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NV Rev Stat § 439.367 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.367 - District board of health: Powers.

  1. The district board of health may:  (a) Receive and disburse federal money;  (b) Submit project applications and programs of projects to federal agencies; and  (c) Enter into formal agreements with federal agencies concerning projects and programs.  2. The district board of health may accept and disburse contributions from private sources, the State, the county, and the cities and towns within the jurisdiction of the board to match federal money for any project or program. All such contributions must be deposited with the county treasurer to the credit of the health district fund created by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 439.363.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2466)
NV Rev Stat § 439.368 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.368 - Appointment, duties and compensation of district health officer; duties of district board of health concerning district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.

  1. The district board of health shall appoint a district health officer for the health district who shall have full authority as a county health officer in the health district.  2. The district health officer shall direct the work of the health district, administer the health district and perform any other duties specified by the district board of health.  3. The district board of health shall:  (a) Approve a job description, qualifications and compensation for a district health officer; and  (b) Oversee the recruitment and selection process for a district health officer.  4. The district health officer is entitled to receive the compensation approved by the district board of health and serves at the pleasure of the board.  5. Any clinical program of a district board of health which requires medical assessment must be carried out under the direction of a physician.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2465; A 2013, 3178; 2015, 2963)
NV Rev Stat § 439.3685 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.3685 - Duties of district health officer concerning chief medical officer; compensation of chief medical officer.

  1. The district health officer shall, with the approval of the district board of health:  (a) Approve a job description, qualifications and compensation for a chief medical officer; and  (b) Oversee the recruitment and selection process for and appoint a chief medical officer, who serves under the direction of the district health officer.  2. The chief medical officer is entitled to receive the compensation approved by the district health officer and serves at the pleasure of the district board of health.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2961)
NV Rev Stat § 439.369 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.369 - Applicability.

The provisions of NRS 439.369 to 439.410, inclusive, apply to a county whose population is less than 700,000.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2464; A 2011, 1255)
NV Rev Stat § 439.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.370 - Health district: Creation.

By affirmative vote of:  1. The boards of county commissioners of two or more adjacent counties;  2. The governing bodies of two or more cities or towns within any county; or  3. The board of county commissioners and the governing body or bodies of any incorporated city or cities, town or towns, in such county,  and with the approval of the State Board of Health, there may be created a health district with a health department consisting of a district health officer and a district board of health.  [Part 35:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.01] — (NRS A 1959, 104)
NV Rev Stat § 439.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.380 - County or city board of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.

When any county and one or more incorporated cities within the county establish a district board of health, the county board of health and the board of health of the city or cities must be abolished, and the district board of health must be given the same powers, duties and authority that county board of health had before the establishment of the district board of health.  [Part 35:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.01] — (NRS A 1959, 104; 1987, 1723)
NV Rev Stat § 439.383 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.383 - County boards of health within district abolished upon creation of district board of health.

When two or more adjacent counties establish a district board of health, all county boards of health in such district shall thereupon be abolished.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 103)
NV Rev Stat § 439.385 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.385 - City and town boards of health abolished upon creation of district board of health.

When two or more cities or towns establish a district board of health, all city and town boards of health in such district shall thereupon be abolished.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 103)
NV Rev Stat § 439.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.390 - District board of health: Composition; qualifications of members.

  1. A district board of health must consist of two members from each county, city or town which participated in establishing the district, to be appointed by the governing body of the county, city or town in which they reside, together with one additional member to be chosen by the members so appointed.  2. The additional member must be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State.  3. If the appointive members of the district board of health fail to choose the additional member within 30 days after the organization of the district health department, the additional member may be appointed by the Chief Medical Officer.  [Part 35:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.01] — (NRS A 1959, 104; 1963, 941; 1991, 1379)
NV Rev Stat § 439.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.400 - Appointment, qualifications, powers and compensation of district health officer; clinical program requiring medical assessment must be supervised by physician.

  1. The district board of health shall appoint a district health officer for the district.  2. The district health officer must be appointed on the basis of his or her graduate education in public health, training, experience and interest in public health and related programs.  3. The district health officer has full authority as a county health officer in the health district.  4. Any clinical program of a district board of health which requires medical assessment must be carried out under the direction of a physician.  5. The district health officer is entitled to receive a salary fixed by the district board of health and serves at the pleasure of that board.  [Part 35:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.01] — (NRS A 1959, 104; 1981, 603)
NV Rev Stat § 439.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.420 - City board of health: Creation by ordinance.

  1. Every city of population categories one and two shall provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of health.  2. A city of population category three may provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of health.  [Part 29:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5263] — (NRS A 2001, 635)
NV Rev Stat § 439.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.430 - City board of health: Members; appointments; qualifications and compensation of city health officer.

  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.  [Part 29:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5263]
NV Rev Stat § 439.440 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.440 - Inclusion of city in county or district health department.

The governing authorities of any incorporated city may abolish the offices of the city board of health and the office of the city health officer for such city and thereby signify the city’s consent to be included in a county or district health department. The powers and duties of the city board of health and the city health officer shall devolve upon the county or district health department.  [Part 36:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.02]
NV Rev Stat § 439.450 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.450 - Withdrawal of city from county or district health department; re-establishment of city health department.

The governing authorities of any incorporated city which has consented to be included in a county or district health department may, after a period of 3 years following such inclusion, provide by resolution for withdrawal therefrom and for the re-establishment of a city health department for the city.  [Part 36:199:1911; added 1939, 297; 1931 NCL § 5268.02]
NV Rev Stat § 439.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.460 - City board of health: Duties.

The city board of health shall:  1. Oversee all sanitary conditions of the city in which the board is created.  2. Adopt such regulations as may be necessary for the prevention, suppression and control of any contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the public health, which regulations take effect immediately upon approval by the State Board of Health.  3. File a copy of all of its adopted regulations with the city clerk.  [Part 30:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5264] — (NRS A 1983, 1130)
NV Rev Stat § 439.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.470 - City board of health: Powers.

The city board of health may:  1. Abate nuisances in accordance with law.  2. Establish a temporary isolation hospital or quarantine station when an emergency demands the isolation or quarantine of a person or a group of persons.  3. Restrain, quarantine and disinfect any person or a group of persons sick with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease which is dangerous to the public health.  4. Appoint quarantine officers when necessary to enforce a quarantine, and shall provide whatever medicines, disinfectants and provisions which may be required. The city council shall pay all debts or charges so incurred, but each patient shall, if able, pay for his or her food, medicine, clothes and medical attendance.  5. Subject to the prior review and approval of the governing body of the city and except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128, adopt a schedule of reasonable fees to be collected for issuing or renewing any health permit or license required to be obtained from such board pursuant to state law or an ordinance adopted by any political subdivision. Such fees must be for the sole purpose of defraying the costs and expenses of the procedures for issuing licenses and permits, and investigations related thereto, and not for the purposes of general revenue.  [Part 30:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5264] — (NRS A 1973, 1137; 1997, 3173; 2003, 2195)
NV Rev Stat § 439.471 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.471 - Applicability.

The provisions of NRS 439.471 to 439.479, inclusive, apply to any health district created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 1499)
NV Rev Stat § 439.473 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.473 - Authority of district health officer to issue order for extermination or abatement of nuisance; authorized actions.

A district health officer or his or her designee who issues an order for the extermination or abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rats or any breeding place thereof may authorize and take any action necessary to abate the nuisance or prevent its recurrence, including, without limitation:  1. Abate any stagnant pool of water or other breeding place for mosquitoes, flies, other insects or rats;  2. Treat with oil, other larvicidal material, other chemicals or other material any breeding place of mosquitoes, flies, other insects or rats;  3. Build, construct, repair and maintain necessary dikes, levees, cuts, canals or ditches upon any land, and acquire by purchase, condemnation or other lawful means, in the name of the health district, any land, right-of-way, easement, property or material necessary for the extermination or abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rats or any breeding place thereof;  4. Enter into contracts to indemnify or compensate any owner of real or other property for any injury or damage caused by the use or taking of property for dikes, levees, cuts, canals or ditches;  5. Enter upon without hindrance any land, within or without the health district, to determine whether breeding places of mosquitoes, flies, other insects or rats exist upon that land; and  6. Determine whether any person subject to an order issued pursuant to NRS 439.475 has complied with the order.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 1499)
NV Rev Stat § 439.475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.475 - Notice of order for abatement of nuisance; duty of health district if owner fails to comply with order.

  1. A district health officer may issue an order requiring an owner of real property to abate and prevent the recurrence of any mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rats or any breeding place thereof by providing notice of the order to the owner by mail addressed to the last known address of the owner. The order must:  (a) Provide that the owner shall abate the nuisance and prevent its recurrence; and  (b) Specify the period within which the abatement must be completed.  2. If the owner of the real property does not comply with the order within the time specified, the health district shall abate the nuisance and take all necessary steps to prevent its recurrence.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 1499)
NV Rev Stat § 439.477 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.477 - Lien on real property for costs of abating nuisance; action to foreclose lien.

  1. All money expended by a health district in abating a nuisance and preventing its recurrence on real property pursuant to NRS 439.475 constitutes a lien upon the property and may be recovered by an action against the property.  2. Notice of the lien must be filed and recorded by the health district in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated not later than 6 months after the date on which the health district completes the abatement.  3. Any action to foreclose the lien must be commenced not later than 6 months after the filing and recording of the notice of the lien.  4. An action commenced pursuant to subsection 3 must be brought by the health district in the name of the health district.  5. When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of foreclosure must be paid to the health district and the surplus, if any, must be paid to the owner of the property if known, and if not known, must be paid into the court in which the lien was foreclosed for the use of the owner if ascertained.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 1499)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4797 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4797 - Powers of boards of health; regulations by State Environmental Commission.

  1. The board of health or its agent shall, for the purposes of NRS 40.140, 40.770, 202.450 and 489.776, evaluate the removal or remediation by any entity certified or licensed to do so of:  (a) Substances involving a controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog; and  (b) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation that contains any quantity of methamphetamine.  2. The State Environmental Commission shall adopt regulations:  (a) To carry out the provisions of subsection 1;  (b) Establishing standards pursuant to which a building or place which was used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog may be deemed safe for habitation for the purposes of NRS 40.140 and 202.450; and  (c) Establishing standards pursuant to which any property that is or has been the site of a crime that involves the manufacturing of any material, compound, mixture or preparation that contains any quantity of methamphetamine may be deemed safe for habitation for the purposes of NRS 40.770 and 489.776.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Board of health" means:  (1) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district board of health; or  (2) In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the State Board of Health.  (b) "Controlled substance analog" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.043.  (c) "Immediate precursor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.086.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 824; A 2011, 1255)
NV Rev Stat § 439.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.480 - Local health officer: Supervision; jurisdiction.

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.  [Part 31:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5265] — (NRS A 1963, 942; 2001, 635)
NV Rev Stat § 439.490 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.490 - Abatement or removal of nuisance.

Every health officer or a designee of the health officer may order the abatement or removal of any nuisance detrimental to the public health in accordance with the laws relating to such matters.  [Part 31:199:1911; added 1919, 221; 1919 RL p. 2892; NCL § 5265] — (NRS A 2009, 1501)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4905 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4905 - Payment of assessment; exemption; regulations.

  1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 3, each county shall pay an assessment to the Division, in an amount determined by the Division, for the costs of services provided in that county by the Division or by the Chief Medical Officer, including, without limitation, services provided pursuant to this chapter and chapters 441A, 444, 446 and 583 of NRS and the regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, regardless of whether the county has a local health authority.  2. Each county shall pay the assessment to the Division in quarterly installments that are due on the first day of the first month of each calendar quarter.  3. A county may submit a proposal to the Governor for the county to carry out the services that would otherwise be provided by the Division or the Chief Medical Officer pursuant to this chapter and chapters 441A, 444, 446 and 583 of NRS and the regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters. If the Governor approves the proposal, the Governor shall submit a recommendation to the Interim Finance Committee to exempt the county from the assessment required pursuant to subsection 1. The Interim Finance Committee, upon receiving the recommendation from the Governor, shall consider the proposal and determine whether to approve the exemption. In considering whether to approve the exemption, the Interim Finance Committee shall consider, among other things, the best interests of the State, the effect of the exemption and the intent of the Legislature in requiring the assessment to be paid by each county.  4. An exemption that is approved by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to subsection 3 must not become effective until at least 6 months after that approval.  5. A county that receives approval pursuant to subsection 3 to carry out the services that would otherwise be provided by the Division or the Chief Medical Officer pursuant to this chapter and chapters 441A, 444, 446 and 583 of NRS and the regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters shall carry out those services in the manner set forth in those chapters and regulations.  6. The Division may adopt such regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 2505; A 2013, 3039)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4921 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4921 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 439.4921 to 439.4943, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 439.4923, 439.4925 and 439.4927 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4923 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4923 - "Health care facility" defined.

Health care facility has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162A.740.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4925 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4925 - "Provider of health care" defined.

Provider of health care has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)
NV Rev Stat § 439.4927 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health|NRS 439.4927 - "Sickle cell disease and its variants" defined.

Sickle cell disease and its variants means an inherited disease caused by a mutation in a gene for hemoglobin in which red blood cells have an abnormal crescent shape that causes them to block small blood cells and die sooner than normal red blood cells and may include sickle cell disease, one or more variants or a combination thereof, as applicable.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2158)