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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.870 - Prohibited acts: Operation of food establishment without valid permit issued by health authority; sale, offer or display for consideration of food prepared in private home without valid permit issued by health authority; exemptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to operate a food establishment unless the person possesses a valid permit issued to him or her by the health authority.
2. The health authority may exempt a food establishment from the provisions of this chapter if the health authority determines that the food which is sold, offered or displayed for sale, or served at the establishment does not constitute a potential or actual hazard to the public health.
3. Food that is prepared in a private home and given away free of charge or consideration of any kind is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, unless it is given to a food establishment.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, food that is prepared in a private home must not be sold, or offered or displayed for sale or for compensation or contractual consideration of any kind, unless the person preparing the food possesses a valid permit issued to him or her by the health authority for that purpose.
5. A religious, charitable or other nonprofit organization may, without possessing a permit from the health authority, sell food occasionally to raise money, whether or not the food was prepared in a private home, if the sale occurs on the premises of the organization. If the sale is to occur off the premises of the organization, a permit from the health authority is required unless an exemption is granted pursuant to subsection 2.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 753; A 1969, 810; 1987, 382; 2001, 1505)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.872 - Prohibited acts: Selling flesh of diseased animal; selling container containing shellfish without approved stamp.

Any person who knowingly sells any flesh of any diseased animal or any container containing shellfish, if the container does not have an approved stamp authorized by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.875 - Issuance of permit.

1. Any person desiring to operate a food establishment must make written application for a permit on forms provided by the health authority. The application must include:
(a) The applicant’s full name and post office address. An applicant may include on the application an electronic mail address by which the health authority may communicate with the applicant and send any inspection report form or other notice.
(b) A statement whether the applicant is a natural person, firm or corporation, and, if a partnership, the names of the partners, together with their addresses.
(c) A statement of the location and type of the proposed food establishment.
(d) The signature of the applicant or applicants.
2. An application for a permit to operate a temporary food establishment must also include the inclusive dates of the proposed operation.
3. Upon receipt of such an application, the health authority shall make an inspection of the food establishment to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. When inspection reveals that the applicable requirements of this chapter have been met, the health authority shall issue a permit to the applicant.
4. A permit to operate a temporary food establishment may be issued for a period not to exceed 14 days.
5. A permit issued pursuant to this section:
(a) Is not transferable from person to person or from place to place.
(b) Must be posted in every food establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 753; A 1969, 811; 1987, 383; 2023, 67)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.877 - License of any licensing authority must not be issued until permit issued by health authority; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no license under any license ordinance of any licensing authority may be issued for the operation of a food establishment to any person owning or operating such food establishment unless the permit required by this chapter has first been granted by the health authority.
2. A board of county commissioners or the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, whether organized under general law or special charter, may issue a license to operate a food establishment to any person owning or operating the food establishment contingent upon the person’s obtaining the permit required by this chapter from the health authority.
[14:116:1943; 1943 NCL § 5319.13]—(NRS A 1963, 759; 1969, 804; 2011, 3593)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.883 - Revocation of city or county business license if permit issued by health authority revoked.

1. A license to operate a food establishment issued by any licensing authority to a person owning or operating such food establishment shall be revoked when such person’s permit has been revoked by the health authority, and no new license may be issued until such person again possesses an unrevoked permit from the health authority.
2. Licensing authorities shall be notified by the health authority of the revocation of any permit.
[15:116:1943; 1943 NCL § 5319.14]—(NRS A 1969, 804)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.885 - Inspection of food establishment.

1. At least once every year, the health authority shall inspect each food establishment located in the State.
2. The health authority shall make as many additional inspections and reinspections as are necessary for the enforcement of this chapter.
3. It is unlawful for any person to interfere with the health authority in the performance of his or her duties.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 755; A 1969, 812)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.890 - Access to food establishment; form for inspection report.

1. The health authority, after he or she has properly identified himself or herself, must be permitted to enter, at any reasonable time, any food establishment within the State for the purpose of making any inspection to determine compliance with this chapter. The health authority must be permitted to examine the records of the establishment to obtain pertinent information pertaining to food and supplies purchased, received or used, and persons employed.
2. Whenever the health authority makes an inspection of a food establishment, the health authority shall record his or her findings on an inspection report form provided for this purpose. The health authority shall furnish the original or an electronic original of the inspection report form to the permit holder or operator. The form must summarize the requirements of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 755; A 1969, 812; 1981, 605; 2023, 68)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.895 - Issuance of notice.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 446.880, whenever the health authority makes an inspection of a food establishment and discovers that any of the requirements of this chapter have been violated, the health authority shall notify the permit holder or operator of the violations by means of an inspection report form or other written notice. The notice must:
1. Set forth the specific violations found;
2. Establish a specific and reasonable time for the correction of those violations;
3. In the case of temporary food establishments, state that the violations must be corrected within a specified period which must not be more than 24 hours. Failure to comply with the notice results in immediate suspension of the permit;
4. State that failure to comply with the requirements of any notice issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may result in immediate suspension of the permit or in downgrading of the establishment; and
5. State that an opportunity for appeal from any notice or inspection findings will be provided if a written request for a hearing is filed with the health authority within the period established in the notice for correction.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 755; A 1969, 813; 1981, 605)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.900 - Service of notice.

1. Notices provided for in NRS 446.895 shall be deemed to have been properly served when the original of the inspection report form or other notice has been:
(a) Delivered personally to the permit holder or person in charge;
(b) Sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the permit holder; or
(c) Except for any notice required pursuant to NRS 446.880, sent to the electronic mail address, if any, provided by the permit holder to the health authority.
2. A copy of any inspection report form or other notice provided pursuant to subsection 1 shall be filed with the records of the health authority.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 756; A 2023, 68)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.920 - Examination and condemnation of food.

1. Food may be examined or sampled by the health authority as often as may be necessary to determine freedom from adulteration or misbranding. The health authority may, upon written notice to the owner or person in charge, place a hold order on any food which the health authority determines is or has probable cause to believe to be unwholesome or otherwise adulterated or misbranded.
2. Under a hold order, food shall be permitted to be suitably stored. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or alter a hold order, notice or tag placed on food by the health authority. Neither such food nor the containers thereof shall be relabeled, repacked, reprocessed, altered, disposed of or destroyed without permission of the health authority, except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3. After the owner or person in charge has had a hearing as provided for in NRS 446.895, and on the basis of evidence produced at such hearing, or on the basis of his or her examination in the event a written request for a hearing is not received within 10 days, the health authority may vacate the hold order, or may by written order direct the owner or person in charge of the food which was placed under the hold order to denature or destroy such food or to bring it into compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such order of the health authority to denature or destroy such food or bring it into compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be stayed if the order is appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction within 3 days.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 757; A 1969, 814)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.923 - Authority of health authority to require food processing establishment to have food tested in certain circumstances; requirements of such test; period for retention of records of tests; reporting of test results.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whenever the health authority determines there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the food processed or otherwise prepared by a food processing establishment may constitute a substantial health hazard, the health authority may require that the food processing establishment have its food tested for the presence of contaminants typically associated with the suspected health hazard. When carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the health authority shall comply with the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act, 21 U.S.C. 2201, et seq., and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the extent that a food processing establishment is under investigation for the same purpose pursuant to federal law.
2. If the health authority requires pursuant to subsection 1 that the food processed or otherwise prepared by a food processing establishment be tested:
(a) The food processing establishment:
(1) Is responsible for the cost of the testing; and
(2) May perform such testing itself or cause the testing to be performed by a third party.
(b) The testing must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with nationally recognized laboratory standards.
3. Records of the results of any tests conducted pursuant to this section must be retained by the food processing establishment to which the tests pertain for a period of not less than 2 years. The food processing establishment shall, upon request, make those records available to the health authority for its review.
4. If testing required pursuant to subsection 1 indicates that the food processed or otherwise prepared by a food processing establishment is contaminated, the person or entity that conducted the testing shall, within 24 hours after obtaining the test results, report those test results to the health authority.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1022)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.925 - Food establishment outside jurisdiction of health authority.

Food from food establishments outside the jurisdiction of the health authority of the State of Nevada may be sold within the State of Nevada if such food establishments conform to the provisions of this chapter or to substantially equivalent provisions. To determine the extent of compliance with such provisions, the health authority may accept reports from responsible authorities in the jurisdictions where such food establishments are located.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 757; A 1969, 814)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.930 - Review of plan for construction or remodeling of food establishment.

If, after April 18, 1963, a food establishment is constructed or extensively remodeled, or if an existing structure is converted for use as a food establishment, properly prepared plans and specifications for such construction, remodeling or alteration showing layout, arrangement and construction materials of work areas and the location, size and type of fixed equipment and facilities shall be submitted to the health authority for approval before such work is begun. Where full-time city, county or district health departments exist, such plans and specifications shall be submitted to such health authorities for approval before such work is begun.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 757; A 1969, 814)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.935 - Procedure if infection of food handler is suspected.

1. When the health authority has reasonable cause to suspect the possibility of disease transmission from any food handler of a food establishment, the health authority shall secure a morbidity history of the suspected food handler, or make such other investigation as may be indicated, and take appropriate action.
2. The health authority may require any or all of the following measures:
(a) The immediate exclusion of the food handler from all food establishments.
(b) The immediate closure of the food establishment concerned until, in the opinion of the health authority, no further danger of disease outbreak exists.
(c) Restriction of the food handler’s services to some area of the establishment where there would be no danger of transmitting disease.
(d) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of:
(1) The food handler and his or her body discharges; and
(2) Other food handlers and their body discharges.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 757; A 1969, 815)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.940 - Enforcement.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this chapter must be enforced by the health authority in accordance with regulations hereby authorized to be adopted by the State Board of Health to carry out the requirements of this chapter.
2. A local board of health may adopt such regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. Such regulations:
(a) Become effective when approved by the State Board of Health;
(b) Must be enforced by the health authority; and
(c) Supersede the regulations adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to subsection 1.
3. All sheriffs, constables, police officers, marshals and other peace officers shall render such services and assistance to the health authority in regard to enforcement as the health authority may request.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 758; A 1969, 815; 1981, 606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.941 - Inapplicability of certain regulations to child care facilities with limited menus.

1. Any regulation adopted by the State Board of Health or a local board of health pursuant to NRS 446.940 that establishes a standard for the construction of a food establishment or the equipment required to be present in a food establishment does not apply to any child care facility that limits its menu to:
(a) Food that does not constitute a potential or actual hazard to the public health; and
(b) Potentially hazardous food that has been:
(1) Commercially prepared and precooked; or
(2) Pasteurized,
regardless of whether the child care facility includes a kindergarten.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Child care facility" includes:
(1) A child care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS; or
(2) A child care facility licensed by a city or county.
(b) "Kindergarten" means a program of education for children who are 5 and 6 years of age which is:
(1) Licensed to operate as such pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS or which is exempt from licensure pursuant to NRS 394.211; and
(2) Located on the premises of a child care facility.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 594; A 2009, 1013)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.942 - Restriction on adoption of regulations concerning construction, maintenance, operation or safety of building, structure or other property.

Before the State Board of Health may adopt any regulation concerning the construction, maintenance, operation or safety of a building, structure or other property in this State, the Board shall consult with the Deputy Administrator of the Public Works - Compliance and Code Enforcement Section for the purposes of subsection 9 of NRS 341.100.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3574; A 2013, 397)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.943 - Prosecution by district attorney.

The district attorney of each county shall prosecute any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any provision of the regulations of the State Board of Health or the local board of health adopted pursuant to this chapter.
[Part 21:116:1943; 1943 NCL § 5319.20]—(NRS A 1963, 760; 1969, 807; 1981, 606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 446 - Food Establishments › NRS 446.945 - Penalties.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 446.872, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, such persons may be enjoined from continuing such violations. Each day upon which such a violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 758; A 1969, 815; 2015, 3608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.003 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 447.007 and 447.010 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1616; A 2020, 32nd Special Session, 105; 2023, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.010 - "Hotel" defined.

"Hotel" means every building or structure kept as, used as, maintained as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or rooming accommodations are furnished to the transient public, whether with or without meals, including, without limitation, a lodging house or rooming house where transient trade is solicited.
[1:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3337]—(NRS A 1997, 1616)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.020 - Cleanliness of bedding; worn out and unfit bedding.

1. All bedding, bedclothes or bed covering, including mattresses, quilts, blankets, sheets, pillows or comforters, used in any hotel in this state must be kept clean and free from all filth or dirt.
2. No bedding, bedclothes or bed covering, including mattresses, quilts, blankets, sheets, pillows or comforters, shall be used which is worn out or unsanitary for use by human beings according to the true intent and meaning of this chapter.
[2:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3338]—(NRS A 2020, 32nd Special Session, 105; 2023, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.030 - Extermination of vermin.

Any room in any hotel in this state which is or shall be infested with vermin or bedbugs or similar things shall be thoroughly fumigated, disinfected and renovated until such vermin or bedbugs or other similar things are entirely exterminated.
[3:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3339]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.040 - Cleanliness of rooms used for sleeping.

Every room in any hotel in this state used for sleeping purposes must be free from any and every kind of dirt or filth of whatever nature, and the walls, floors, ceiling and doors of every such room shall be kept free from dirt.
[4:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3340]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.045 - Hotel required to be kept in sanitary condition.

1. Toilet rooms and bathrooms, including toilets, bathing and lavatory facilities, in hotels shall be kept clean and sanitary.
2. All other rooms, corridors, stairways, elevators, fire escapes, garages within hotels, lobbies and other portions or appurtenances of hotels used by tenants shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, free of fire hazards and free of hazards to life and limb.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.050 - Certain areas of hotel prohibited from use as quarters for living or sleeping.

It is unlawful for any person to use, or to permit another person to use, any of the following portions of a hotel for living or sleeping purposes:
1. Any kitchen, cellar, hallway, water closet, bath, shower compartment, or slop-sink room.
2. Any other room or place which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, or in which, in the judgment of the health authority, living or sleeping is dangerous or prejudicial to life or health by reason of an overcrowded condition, a want of light, windows, ventilation or drainage, dampness, or offensive or obnoxious odors or poisonous gases in the room or place, or a lack of exits as required by the
Uniform Building Code
in the form most recently adopted before January 1, 1985, by the International Conference of Building Officials.
[4a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3340a]—(NRS A 1957, 484; 1969, 1022; 1985, 372; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 105; 2023, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.060 - Ventilation of rooms.

Every room in any hotel used for sleeping purposes shall have devices, such as a window or transom, so constructed as to allow for the proper and a sufficient amount of ventilation in each such room, except that buildings more than one story in height, constructed after July 1, 1957, shall have no transoms or ventilating openings from guestrooms to public corridors.
[5:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3341]—(NRS A 1957, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.080 - Air space, floor area and ceiling height of rooms.

No room for sleeping purposes shall have less than 500 cubic feet of air space for each occupant. The floor area of each sleeping room must be at least 80 square feet and at least 7 feet in width. All rooms must have a ceiling height of at least 8 feet.
[5b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3341b]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.090 - Amount of bedding required; furnishing clean sheets and pillow slips; size of sheets.

1. Every bed kept or used in any hotel in this state for the accommodation of any person or guest must be provided with a sufficient supply of clean bedding.
2. Clean sheets and pillow slips shall be supplied for each bed in a hotel as often as the bed is assigned to a different person.
3. Sheets shall be at least 98 inches long and of sufficient width to cover the mattress and spring completely.
[6:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3342]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.100 - Fumigation of room after occupation by person having contagious or infectious disease.

Whenever any room in any hotel shall have been occupied by any person having a contagious or infectious disease, the room shall be thoroughly fumigated under the direction of the health authority, and all bedding therein thoroughly disinfected before the room shall be occupied by any other person. In any event, such room shall not be let to any person for at least 48 hours after such fumigation or disinfection.
[7:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2811; NCL § 3343]—(NRS A 1969, 1022)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.110 - Facilities for bathing.

1. In every hotel in existence prior to October 1, 1945, at least one bathtub or shower shall be installed in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court for every 20, or fractional part of 20, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court which are not provided with private baths.
2. In every hotel built after October 1, 1945, at least one bathtub or shower provided with hot and cold water shall be installed in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court for every 10, or fractional part of 10, guestrooms on the same floor as the hallway or court which are not provided with private baths.
[7a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3343a]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.120 - Towels to be furnished.

1. Every hotel within this state having a public washstand or washbowl, where different persons gather to wash themselves, must keep a sufficient supply of clean, individual towels for the use of such persons within easy access of or to such persons and in plain sight and view.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding the use of crepe or paper towels, or the automatic roller towel.
[8:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2812; NCL § 3344]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.130 - Toilets required in hotels or other establishments for transient lodging: Number; facilities for washing hands.

1. In every hotel or any other type of transient lodging establishment without private toilets there shall be at least one toilet for each sex in a separate compartment on a public hallway or court and such toilets shall be plainly indicated by signs. If the building is designed to accommodate more than 15 persons on any floor or court, then toilets shall be provided on each floor or court in the ratio of one for each 15 persons or major fraction thereof, not provided with private toilets.
2. Adequate hand washing facilities, properly supplied with soap and hot and cold water under pressure, shall be provided convenient to the toilet facilities.
[8a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344a]—(NRS A 1957, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.135 - Entrance to corridor leading to toilet facility to be marked with sign that conforms to requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act and includes features for use by visually impaired persons; reporting of violations; duties of Attorney General; enforcement.

1. Each owner, lessor, lessee or operator of a public accommodation shall mark each entrance to a corridor in the public accommodation which leads to a toilet facility with a sign which:
(a) Conforms to the requirements related to signage contained in §§ 4.30 et seq. of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities set forth in Appendix A of Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
(b) Uses symbols, raised letters and Braille to, except as otherwise provided in NRS 651.072:
(1) Identify the toilet facility and the gender of persons who may use the toilet facility; and
(2) If the toilet facility is for the exclusive use of persons of one gender:
(I) Indicate that the toilet facility is for the exclusive use of persons of that gender; and
(II) Provide direction to a toilet facility that may be used by persons of the other gender.
2. A person may report a violation of subsection 1 to the Attorney General.
3. Upon receiving a report pursuant to subsection 2, the Attorney General shall notify the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of the public accommodation of the alleged violation. Not later than 30 days after receiving such a notification, the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of the public accommodation shall:
(a) Present evidence to the Attorney General that the public accommodation is in compliance with subsection 1; or
(b) Begin any action necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection 1 and notify the Attorney General of the date on which the public accommodation will be in compliance with those requirements.
4. If the owner, lessor, lessee or operator of the public accommodation fails to comply with subsection 1, the Attorney General shall take such action as is necessary to ensure compliance with subsection 1, including, without limitation, commencing proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, if appropriate.
5. As used in this section, "public accommodation" has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 12181.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 706; A 2021, 2351)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.140 - Ventilation of room containing water closet, bathtub or shower.

1. In every hotel built after July 1, 1957, any room in which a water closet, bathtub or shower is installed must be ventilated to the outside air by means of a window of at least 3 square feet, unless satisfactory mechanical ventilation is provided.
2. In hotels built prior to July 1, 1957, without windows in the rooms containing water closets, bathtubs or showers, suitable ventilation shall be provided as required by the health authority.
[8b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344b]—(NRS A 1957, 484; 1969, 1022)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.145 - Systems for heating and ventilating hotels or other establishments for transient lodging.

1. In every hotel and any other type of transient lodging establishment, the heating and ventilating systems must be constructed, installed and operated so as to reduce to a minimum the possibilities of fire, explosion, asphyxiation or gas poisoning.
2. Faultily constructed or installed heating and ventilating systems in hotels and other types of transient lodging establishments constructed before July 1, 1957, must be reconstructed, repaired or replaced upon order of the health authority whenever the continued operation of the faultily constructed or installed heating and ventilating systems will result in detriment to the health and life of the occupants of the building.
3. The health authority may adopt rules, regulations and codes governing the construction, installation and operation of heating and ventilating systems in hotels and other types of transient lodging establishments.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484; A 1969, 1023; 1997, 1616)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.150 - Exemption from requirement for number of water closets, bathtubs or showers in certain hotels.

1. The health authority may exempt any hotel built prior to October 1, 1945, from having the number of water closets, bathtubs or showers required by this chapter for the following reason: The exemption will not result in detriment to the health of the occupants or to the sanitation of the building.
2. The health authority has no authority under this section to exempt any hotel or portion of a hotel built after October 1, 1945, from having the number of water closets, bathtubs or showers required by this chapter.
[8c:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3344c]—(NRS A 1969, 1023; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 105; 2023, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.160 - Disposal of sewage; disinfection of toilets.

1. Every hotel in this state must have proper facilities for sewage disposal and must be kept free from effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, toilet or other source within the control of the proprietor, owner, manager, agent or other person in charge.
2. Any toilet in connection with any hotel must be disinfected as often as may be necessary to keep it in a sanitary condition at all times.
[9:136:1915; 1919 RL p. 2812; NCL § 3345]—(NRS A 1993, 2640)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.170 - Supply of water; plumbing.

Every hotel shall be provided with a safe, sanitary water supply and there shall be no cross connection between the water system and the sewage collecting system. All plumbing fixtures shall be constructed so there will be no possibility of back siphonage from the plumbing fixtures into the water system.
[9a:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3345a]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.180 - Disposal of garbage and rubbish.

Every hotel shall have sanitary facilities for the storage and disposal of garbage, and no garbage or rubbish shall be permitted to accumulate and be or become a nuisance in a hotel or on the hotel premises.
[9b:136:1915; added 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3345b]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.185 - Regulation of construction or reconstruction of hotel or other establishment for transient lodging.

The reconstruction of existing hotels, including all types of transient lodging establishments, and the construction of new hotels, including all types of transient lodging establishments, shall be in accord with pertinent state laws, rules and regulations of the State Board of Health or local board of health, and the latest editions of the
Uniform Building Code
and the
Uniform Plumbing Code
and such other codes as the State Board of Health may designate.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 484; A 1969, 1023; 1971, 235)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.190 - Enforcement of general regulations by health authority; records.

The health authority is charged with the enforcement of this chapter. The health authority shall keep a record of hotels inspected, and the record or any part thereof may, in the discretion of the health authority, be included in the biennial report to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
[11:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3347]—(NRS A 1963, 958; 1967, 1172; 1969, 1023; 1973, 1406; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 105; 2023, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.200 - Access for inspection of hotel.

The health authority shall have access at any time to any hotel in this State for the purpose of making inspections and carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
[12:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3348]—(NRS A 1969, 1023; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 106; 2023, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.210 - Criminal penalty; each day of violation constitutes separate offense.

1. Every proprietor, owner, manager, lessee or other person in charge of any hotel in this state who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of the regulations hereby established whether through the acts of himself or herself, his or her agent or employees is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Every day that any hotel is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.
[10:136:1915; A 1945, 384; 1943 NCL § 3346]—(NRS A 1967, 581; 2001, 707; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 106; 2023, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.335 - Requirement to adopt regulations requiring public accommodation facility to establish standards for cleaning to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2; prohibition against advising or incentivizing guests to decline daily housekeeping; notification and provision of copy of standards to employees.

Repealed. (See chapter 9, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 54.)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 447 - Public Accommodations › NRS 447.345 - Regulations requiring public accommodation facility to establish, maintain and implement written SARS-CoV-2 response plan; submission of SARS-CoV-2 response plan to certain agencies; confidentiality of SARS-CoV-2 plan.

Repealed. (See chapter 9, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 54.)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449.0015 to 449.0195, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1278; A 1975, 366, 897; 1977, 641; 1979, 160, 1113; 1983, 1657; 1985, 1736; 1989, 304, 1034, 1037; 1993, 2556; 1995, 1600; 1999, 248, 970; 2001, 1341, 2518; 2005, 485, 532, 1379, 1517, 2165, 2350; 2011, 1337; 2013, 3055; 2015, 2160, 2172; 2017, 1409, 1570; 2021, 3437; 2023, 566, 2931)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0015 - "Agency to provide nursing in the home" defined.

1. "Agency to provide nursing in the home" means any person or governmental organization which provides in the home, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, skilled nursing and assistance and training in health and housekeeping skills.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A provider of community-based living arrangement services during any period in which the provider of community-based living arrangement services is engaged in providing community-based living arrangement services; or
(b) A provider of supported living arrangement services during any period in which the provider of supported living arrangement services is engaged in providing supported living arrangement services.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 160; A 1985, 1737; 2005, 1379; 2017, 1409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0021 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined.

1. "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" means any person, other than a natural person, which provides in the home the services authorized pursuant to NRS 449.1935 to elderly persons or persons with disabilities.
2. The term does not include:
(a) An independent contractor who provides nonmedical services specified in NRS 449.1935 without the assistance of employees;
(b) An organized group of persons composed of the family or friends of a person needing personal care services that employs or contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services specified in NRS 449.1935 for the person if:
(1) The organization of the group of persons is set forth in a written document that is made available for review by the Division upon request; and
(2) The personal care services are provided to only one person or one family who resides in the same residence;
(c) An intermediary service organization; or
(d) A person or agency that contracts with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide temporary respite services.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Intermediary service organization" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.4304.
(b) "Temporary respite services" means services provided through a contract with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to a natural person on a periodic basis to provide a respite for a regular provider of services.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2164; A 2007, 1225; 2009, 2399; 2013, 134; 2017, 1410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0026 - "Community-based living arrangement services" defined.

"Community-based living arrangement services" means flexible, individualized services, including, without limitation, training and habilitation services, that are:
1. Provided in the home, for compensation, to persons with mental illness who are served by the Division or any other entity; and
2. Designed and coordinated to assist such persons in maximizing their independence.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1409; A 2019, 247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0027 - Community health worker" defined.

"Community health worker" means a natural person who:
1. Lives in or otherwise has a connection to the community in which he or she provides services.
2. Is trained by a provider of health care to provide certain services which do not require the community health worker to be licensed.
3. Provides services at the direction of a facility for the dependent, medical facility or provider of health care which may include, without limitation, outreach and the coordination of health care.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0028 - Community health worker pool" defined.

"Community health worker pool" means a person or agency which provides, for compensation and through its employees or by contract with community health workers, the services of community health workers to any natural person, medical facility or facility for the dependent. The term does not include an independent contractor who personally provides the services of a community health worker or a facility for the dependent or any medical facility other than a community health worker pool which provides the services of a community health worker.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0031 - "Community triage center" defined.

"Community triage center" means a facility that provides on a 24-hour basis medical assessments of and short-term monitoring services for persons with mental illness and persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders in a manner which does not require that the assessments and services be provided in a licensed hospital.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 532)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0038 - "Facility for intermediate care" defined.

"Facility for intermediate care" means an establishment operated and maintained to provide 24-hour personal and medical supervision, for a person who does not have illness, disease, injury or other condition that would require the degree of care and treatment which a hospital or facility for skilled nursing is designed to provide.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1985, 1737; 1991, 1974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.00385 - "Facility for modified medical detoxification" defined.

"Facility for modified medical detoxification" means a facility that provides 24-hour medical monitoring of treatment and detoxification in a manner which does not require that the service be provided in a licensed hospital.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 969)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.00387 - "Facility for refractive surgery" defined.

1. "Facility for refractive surgery" means a freestanding facility that provides limited medical services relating to surgical treatments for patients with refractive errors of the eye, including the preoperative care and evaluation of those patients, the surgical treatment of those patients and the postoperative care and evaluation of those patients.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Postoperative care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.24892.
(b) "Preoperative care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.24893.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1339; A 2005, 2693; 2009, 452)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0039 - "Facility for skilled nursing" defined.

1. "Facility for skilled nursing" means an establishment which provides continuous skilled nursing and related care as prescribed by a physician to a patient in the facility who is not in an acute episode of illness and whose primary need is the availability of such care on a continuous basis.
2. "Facility for skilled nursing" does not include a facility which meets the requirements of a general or any other special hospital.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1985, 1738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.004 - "Facility for the care of adults during the day" defined.

"Facility for the care of adults during the day" means an establishment operated and maintained to provide care during the day on a temporary or permanent basis for aged or infirm persons. The term does not include a recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1657; A 1985, 1736; 2001, 2518)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0045 - "Facility for the dependent" defined.

"Facility for the dependent" includes:
1. A facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders;
2. A facility for the care of adults during the day;
3. A residential facility for groups;
4. An agency to provide personal care services in the home;
5. A facility for transitional living for released offenders;
6. A home for individual residential care;
7. A community health worker pool; and
8. A provider of community-based living arrangement services.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1735; A 2001, 2518; 2005, 2165, 2350; 2011, 356; 2015, 2160, 2172; 2019, 248; 2021, 2824; 2023, 1733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.00455 - "Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined.

"Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders" means any public or private establishment which provides residential treatment, including mental and physical restoration, of persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders. It does not include a medical facility or services offered by volunteers or voluntary organizations.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 366; A 1985, 1736; 1993, 1624; 1999, 1871; 2001, 417; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 56; 2013, 3055; 2015, 305, 2475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0046 - "Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" defined.

"Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease" means a facility that is not part of a hospital and which provides peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis or trains a person with a permanent irreversible renal impairment to perform dialysis for himself or herself.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1735)