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NV Rev Stat § 450.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.470 - Room for examination of persons alleged to have mental illness; room for custodial supervision of persons with mental illness and dangerous persons.

  1. If the county hospital is located at the county seat, the board of hospital trustees shall, at all times, provide a suitable room that may be used for the examination of persons who are alleged to have mental illness and who are to be brought before the judge of the district court for proceedings to determine the issue of involuntary court-ordered admission as provided in chapter 433A of NRS. This section does not prohibit or limit the examination of persons alleged to have mental illness at a private hospital as provided in chapter 433A of NRS.  2. The board of trustees of such a county hospital, in cooperation with the local law enforcement agencies, may provide a suitable room that may be used for the custodial supervision of persons who are alleged to:  (a) Have mental illness; or  (b) Be dangerous to themselves or others.  [13:169:1929; NCL § 2237] — (NRS A 1967, 1679; 1975, 1634; 1993, 834)
NV Rev Stat § 450.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.480 - Use of paramedics for emergency care authorized.

A hospital or rescue unit which meets minimum requirements established by the State Board of Health, or an ambulance service which meets minimum requirements established by the State Board of Health in a county whose population is less than 100,000, or a county or district board of health in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, may use paramedics, as defined in NRS 450B.095, for the rendering of emergency medical care to the sick or injured:  1. At the scene of an emergency and during transport to a hospital;  2. While in a hospital emergency department; and  3. Until responsibility for care is assumed by the regular staff of the hospital.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 610; A 1975, 37; 1987, 2206; 1993, 2827; 2013, 937)
NV Rev Stat § 450.485 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.485 - Contract for use of facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing.

The board of hospital trustees may contract for the use of a facility for intermediate care or a facility for skilled nursing for the treatment of patients who may safely be discharged to such a facility.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 295)
NV Rev Stat § 450.490 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.490 - Conveyance or lease of hospital to corporation.

  1. The board of county commissioners of any county for which a public hospital has been established or is administered pursuant to NRS 450.010 to 450.510, inclusive, and whose public hospital is the only hospital in the county, may convey the hospital for an amount not less than its appraised value or lease it for a term of not more than 50 years to any corporation if all of the following conditions are met:  (a) The corporation must provide in its articles of incorporation for an advisory board for the hospital. The advisory board must consist of persons who represent a broad section of the people to be served by the hospital.  (b) The corporation must contract to:  (1) Care for indigent patients at a charge to the county which does not exceed the actual cost of providing that care, or in accordance with NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340, inclusive, if applicable; and  (2) Receive any person falling sick or maimed within the county.  (c) The corporation must agree to accept all the current assets, including accounts receivable, to assume all the current liabilities, and to take over and maintain the records of the existing public hospital.  (d) The agreement must provide for the transfer of patients, staff and employees, and for the continuing administration of any trusts or bequests pertaining to the existing public hospital.  (e) The agreement must provide for the assumption by the corporation of all indebtedness of the county which is attributable to the hospital, and:  (1) If the hospital is conveyed, for payment to the county of an amount which is not less than the appraised value of the hospital, after deducting any indebtedness so assumed, immediately or by deferred installments over a period of not more than 30 years.  (2) If the hospital is leased, for a rental which will, over the term of the lease, reimburse the county for its actual capital investment in the hospital, after deducting depreciation and any indebtedness so assumed. The lease may provide a credit against the rental so required for the value of any capital improvements made by the corporation.  2. If any hospital which has been conveyed pursuant to this section ceases to be used as a hospital, unless the premises so conveyed are sold and the proceeds used to erect or enlarge another hospital for the county, the hospital so conveyed reverts to the ownership of the county. If any hospital which has been leased pursuant to this section ceases to be used as a hospital, the lease is terminated.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1186; A 1987, 879)
NV Rev Stat § 450.510 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.510 - County whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with community nonprofit hospital for care of indigent patients; enlargement or alteration of hospital.

  1. The board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with any nonprofit corporation to which a public hospital has been conveyed or leased, for the care of indigent patients from the contracting county and the receiving of other persons falling sick or being maimed or injured within the contracting county. The contract must be consistent with the provisions of NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340, inclusive, if applicable.  2. The contracting county may participate in the enlargement or alteration of the hospital.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 216; A 1969, 1545; 1979, 551; 1987, 881; 1993, 2661)
NV Rev Stat § 450.520 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.520 - Determination that emergency exists before submission of certain questions at special election.

  1. For the purposes of NRS 450.043, 450.060 and 450.280, a special election may be held only if the board of county commissioners determines, by a unanimous vote, that an emergency exists.  2. The determination made by the board is conclusive unless it is shown that the board acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion. An action to challenge the determination made by the board must be commenced within 15 days after the board’s determination is final.  3. As used in this section, "emergency" means any unexpected occurrence or combination of occurrences which requires immediate action by the board to prevent or mitigate a substantial financial loss to the county or to enable the board to provide an essential service to the residents of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1078; A 1995, 334)
NV Rev Stat § 450.525 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.525 - Membership of hospital in purchasing group.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 190; A 2019, 3580)
NV Rev Stat § 450.530 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.530 - Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through certain purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding.

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.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 190; A 2019, 3580)
NV Rev Stat § 450.550 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.550 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 450.550 to 450.760, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. "Board of trustees" means:  (a) A board of hospital trustees:  (1) Elected pursuant to NRS 450.620 and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or  (2) Appointed pursuant to NRS 450.625 and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or  (b) A board of county commissioners, if that board enacts an ordinance which provides that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees, and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable.  2. "District hospital" means a hospital constructed, maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.760, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1387; A 1989, 1011; 1993, 1975; 1995, 793; 1997, 3100, 3135; 1999, 639, 2076; 2001, 468; 2005, 1448)
NV Rev Stat § 450.560 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.560 - Establishment of district on motion of board of county commissioners.

  1. The board of county commissioners of any county may of its own motion establish a hospital district in the manner prescribed in NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive. The establishment of a hospital district is in addition to any other powers granted to a board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 450.010 to 450.510, inclusive.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a hospital district specified in subsection 1 may include territory within more than one county. If the establishment of such a district is proposed by a board of county commissioners, the district may be established only if the board of county commissioners of each county included within the district, other than the county of the board of county commissioners that proposes to establish the district, adopts a resolution approving the establishment of the district.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1387; A 1997, 3100, 3135; 1999, 639)
NV Rev Stat § 450.570 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.570 - Notice of intent to establish district: Contents; publication.

The notice of intent to establish a hospital district must:  1. State the name of the proposed district and the name of the county or counties in which the proposed district is located.  2. State the time and place fixed by the board of county commissioners for a hearing on the proposed establishment of the district.  3. Describe the territory or specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the district, which boundaries, so far as practicable, must be the centerlines of highways.  4. Be published once a week for 2 successive weeks before the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper designated by the board of county commissioners.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1387; A 1997, 3101, 3136; 1999, 639)
NV Rev Stat § 450.580 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.580 - Objections to formation of district; hearing.

  1. At or before the time fixed for the hearing of the proposed establishment of a hospital district, any person interested may file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the board of county commissioners that proposes to establish the district.  2. At the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall hear and consider any objections filed pursuant to subsection 1.  3. The board may:  (a) Sustain any objections filed pursuant to subsection 1;  (b) Change or alter the boundaries of the proposed district to conform to the requirements of the district; and   (c) Exclude from the district any land that will not be benefited by the establishment of the district.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1387; A 1997, 3101, 3136; 1999, 639)
NV Rev Stat § 450.590 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.590 - Establishment of district: Petition of owners of property; adoption, contents and publication of resolution of intention to establish district; exception.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if 25 percent or more of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands lying within the proposed district, whose names appear as such upon the last county assessment roll, present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land lies, setting forth the exterior boundaries of the proposed district and asking that the district so described be established within a county hospital district pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution declaring the intention of the board to include the territory within a county hospital district, naming the district and describing its exterior boundaries.  2. The resolution must:  (a) Fix a time and place for the hearing of the proposed establishment of the district not less than 30 days after its adoption.  (b) Direct the clerk of the board of county commissioners to publish:  (1) The notice of intention of the board of county commissioners to establish the county hospital district; and  (2) The time and place fixed for the hearing.  (c) Designate that the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county and circulated in the proposed county hospital district, or if there is no newspaper so published and circulated, then in a newspaper of general circulation circulated in the proposed district.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a proposed hospital district if it includes territory within more than one county.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388; A 1997, 3101, 3136; 1999, 639)
NV Rev Stat § 450.600 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.600 - Hearing on petition.

Upon the hearing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements and purposes of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, and must hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support or in objection thereto.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388)
NV Rev Stat § 450.610 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.610 - Resolution creating district.

If after a hearing, the board of county commissioners determines that the creation of the proposed hospital district is desirable, the board shall by resolution provide for the creation of such district, designating the name of the district and establishing the boundaries of the district.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388)
NV Rev Stat § 450.620 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.620 - Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees; service of board of county commissioners ex officio as board of trustees.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 450.625, if a hospital district is created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, the board of county commissioners shall provide by ordinance for:  (a) The number of members of the board of trustees;  (b) The term of office of the trustees, which must not exceed 4 years; and  (c) The times and manner of the election of the trustees, which must be nonpartisan.  2. If a hospital district specified in subsection 1 does not include territory within more than one county, the board of county commissioners may enact an ordinance providing that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees of the district hospital. If such an ordinance is enacted in a county:  (a) The county commissioners shall serve as the hospital trustees of the district hospital during their terms of office as county commissioners; and  (b) If hospital trustees have been elected pursuant to subsection 1, the term of office of each hospital trustee of the district hospital who is serving in that capacity on the effective date of the ordinance is terminated as of the effective date of the ordinance.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450.710, a board of county commissioners shall not enact an ordinance pursuant to subsection 2 unless it determines that:  (a) The county has fully funded its indigent care account created pursuant to NRS 428.010;  (b) The county has fulfilled its duty to reimburse the hospital for indigent care provided to qualified indigent patients; and  (c) During the previous calendar year:  (1) At least one of the hospital’s accounts payable was more than 90 days in arrears;  (2) The hospital failed to fulfill its statutory financial obligations, including the payment of taxes, premiums for industrial insurance or contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System;  (3) One or more of the conditions relating to financial emergencies set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 354.685 existed at the hospital; or  (4) The hospital received notice from the Federal Government or the State of Nevada that the certification or license of the hospital was in imminent jeopardy of being revoked because the hospital had not carried out a previously established plan of action to correct previously noted deficiencies found by the regulatory body.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388; A 1995, 793; 1997, 572, 3102, 3137; 1999, 639, 2077; 2015, 740)
NV Rev Stat § 450.625 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.625 - Trustees of district that includes territory within more than one county.

  1. If a hospital district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, includes territory within more than one county, the board of trustees of the hospital district must consist of three members of the board of county commissioners that created the district and:  (a) Three members of the board of county commissioners of each county other than the county of the board of county commissioners that created the district, if the portion of the county included in the district is two-thirds or more of the total area of the county;  (b) Two members of the board of county commissioners of each county other than the county of the board of county commissioners that created the district, if the portion of the county included in the district is more than one-third of the total area of the county but less than two-thirds of the total area of the county; or  (c) One member of the board of county commissioners of each county other than the county of the board of county commissioners that created the district, if the portion of the county included in the district is one-third or less of the total amount of the area of the county.  2. Each member of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to this section must be appointed by the board of county commissioners of which he or she is a member.  3. The term of office of the members of the board of trustees is 3 years.  4. A member who ceases to be a member of the board of county commissioners that appointed him or her ceases to be a member of the board of trustees.  5. Any vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term by the board of county commissioners that appointed the member who created the vacancy.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3099; A 1997, 3134; 1999, 639)
NV Rev Stat § 450.630 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.630 - General powers and duties of board of trustees; rules and regulations.

The board of trustees shall:  1. Carry out the spirit and intent of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, in establishing and maintaining a hospital in each district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.  2. Make and adopt bylaws, rules and regulations:  (a) For its own guidance and the government of any such hospital; and  (b) Fixing the charges for treatment of patients.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388; A 1987, 390)
NV Rev Stat § 450.640 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.640 - Employees and staff of hospital: Appointment to board of chief of staff of physicians for district hospital; appointment by board of chief executive officer and necessary assistants for hospital; compensation; removal; admission.

The board of trustees may:  1. After the board is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.620 or 450.625, increase the number of members who serve on the board by appointing, as a voting member of the board, one physician who is the chief of staff of physicians for a district hospital. The term of office of a member who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is 2 years, commencing on the date of appointment by the board of trustees. A vacancy in the term of a member appointed pursuant to this subsection must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.  2. Appoint a chief executive officer and necessary assistants for each hospital, and fix the compensations of such persons.  3. Employ physicians, surgeons and interns, as the board determines necessary, and fix their compensation.  4. Remove such appointees and employees.  5. Remove persons who are appointed or employed pursuant to this section.  6. Control the admission of physicians, surgeons and interns to the staff by promulgating rules, regulations and standards governing such appointments.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1987, 390; 2001, 469)
NV Rev Stat § 450.650 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts|NRS 450.650 - Budgets.

The board of trustees of each county hospital district shall prepare annual budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 2011, 2731)