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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0055 - "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" defined.

1. "Facility for transitional living for released offenders" means a residence that provides housing and a living environment for persons who have been released from prison and who require assistance with reintegration into the community, other than such a residence that is operated or maintained by a state or local government or an agency thereof. The term does not include a recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders or a facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders.
2. As used in this section, "person who has been released from prison" means:
(a) A parolee.
(b) A person who is participating in:
(1) A judicial program pursuant to NRS 209.4886 or 213.625; or
(2) A correctional program pursuant to NRS 209.4888 or 213.632.
(c) A person who is supervised by the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety through residential confinement pursuant to NRS 213.371 to 213.410, inclusive.
(d) A person who has been released from prison by expiration of his or her term of sentence.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2349)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0065 - "Freestanding birthing center" defined.

"Freestanding birthing center" means a facility that provides maternity care and birthing services using a family-centered approach in which births are planned to occur in a location similar to a residence that is not the usual place of residence of the person giving birth to a child.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3436)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0105 - "Home for individual residential care" defined.

"Home for individual residential care" means a home in which a natural person furnishes food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision, for compensation, to not more than two persons with intellectual disabilities or with physical disabilities or who are aged or infirm, unless the persons receiving those services are related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to the person providing those services. The term does not include:
1. A recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders; or
2. A home in which community-based living arrangement services or supported living arrangement services are provided by a provider of such services during any period in which the provider is engaged in providing the services.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2556; A 2001, 2518; 2005, 1380; 2013, 696; 2017, 1410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0115 - "Hospice care" defined.

1. "Hospice care" means a centrally administered program of palliative services and supportive services provided by an interdisciplinary team directed by a physician. The program includes the provision of physical, psychological, custodial and spiritual care for persons who are terminally ill and their families. The care may be provided in the home, at a residential facility or at a medical facility at any time of the day or night. The term includes the supportive care and services provided to the family after the patient dies.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Family" includes the immediate family, the person who primarily cared for the patient and other persons with significant personal ties to the patient, whether or not related by blood.
(b) "Interdisciplinary team" means a group of persons who work collectively to meet the special needs of terminally ill patients and their families and includes such persons as a physician, registered nurse, social worker, member of the clergy and trained volunteer.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1112; A 1985, 1737; 1989, 1035; 2005, 485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.012 - "Hospital" defined.

"Hospital" means an establishment for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, including care available 24 hours each day from persons licensed to practice professional nursing who are under the direction of a physician, services of a medical laboratory and medical, radiological, dietary and pharmaceutical services.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1985, 1737)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0151 - "Medical facility" defined.

"Medical facility" includes:
1. A surgical center for ambulatory patients;
2. A freestanding birthing center;
3. An independent center for emergency medical care;
4. An agency to provide nursing in the home;
5. A facility for intermediate care;
6. A facility for skilled nursing;
7. A facility for hospice care;
8. A hospital;
9. A psychiatric hospital;
10. A facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease;
11. A rural clinic;
12. A nursing pool;
13. A facility for modified medical detoxification;
14. A facility for refractive surgery;
15. A mobile unit;
16. A community triage center; and
17. A rural emergency hospital.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1975, 366; 1979, 161, 887, 1113; 1983, 1657; 1985, 1736; 1989, 304, 1035, 1037; 1999, 248, 970; 2001, 1341; 2005, 532, 2693; 2021, 3437; 2023, 2931)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.01515 - "Mobile unit" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "mobile unit" means a motor vehicle that is specially designed, constructed and equipped to provide any of the medical services provided by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151.
2. "Mobile unit" does not include:
(a) A motor vehicle that is operated by a medical facility described in subsections 1 to 13, inclusive, of NRS 449.0151 which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association;
(b) A motor vehicle that is operated by a health center that is funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 254b, as amended; or
(c) A vehicle operated under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1339; A 2003, 421)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.01517 - "Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities" defined.

"Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities" includes, without limitation:
1. The elimination of wastes from the body;
2. Dressing and undressing;
3. Bathing;
4. Grooming;
5. The preparation and eating of meals;
6. Laundry;
7. Shopping;
8. Cleaning;
9. Transportation; and
10. Any other minor needs related to the maintenance of personal hygiene.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1569)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0153 - "Nursing pool" defined.

1. "Nursing pool" means a person or agency which provides for compensation, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, nursing services to any natural person, medical facility or facility for the dependent.
2. The term does not include:
(a) An independent contractor who provides such services without the assistance of employees;
(b) A nursing pool based in a medical facility or facility for the dependent;
(c) 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
(d) 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 1989, 303; A 2005, 1380; 2017, 1410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0156 - "Palliative services" defined.

"Palliative services" means services and treatments directed toward the control of pain and symptoms which provide the greatest degree of relief for the longest period while minimizing any adverse effects of the services and treatments, including, without limitation, any side effects of any medications given or administered.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0159 - "Provider of supported living arrangement services" defined.

"Provider of supported living arrangement services" means a natural person who or a partnership, firm, corporation, association, state or local government or agency thereof that has been issued a certificate pursuant to NRS 435.3305 to 435.339, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 435.3305 to 435.339, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0166 - "Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders" defined.

"Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.02374.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2518; A 2005, 2350; 2023, 1733)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 449.008)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.017 - "Residential facility for groups" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "residential facility for groups" means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter, assistance and limited supervision to a person with an intellectual disability or with a physical disability or a person who is aged or infirm. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted living facility.
2. The term does not include:
(a) An establishment which provides care only during the day;
(b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in his or her own home;
(c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related to him or her within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity;
(d) A recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders; or
(e) A home in which community-based living arrangement services or supported living arrangement services are provided by a provider of such services during any period in which the provider is providing the services.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1278; A 1979, 212; 1983, 1657; 1985, 930, 1736; 1991, 1974; 1993, 1213; 1999, 114, 125; 2001, 57, 546, 2519, 2522; 2013, 696; 2017, 1411)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0175 - "Rural clinic" defined.

"Rural clinic" means a facility located in an area that is not designated as an urban area by the Bureau of the Census, where medical services are provided by a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to NRS 632.237 who is under the supervision of a licensed physician.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1735; A 2001, 782; 2007, 1862; 2013, 2082)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0177 - "Rural hospital" defined.

"Rural hospital" means a hospital with 85 or fewer beds which is:
1. The sole institutional provider of health care located within a county whose population is less than 100,000;
2. The sole institutional provider of health care located within a city whose population is less than 25,000; or
3. Maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1600; A 2001, 1992)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0179 - Senior living community" defined.

"Senior living community" means:
1. A home for individual residential care, residential facility for groups, facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, assisted living facility or retirement home or village that primarily provides services to persons who are aged; or
2. Any other group housing arrangement that provides assistance, food, shelter or limited supervision to persons who are aged.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 564)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0181 - Senior living community referral agency" defined.

"Senior living community referral agency" means a person who refers persons who are aged to senior living communities for a fee paid by the senior living community, the person who is aged or the representative of such a person. The term does not include:
1. A senior living community or an employee of a senior living community; or
2. A resident of a senior living community, a family member of such a resident or any other person who receives any service from a senior living community, regardless of whether the person receives any form of compensation for a referral.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 564)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.019 - "Surgical center for ambulatory patients" defined.

"Surgical center for ambulatory patients" means a facility with limited medical services available for diagnosis or treatment of patients by surgery where the patients’ recovery, in the opinion of the surgeon, will not require care as a patient in the facility for more than 24 hours.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 366; A 1985, 1736; 1993, 207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.029 - "Medical facility" further defined.

As used in NRS 449.029 to 449.240, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "medical facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151 and includes a program of hospice care described in NRS 449.196.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1895; A 2019, 1112, 1335, 1398, 1919, 2149, 2594, 2641, 2917, 4034; 2021, 364; 2023, 566, 907, 1848, 3332, 3440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.030 - License required to operate or maintain medical facility or facility for the dependent.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03013 and 449.03017, no person, state or local government or agency thereof may operate or maintain in this State any medical facility or facility for the dependent without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive.
[Part 1:336:1951]—(NRS A 1971, 934; 1973, 1281; 1985, 1738; 1989, 1035; 1997, 444, 1484; 1999, 249, 3608; 2011, 704; 2015, 2160, 2172; 2017, 1570, 1895, 4165; 2019, 1674; 2021, 2824)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.03005 - License to operate employment agency that contracts with persons in State to provide certain nonmedical services; standards and regulations; licensed employment agency prohibited from making certain referrals; civil penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.03017, a person must obtain a license from the Board to operate an employment agency that contracts with persons in this State to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities in the home, regardless of whether the agency is located in this State.
2. The Board shall adopt:
(a) Standards for licensing of employment agencies that provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities in the home;
(b) Standards relating to the fees charged by such employment agencies;
(c) Regulations governing the licensing of such employment agencies; and
(d) Regulations establishing requirements for training the persons who contract with such employment agencies to provide such nonmedical services.
3. An employment agency that is licensed pursuant to this section shall not refer a person to a home to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities if that person has not met the requirements set forth in NRS 449.115 to 449.125, inclusive.
4. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 3 is liable for a civil penalty to be recovered by the Attorney General in the name of the Board for the first offense of not more than $10,000 and for a second or subsequent offense of not less than $10,000 nor more than $20,000. Unless otherwise required by federal law, the Board shall deposit all civil penalties collected pursuant to this section into a separate account in the State General Fund to be used to administer and carry out the provisions of NRS 449.001 to 449.430, inclusive, 449.435 to 449.531, inclusive, and chapter 449A of NRS and to protect the health, safety, well-being and property of the persons served by employment agencies.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1569; A 2019, 248; 2021, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0301 - Exemptions.

The provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, do not apply to:
1. Any facility conducted by and for the adherents of any church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care and treatment of the sick who depend solely upon spiritual means through prayer for healing in the practice of the religion of the church or denomination, except that such a facility shall comply with all regulations relative to sanitation and safety applicable to other facilities of a similar category.
2. Foster homes as defined in NRS 424.014.
3. Any medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is otherwise required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed that is operated and maintained by the United States Government or an agency thereof.
[Part 3:336:1951] + [7:336:1951]—(NRS A 1971, 935; 1973, 1282; 1979, 887; 1985, 1740; 1993, 2724; 2003, 857; 2005, 2169; 2011, 356, 1064, 1358, 2253, 2396; 2013, 2145; 2015, 1530; 2017, 331, 1570, 1896, 2049, 2304, 4165; 2019, 336, 1112, 1335, 1398, 1674, 1919, 2149, 2594, 2641, 2917, 4034; 2021, 365; 2023, 566, 907, 1848, 3333, 3440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.03013 - Facility for the dependent or medical facility that employs community health workers not required to obtain additional license.

A person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter as a facility for the dependent or medical facility and who employs community health workers is not required to obtain an additional license as a community health worker pool.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.03017 - Person otherwise licensed under this chapter exempt from requirement to obtain license to operate employment agency that contracts with persons to provide certain nonmedical services.

A person who is licensed pursuant to a provision of this chapter other than NRS 449.03005 and who contracts with persons to provide nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities is not required to obtain an additional license pursuant to NRS 449.03005.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1569)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0303 - Authority of Board to require licensing of other facilities.

The Board may adopt regulations requiring the licensing of a facility other than those required to be licensed pursuant to NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, if the:
1. Facility provides any type of medical care or treatment; and
2. Regulation is necessary to protect the health of the general public.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0304 - Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees of certain facilities and agencies to perform certain tasks.

1. The Board shall adopt regulations authorizing an employee of a residential facility for groups, an agency to provide personal care services in the home or a facility for the care of adults during the day, with the consent of the person receiving services, to:
(a) Check, record and report the temperature, blood pressure, apical or radial pulse, respiration or oxygen saturation of a person receiving services from the facility or agency;
(b) Using an auto-injection device approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the home, administer to a person receiving services from the facility or agency insulin furnished by a registered pharmacist as directed by a physician or assist such a person with the self-administration of such insulin; and
(c) Using a device for monitoring blood glucose approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the home, conduct a blood glucose test on a person receiving services from the facility or agency or assist such a person to conduct a blood glucose test on himself or herself.
2. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section:
(a) Must require the tasks described in subsection 1 to be performed in conformance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, Public Law No. 100-578, 42 U.S.C. § 263a, if applicable, and any other applicable federal law or regulation;
(b) Must prohibit the use of a device for monitoring blood glucose on more than one person; and
(c) May require a person to receive training before performing any task described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0306 - Money received from licensing of facilities to be deposited in State General Fund; expenditure of state or federal money by Division.

1. Money received from licensing medical facilities and facilities for the dependent must be forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund to the credit of the Division.
2. The Division shall enforce the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.245, inclusive, and may incur any necessary expenses not in excess of money authorized for that purpose by the State or received from the Federal Government.
[11:336:1951] + [13:336:1951]—(NRS A 1963, 960; 1971, 936; 1973, 1283; 1975, 898; 1979, 209; 1985, 1741; 2009, 1444; 2011, 2253, 2396; 2013, 3055; 2015, 634, 1530; 2017, 334, 1900, 2049, 2307, 4168; 2019, 339, 1115; 2021, 369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0307 - Powers of Division.

The Division may:
1. Upon receipt of an application for a license, conduct an investigation into the premises, facilities, qualifications of personnel, methods of operation, policies and purposes of any person proposing to engage in the operation of a medical facility, a facility for the dependent or facility which is required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed. The facility is subject to inspection and approval as to standards for safety from fire, on behalf of the Division, by the State Fire Marshal or a designee of the State Fire Marshal, which may include a local fire agency that meets an industry standard accepted by the State Fire Marshal.
2. Upon receipt of a complaint against a medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed, except for a complaint concerning the cost of services, conduct an investigation into the premises, facilities, qualifications of personnel, methods of operation, policies, procedures and records of that facility or any other medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed which may have information pertinent to the complaint.
3. Employ such professional, technical and clerical assistance as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.245, inclusive.
[Part 6:336:1951]—(NRS A 1963, 960; 1969, 945; 1971, 936; 1973, 1284; 1975, 898; 1977, 642; 1985, 1220; 2013, 3055; 2017, 1900; 2021, 370; 2023, 1730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.03075 - Duty of Division to compile and post information concerning licensing status and quality of certain facilities for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders.

The Division shall:
1. Compile and post on an Internet website maintained by the Division information concerning the licensing status and quality of:
(a) Facilities for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders;
(b) Medical facilities that provide a program of treatment for alcohol or other substance use disorders; and
(c) To the extent that such information is available, unlicensed programs of treatment for alcohol or other substance use disorders; and
2. Update the information described in subsection 1 at least annually.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1673; A 2023, 1733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0308 - Authority of Division to collect actual cost of enforcing provisions from unlicensed medical facility, facility for the dependent or certain other facilities; authorized use of money collected; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division may charge and collect from a medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed or a person who operates such a facility without a license issued by the Division the actual costs incurred by the Division for the enforcement of the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, including, without limitation, the actual cost of conducting an inspection or investigation of the facility.
2. The Division shall not charge and collect the actual cost for enforcement pursuant to subsection 1 if the enforcement activity is:
(a) Related to the issuance or renewal of a license for which the Board charges a fee pursuant to NRS 449.050 or 449.089; or
(b) Conducted pursuant to an agreement with the Federal Government which has appropriated money for that purpose.
3. Any money collected pursuant to subsection 1 may be used by the Division to administer and carry out the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to any costs incurred by the Division for the enforcement of the provisions of NRS 449.24185, 449.2419 or 449.24195.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 355; A 2013, 3055; 2017, 335, 1900; 2021, 370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.040 - Application for license: Filing; contents.

Any person, state or local government or agency thereof desiring a license under the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, must file with the Division an application on a form prescribed, prepared and furnished by the Division, containing:
1. The name of the applicant and, if a natural person, whether the applicant has attained the age of 21 years.
2. The type of facility to be operated.
3. The location of the facility.
4. In specific terms, the nature of services and type of care to be offered, as defined in the regulations.
5. The number of beds authorized by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or, if such authorization is not required, the number of beds the facility will contain.
6. The name of the person in charge of the facility.
7. Such other information as may be required by the Division for the proper administration and enforcement of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive.
8. Evidence satisfactory to the Division that the applicant is of reputable and responsible character. If the applicant is a firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or company, similar evidence must be submitted as to the members thereof and the person in charge of the facility for which application is made. If the applicant is a political subdivision of the State or other governmental agency, similar evidence must be submitted as to the person in charge of the institution for which application is made.
9. Evidence satisfactory to the Division of the ability of the applicant to comply with the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, and the standards and regulations adopted by the Board.
10. Evidence satisfactory to the Division that the facility conforms to the zoning regulations of the local government within which the facility will be operated or that the applicant has applied for an appropriate reclassification, variance, permit for special use or other exception for the facility.
[2:336:1951]—(NRS A 1963, 959; 1971, 934; 1973, 1281; 1975, 367; 1985, 1739; 1987, 776; 1991, 1078; 2007, 1133; 2009, 2025; 2013, 515, 2145, 3056; 2021, 371)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.050 - Fees.

1. Each application for a license must be accompanied by such fee as may be determined by regulation of the Board. The Board may, by regulation, allow or require payment of a fee for a license in installments and may fix the amount of each payment and the date that the payment is due.
2. The fee imposed by the Board for a facility for transitional living for released offenders must be based on the type of facility that is being licensed and must be calculated to produce the revenue estimated to cover the costs related to the license, but in no case may a fee for a license exceed the actual cost to the Division of issuing or renewing the license.
3. If an application for a license for a facility for transitional living for released offenders is denied, any amount of the fee paid pursuant to this section that exceeds the expenses and costs incurred by the Division must be refunded to the applicant.
[Part 3:336:1951]—(NRS A 1971, 935; 1973, 1282; 1985, 1739; 1995, 501; 2003, 580; 2005, 2352; 2011, 356; 2013, 3056)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.067 - Substitute for surety bond required for facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care, agency to provide personal care services in home and agency to provide nursing in home.

1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant to NRS 449.065, a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a residential facility for groups, a home for individual residential care, an agency to provide personal care services in the home and an agency to provide nursing in the home may deposit with any bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State, upon approval from the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health:
(a) An obligation of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or credit union licensed to do business in this State;
(b) Bills, bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States; or
(c) Any obligation of this State or any city, county, town, township, school district or other instrumentality of this State, or guaranteed by this State, in an aggregate amount, based upon principal amount or market value, whichever is lower.
2. The obligations of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or credit union must be held to secure the same obligation as would the surety bond required by NRS 449.065. With the approval of the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, the depositor may substitute other suitable obligations for those deposited, which must be assigned to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services and are negotiable only upon approval by the Administrator of the Aging and Disability Services Division.
3. Any interest or dividends earned on the deposit accrue to the account of the depositor.
4. The deposit must be an amount at least equal to the surety bond required by NRS 449.065 and must state that the amount may not be withdrawn except by direct and sole order of the Administrator of the Aging and Disability Services Division.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1483; A 2003, 525; 2005, 2169; 2009, 503; 2015, 2164; 2021, 2825)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.068 - Surety bond required for initial license and renewal of license to operate facility for refractive surgery.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449.069, each facility for refractive surgery shall, when applying for a license or renewing a license, file with the Administrator of the Division a surety bond:
(a) If the facility employs less than 7 employees, in the amount of $10,000;
(b) If the facility employs at least 7 but not more than 25 employees, in the amount of $50,000; or
(c) If the facility employs more than 25 employees, in the amount of $100,000.
2. A bond filed pursuant to this section must be executed by the facility as principal and by a surety company as surety. The bond must be payable to the Division and must be conditioned to provide indemnification to a patient of the facility who the Administrator of the Division or the Administrator’s designee determines has sustained any damages as a result of the bankruptcy of or any breach of contract by the facility.
3. Except when a surety is released, the surety bond must cover the period of the initial license to operate or the period of the renewal, as appropriate.
4. A surety on any bond filed pursuant to this section may be released after the surety gives 30 days’ written notice to the Administrator of the Division, but the release does not discharge or otherwise affect any claim filed by a patient for any damages sustained as a result of the bankruptcy of or any breach of contract by the facility while the bond was in effect.
5. The license of a facility for refractive surgery is suspended by operation of law when the facility is no longer covered by a surety bond as required by this section or by a substitute for the surety bond pursuant to NRS 449.069. The Administrator of the Division shall give the facility at least 20 days’ written notice before the release of the surety or the substitute for the surety, to the effect that the license will be suspended by operation of law until another surety bond is filed or substitute for the surety bond is deposited in the same manner and amount as the bond or substitute being terminated.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1340; A 2005, 2696)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.069 - Substitute for surety bond required for facility for refractive surgery.

1. As a substitute for the surety bond required pursuant to NRS 449.068, a facility for refractive surgery may deposit with any bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State, upon approval of the Administrator of the Division:
(a) An obligation of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or credit union licensed to do business in this State;
(b) Bills, bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States; or
(c) Any obligation of this State or any city, county, town, township, school district or other instrumentality of this State, or guaranteed by this State, in an aggregate amount, based upon principal amount or market value, whichever is lower.
2. The obligations of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or credit union must be held to secure the same obligation as would the surety bond required by NRS 449.068. With the approval of the Administrator of the Division, the facility may substitute other suitable obligations for those deposited, which must be assigned to the Division and are negotiable only upon approval of the Administrator of the Division.
3. Any interest or dividends earned on the deposit accrue to the account of the facility.
4. The deposit must be an amount at least equal to the surety bond required by NRS 449.068 and must state that the amount may not be withdrawn except by the direct and sole order of the Administrator of the Division.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1340; A 2005, 2696)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.080 - Issuance, validity and nontransferability of license; inspection of building proposed by applicant for community-based living arrangement services.

1. If, after investigation, the Division finds that the:
(a) Applicant is in full compliance with the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive;
(b) Applicant is in substantial compliance with the standards and regulations adopted by the Board;
(c) Applicant, if he or she has undertaken a project for which approval is required pursuant to NRS 439A.100 or 439A.102, has obtained the approval of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
(d) Facility conforms to the applicable zoning regulations,
the Division shall issue the license to the applicant.
2. Any investigation of an applicant for a license to provide community-based living arrangement services conducted pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation, an inspection of any building operated by the applicant in which the applicant proposes to provide community-based living arrangement services.
3. A license applies only to the person to whom it is issued, is valid only for the premises described in the license and is not transferable.
[Part 3:336:1951]—(NRS A 1963, 959; 1971, 935; 1973, 1283; 1985, 1740; 1987, 777; 1991, 1078; 2011, 1064; 2019, 2153, 2920; 2021, 371; 2023, 2019)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.085 - Form and contents of license.

Each license issued by the Division shall be in the form prescribed by the Division and shall contain:
1. The name of the person or persons authorized to operate such licensed facility;
2. The location of such licensed facility; and
3. The number of beds authorized in such licensed facility, the nature of services offered and the service delivery capacity.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1975, 367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.087 - Amendment of license required for addition of certain services; requirements for approval of amendment; revocation of approval; standards.

1. A licensee must obtain the approval of the Division to amend his or her license to operate a facility before the addition of any of the following services:
(a) The intensive care of newborn babies.
(b) The treatment of burns.
(c) The transplant of organs.
(d) The performance of open-heart surgery.
(e) A center for the treatment of trauma.
2. The Division shall approve an application to amend a license to allow a facility to provide any of the services described in subsection 1 if:
(a) The applicant satisfies the requirements contained in NRS 449.080;
(b) The Division determines on the basis of the standards adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 4 that there are an adequate number of cases in the community to be served to support amending the license to add the service; and
(c) The Division determines that the applicant satisfies any other standards adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 4.
3. The Division may revoke its approval if the licensee fails to maintain substantial compliance with the standards adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 4 for the provision of such services, or with any conditions included in the written approval of the Director issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 439A.100 or 439A.102.
4. The Board shall:
(a) Adopt standards which have been adopted by appropriate national organizations to be used by the Division in determining whether there are an adequate number of cases in the community to be served to support amending the license of a licensee to add a service pursuant to this section; and
(b) Adopt such other standards as it deems necessary for determining whether to approve the provision of services pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 876; A 1989, 1948; 2011, 741; 2023, 2019)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.091 - Provisional license.

1. The Division may cancel the license of a medical facility, facility for the dependent or a facility which is required by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed and issue a provisional license, effective for a period determined by the Division, to such a facility if it:
(a) Is in operation at the time of the adoption of standards and regulations pursuant to the provisions of NRS 449.029 to 449.2428, inclusive, and the Division determines that the facility requires a reasonable time under the particular circumstances within which to comply with the standards and regulations; or
(b) Has failed to comply with the standards or regulations and the Division determines that the facility is in the process of making the necessary changes or has agreed to make the changes within a reasonable time.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not require the issuance of a license or prevent the Division from refusing to renew or from revoking or suspending any license where the Division deems such action necessary for the health and safety of the occupants of any facility.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1279; A 1985, 1740; 2011, 1064; 2017, 1901; 2021, 372)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.092 - Applicant for issuance or renewal of license for home for individual residential care to attest to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines concerning safe and appropriate injection practices.

The Division shall not issue or renew a license for a home for individual residential care unless the applicant for issuance or renewal of the license attests to knowledge of and compliance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the prevention of transmission of infectious agents through safe and appropriate injection practices.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2053)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.0925 - Regulations prescribing mandatory training for unlicensed caregivers; posting of list of providers of training on Internet website; duties of administrator or person in charge of facility.

1. The Board shall:
(a) Adopt regulations prescribing mandatory training for unlicensed caregivers who provide care at designated medical facilities, facilities for the dependent and facilities licensed pursuant to NRS 449.0303. The regulations must:
(1) Designate the types of facilities to which the requirements for training apply; and
(2) Establish the required topics for the training, which must include, without limitation, control of infectious diseases and minimum standards for training in each required topic.
(b) Review the required topics for training established pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) at least annually and revise those topics when necessary to address new issues that impact health and safety at the designated facilities.
2. The Division shall post on an Internet website maintained by the Division a list of nationally recognized organizations that provide evidence-based training for caregivers which:
(a) Is free of charge or has a minimal cost; and
(b) May be used to satisfy the requirements of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
3. The administrator or other person in charge of a facility to which the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 apply shall:
(a) Ensure that each unlicensed caregiver at the facility completes the training required by the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and document the completion of the training in the personnel file of each unlicensed caregiver;
(b) Ensure the implementation of the best practices taught in the training required by the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 at the facility where appropriate;
(c) Develop and annually update a written plan for the control of infectious diseases at the facility; and
(d) Provide a written copy of the plan for the control of infectious diseases to each employee or independent contractor of the facility, any other person who regularly provides services at the facility and each resident of the facility.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 363)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.094 - Continuing education requirements concerning care of persons with dementia for certain employees of facilities for skilled nursing, facilities for intermediate care and residential facilities for groups.

1. The Board shall establish minimum continuing education requirements concerning the care of persons with any form of dementia, including, without limitation, dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, for each person who is:
(a) Employed by a facility for skilled nursing, facility for intermediate care or residential facility for groups which provides care to persons with any form of dementia; and
(b) Licensed or certified by an occupational licensing board.
2. In establishing continuing education requirements pursuant to subsection 1, the Board shall consider any other educational requirements imposed on such employees to ensure that the continuing education requirements established by the Board do not duplicate or conflict with the existing educational requirements imposed on those employees.
3. The administrator of a facility for skilled nursing, facility for intermediate care or residential facility for groups which provides care to persons with any form of dementia, including, without limitation, dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, shall ensure that each employee of the facility who is required to comply with the requirements for continuing education established by the Board pursuant to this section complies with such requirements.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 856)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 449 - Medical Facilities and Other Related Entities › NRS 449.102 - Duties of licensed facility to protect privacy of patient or resident.

A medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is otherwise required by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed shall:
1. Maintain the confidentiality of personally identifiable information concerning the sexual orientation of a patient or resident, whether the patient or resident is transgender or has undergone gender-affirming surgery and the human immunodeficiency virus status of the patient or resident and take reasonable actions to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of such information;
2. Prohibit employees or independent contractors of the facility who are not performing a physical examination or directly providing care to a patient or resident from being present during any portion of the physical examination or care, as applicable, during which the patient or resident is fully or partially unclothed without the express permission of the patient or resident or the authorized representative of the patient or resident;
3. Use visual barriers, including, without limitation, doors, curtains and screens, to provide privacy for patients or residents who are fully or partially unclothed; and
4. Allow a patient or resident to refuse to be examined, observed or treated by an employee or independent contractor of the facility for a purpose that is primarily educational rather than therapeutic.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1335; A 2021, 3441)