:  (a) "Employer" means any person who employs or provides equipment to a firefighter or peace officer, including the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions.  (b) "Peace officer" means:  (1) Sheriffs of counties and of metropolitan police departments and their deputies;  (2) Personnel of the Nevada Highway Patrol whose principal duty is to enforce one or more laws of this State and any person promoted from such a duty to a supervisory position related to such a duty; and  (3) Marshals and police officers of cities and towns.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 307; A 2001, 2615; 2005, 327, 675)
NV Rev Stat § 439.258 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.258 - Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

  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 allowing a program that is located in another state to become certified in this State to provide treatment to persons who:  (a) Reside in this State; and  (b) Are ordered by a court in this State to participate in a program for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2467)
NV Rev Stat § 439.258 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.258 - Programs for treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

  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.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2467; A 2019, 4465, effective July 1, 2020)