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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS › Section 440.170 - Attendance at death

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in NAC
			 440.180, a death shall be
			 considered to have been attended by a physician or advanced practice registered
			 nurse if the deceased:
(a) Had been examined
			 or treated, including, without limitation, having been prescribed medications
			 or provided care by the physician or advanced practice registered nurse, as
			 applicable, for an acute or chronic condition, within 180 days preceding the
			 death;
(b) Was pronounced dead by a
			 registered nurse or physician assistant pursuant to
			 NRS
			 440.415; or
(c) Was diagnosed by a physician or advanced
			 practice registered nurse as having an anticipated life expectancy of not more
			 than 6 months.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS › Section 440.180 - Death not attended

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the deceased
			 had been under the care of a physician or advanced practice registered nurse
			 under the conditions set forth in subsection 1 of NAC
			 440.170, but the cause of death
			 was unrelated to the purpose for which the deceased consulted the physician or
			 advanced practice registered nurse, as applicable, the death shall not be
			 considered to have been attended and must be referred to the county coroner or
			 medical examiner for review.
2. If,
			 upon review, the coroner or medical examiner determines in accordance with NAC
			 440.170 that the death was
			 related to the purpose for which the deceased consulted the physician or
			 advanced practice registered nurse, the coroner or medical examiner shall
			 relinquish jurisdiction of the death to the physician or advanced practice
			 registered nurse in attendance of the death. That physician or advanced
			 practice registered nurse shall determine the cause of death and sign the death
			 certificate.
Bd. of Health, Births
				and Deaths Art. 8 §§ 8.2 & 8.2.1, eff. 7-3-76-NAC A by R045-99,
				9-27-99; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016; A by
				R150-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019; A by
				R111-22A,
				eff. 7/26/2023
NRS 440.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS › Section 440.185 - Issuance of burial or removal permit without certificate of death

Current through June 11, 2024
The State Registrar or a local registrar of vital statistics
				may issue a burial or removal permit without a completed certificate of death,
				or a certificate eligible to be registered, for:
1. A case of a coroner or medical examiner
			 which is pending investigation: or
2. Any case requiring significant difficulty
			 or expense to the applicant.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				440.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS › Section 440.190 - Disinterment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Prior to any disinterment or removal of
			 human remains, the funeral director or person who will perform the disinterment
			 shall send a copy of the permit for the disinterment and file an affidavit for
			 correction of a certificate pursuant to NAC
			 440.026 to the State Registrar.
			 2. Upon receipt of the copy of the permit and the affidavit, the State
			 Registrar shall:
(a) Change the statement of
			 the place of interment on the certificate of death to show the new place of
			 interment if the remains have been interred in a new place; and
(b) Send a copy of the changed certificate to
			 the local registrar in the county of the new place of interment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS › Section 440.210 - Registration of birth: Submission of fee to Division of Public and Behavioral Health (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 9-16-92; A 10-22-93; R046-99, 9-27-99; R072-03, 10-22-2003;
				R072-03, 10-22-2003, eff. 7-1-2004; R197-07, 4-17-2008; R197-07, 4-17-2008,
				eff. 7-1-2008; R105-12, 2-26-2014; R by
				R033-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				439.150,
				440.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.300 - "Delayed certificate of birth" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 440.300 to
				440.360, inclusive, "delayed
				certificate of birth" means a certificate of a person's birth filed more than 1
				year after the date of birth of the person of record.
Bd. of Health, Delayed
				Birth Certificates Art. 1, eff. 4-11-80; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				440.120,
				440.620
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.310 - Prerequisites for filing delayed birth certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An
			 applicant for the filing of a delayed certificate of birth must provide the
			 documentary evidence required by subsection 3 and documentary evidence showing
			 that:
(a) The person for whom the delayed
			 certificate is to be issued was born in Nevada; and
(b) A birth certificate for the person was
			 not previously filed in this state or any other state or country. Such evidence
			 may include, without limitation, a verification from the State Registrar or a
			 local registrar that a registered record of birth does not currently exist
			 within this State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.320 - Documentary evidence: General requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any document
			 presented must have been created within 5 years before or after the event which
			 is documented in order to show that the event occurred in Nevada, except where
			 the State Registrar determines it is appropriate to take into account older or
			 more recent records in his or her investigation of the case.
2. The State Registrar shall determine
			 whether the documentary evidence submitted pursuant to NAC
			 440.330 is sufficient to warrant
			 the filing of a delayed certificate of birth. The State Registrar may conduct
			 an independent investigation of an application for a delayed certificate of
			 birth at any time.
3. Any document
			 submitted as evidence of the facts necessary for the filing of a delayed
			 certificate of birth must be authenticated by being an original document or a
			 copy of a verifiable document. The State Registrar may accept documents not
			 otherwise authenticated if accompanied by an affidavit from the applicant
			 declaring the authenticity of the document or the applicant's belief in the
			 truth of its contents.
4. Documents
			 that show erasures or alterations must not be accepted as evidence of a
			 homebirth. If an applicant for a delayed certificate of birth for a homebirth
			 has been unable to provide valid documentary evidence, a complete statement of
			 the facts and the reason for the absence of such evidence must be noted on the
			 delayed certificate of birth of the child.
5. All accepted documentary evidence must be
			 listed as part of the record of delayed certificate of birth.
6. The inability of the applicant to furnish
			 documentary evidence required by NAC
			 440.300 to
			 440.360, inclusive, does not
			 preclude the State Registrar from filing a delayed certificate of birth if the
			 State Registrar determines it is appropriate to do so.
Bd. of Health, Delayed
				Birth Certificates Art. 2 §§ 2.3.1-2.3.3, eff. 4-11-80; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016; A by
				R111-22A,
				eff. 7/26/2023
NRS 440.120,
				  440.620
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.330 - Documentary evidence: Order of preference

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, the types of documentary evidence which the
			 State Registrar may accept to establish the facts necessary for the filing of a
			 delayed certificate of birth are as follows:
(a) To show parentage:
(1) A current and valid photo identification;
			 and
(2) Two completed witness
			 information forms provided by the State Registrar.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.340 - Documentary evidence: Sufficiency; investigation of case

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 The State Registrar or the State Registrar's designated representative shall
			 determine whether documentary evidence submitted is sufficient to warrant the
			 filing of a delayed certificate of birth.
2. The State Registrar or such a
			 representative may deem any documentary evidence as insufficient and at any
			 time may institute a thorough and independent investigation of a
			 case.
3. If an investigation is
			 made, the State Registrar shall include a summary of findings as part of the
			 record of birth.
Bd. of Health, Delayed
				Birth Certificates Art. 4, eff. 4-11-80; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				440.120,
				440.620
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.350 - Certificate in absence of documentary evidence

Current through June 11, 2024
Where an applicant for a delayed certificate of birth has been
				unable to furnish documentary evidence, the State Registrar may request and
				accept a complete statement of the facts and the reason for the absence of such
				evidence which must be placed in the record of birth, or advise the applicant
				of his or her right to seek an order from a court of competent jurisdiction to
				determine the sufficiency of any documentary evidence.
Bd. of Health, Delayed
				Birth Certificates Art. 2 § 2.3.4, eff. 4-11-80; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				440.120,
				440.620
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 440 - Vital Statistics › DELAYED CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH › Section 440.360 - Signing of delayed birth certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the person of
			 record is 18 years of age or over, the person of record must sign an affidavit
			 provided by the State Registrar, attesting under oath to his or her belief in
			 the truth of the statements made concerning the applicant's age, birthplace and
			 parentage.
2. If the person of
			 record is under 18 years of age, the affidavit may be signed by the person of
			 record or by the parents or guardian of the person of record.
Bd. of Health, Delayed
				Birth Certificates Art. 5, eff. 4-11-80; A by
				R066-16A,
				eff. 11/2/2016
NRS
				440.120,
				440.620
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. When making a determination pursuant to
		  subsection 1 of NRS
		  441A.315 concerning which tests for sexually
		  transmitted diseases are medically indicated for a patient, a physician,
		  physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or midwife shall follow
		  the procedures set forth in "Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening," "Human
		  Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening" and "Syphilis Infection in
		  Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening," as adopted by reference in NAC
		  441A.200.
2. A physician, physician assistant, advanced
		  practice registered nurse or midwife who performs the actions required by
		  subsection 1 of NRS
		  441A.315 shall:
(a) Document in the record of the patient:
(1) Whether any tests for sexually
		  transmitted diseases were offered to the patient and, if so, which tests were
		  offered; and
(2) For each test
		  offered to the patient, whether the patient agreed to the performance of the
		  test; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 2 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 441A of NRS, the
			 Board will interpret the term "attempted suicide" to mean an action
			 that:
1. Is intended to cause the
		  death of the same person who committed the action but does not cause the death
		  of that person;
2. Results in the
		  person receiving services from a provider of health care in a clinical setting;
		  and
3. Corresponds to the code
		  "suicide and suicide attempt" as established in the International
		  Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification, or any
		  successor classification system, adopted by the National Center for Health
		  Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United
		  States Department of Health and Human Services.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health by
			 R153-22A,
			 eff. 2/21/2023
NRS
				441A.120,
				441A.150
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 2.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
Any order issued by the Chief Medical Officer or a representative
			 thereof pursuant to NRS 441A.160 must:
1. State the factual and medical basis for
		  the order.
2. Be accompanied by
		  written notice to the person who is the subject of the order of the rights
		  established by section 3. The notice must refer to section 3 and read
		  substantially as follows:
1. You have the
		  right to challenge the findings in the order of the Chief Medical Officer or a
		  representative thereof by submitting a written petition to the Division of
		  Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services not
		  later than 48 hours after receiving the order. If the 48-hour period ends on a
		  Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the period is extended to 5:00 p.m. Pacific
		  Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable, of the next working
		  day.
2. You have the right to a
		  hearing upon the written petition.
3. You have the right to be present by live
		  telephonic conferencing or videoconferencing at any proceeding to challenge the
		  order of the Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof.
4. You have the right to be represented by an
		  attorney. You must pay for the services rendered by the attorney unless you are
		  indigent or you succeed in your challenge.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
A provider of health care who treats a patient who has attempted
			 suicide or is suspected to have attempted suicide shall report the case or
			 suspected case of attempted suicide pursuant to subsection 3 of
			 NRS
			 441A.150 in the manner prescribed by section
			 4 if the treatment is provided in:
1.
		  A community triage center, as defined in
		  NRS
		  449.0031; or
2. A hospital, as defined in
		  NRS
		  449.012, including, without limitation:
(a) A rural hospital, as defined in
		  NRS
		  449.0177; or
(b) A psychiatric hospital, as defined in
		  NRS
		  449.0165.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 3.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person who is the subject of an order
		  issued by the Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof pursuant to
		  NRS
		  441A.160 to submit to a medical examination
		  or test or for isolation, quarantine or treatment may appeal the order by
		  submitting a petition to the Division. Except as otherwise provided in
		  subsection 5, the petition must be submitted not later than 48 hours after the
		  person who is the subject of the order received the order. The written petition
		  must state:
(a) The action ordered by the
		  Chief Medical Officer or a representative thereof; and
(b) The reasons for disputing the order,
		  including, without limitation:
(1) The reasons
		  that the factual and medical basis for the order are incorrect; and
(2) The reasons that the petitioner is not a
		  threat to the health of the public if the petitioner is not subjected to a
		  medical examination or test or isolation, quarantine or treatment, as
		  applicable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 4 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A provider of health care who is required
		  by section 3 to report a case or suspected case of attempted suicide shall
		  include in the report required pursuant to subsection 3 of
		  NRS
		  441A.150, to the extent that the information
		  is known:
(a) The name, date of birth,
		  address and telephone number of the patient who attempted suicide or is
		  suspected of attempting suicide;
(b)
		  The name, address and telephone number of any provider of health care who
		  treated the patient;
(c) The
		  following demographic information for the patient:
(1) Sex;
(2) Gender identity or expression;
(3) Race;
(4) Ethnicity;
(5) Sexual orientation;
(6) Occupation; and
(7) Military or veteran
		  status;
(d) The
		  identification number of the medical record of the patient;
(e) The date of the attempted suicide or
		  suspected attempted suicide;
(f) The
		  disposition of the patient;
(g) A
		  code that corresponds to attempted suicide or suspected attempted suicide, as
		  defined in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,
		  Clinical Modification, or any successor classification system, adopted by the
		  National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
		  Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;
		  and
(h) Any other information
		  requested by the Chief Medical Officer or his or her
		  designee.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 4.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
Medical or epidemiological evidence to determine the likelihood
			 of transmitting a communicable disease to another person for the purposes of
			 NRS
			 441A.180 must meet the standards prescribed
			 in the
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
or
Red
			 Book: 2021 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases
, adopted by
			 reference in NAC
			 441A.200.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health by
			 R148-22A,
			 eff. 7/26/2023
NRS
				439.200,
				441A.120,
				441A.180
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 5 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A provider of health care who is required
		  by section 3 to report a case or suspected case of attempted suicide shall
		  report the case or suspected case not later than 30 days after discharging the
		  patient.
2. A provider of health
		  care may provide to the Chief Medical Officer supplemental or additional
		  information as it becomes available after initially reporting the case or
		  suspected case of attempted suicide.
3. A medical facility listed in section 3
		  shall adopt administrative procedures to ensure that only one provider of
		  health care will report a case or suspected case of attempted suicide pursuant
		  to subsection 3 of NRS 441A.150 when multiple
		  providers of health care treat the case or suspected case.
4. In addition to any criminal penalty
		  imposed pursuant to NRS 441A.910 and
		  441A.920, the Division may
		  impose an administrative fine of $1,000 against a provider of health care who
		  willfully fails, neglects or refuses to comply with subsection 3 of
		  NRS
		  441A.150 or any provision of this section or
		  section 3 or 4.
5. The Chief
		  Medical Officer shall compile and submit the annual report required by
		  subsection 3 of NRS
		  441A.150 to the Patient Protection Commission
		  on or before April 15 of each year.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health by
			 R153-22A,
			 eff. 2/21/2023
NRS
				441A.120,
				441A.150
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 5.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
The health authority shall investigate each report of a case
			 having babesiosis, as identified by finding the infectious agent in a clinical
			 specimen through testing by a medical laboratory, to:
1. Confirm the diagnosis;
2. Determine the extent of any
		  outbreak;
3. Identify the source of
		  the infection; and
4. Determine the
		  necessity of initiating measures to control vectors.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health by
			 R148-22A,
			 eff. 7/26/2023
NRS
				439.200,
				441A.120,
				441A.160
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 6 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The health authority shall, within the
		  limits of available resources, investigate each report of a case having
Candida auris
, as determined in accordance with
Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or
		  Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MRDOs)
, "Infection Prevention
		  and Control for
Candida auris
" and "
Candida
		  auris
2019 case definition," adopted by reference in NAC
		  441A.200, to:
(a) Confirm the diagnosis;
(b) Determine the extent of any
		  outbreak;
(c) Identify, categorize
		  and evaluate contacts; and
(d)
		  Evaluate the efficacy of any precautions for the control of the infection that
		  are in effect, including, without limitation, precautions concerning contacts
		  and disease-specific precautions.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 7 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
The health authority shall investigate each report of a case
			 having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or suspected case considered to have
			 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to:
1. Confirm the diagnosis;
2. Determine the extent of any outbreak;
		  and
3. Determine the need for
		  measures to prevent, suppress and control the spread of the disease including,
		  without limitation, the need to exclude, isolate or quarantine the case or
		  suspected case and any close contacts of the case or suspected case.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health by
			 R148-22A,
			 eff. 7/26/2023
NRS
				439.200,
				441A.120,
				441A.160
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 8 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The health authority shall investigate
		  each report of a case having cyclosporiasis, as identified by the presence of
Cyclospora cayetanensis
parasites in a clinical stool specimen
		  through testing by a medical laboratory, to:
(a) Confirm the diagnosis;
(b) Identify the source of the infection;
		  and
(c) Determine if the case is
		  employed in a sensitive occupation or is an infant or child attending a child
		  care facility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › Section 441A.Sec. 9 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The health authority shall investigate
		  each report of a case having monkeypox or a suspected case considered to have
		  monkeypox to:
(a) Confirm the
		  diagnosis;
(b) Determine the extent
		  of any outbreak;
(c) Identify the
		  source of the infection;
(d)
		  Identify any susceptible contacts; and
(e) Determine the need for measures to
		  prevent, suppress and control the spread of the disease, including, without
		  limitation, the need to:
(1) Isolate the case
		  or suspected case in accordance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease
		  Control and Prevention; and
(2)
		  Offer prophylactic treatment to susceptible
		  contacts.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.010 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in NAC 441A.015 to 441A.195, inclusive, have the
				meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R084-06, 7-14-2006; R087-08,
				1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.015 - "Active tuberculosis" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Active tuberculosis" means unhealed pathological changes in
				the tissues of the body as may be demonstrated by the recovery of tubercle
				bacilli from the tissues.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.025 - "Blood and body fluid precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Blood and body fluid precautions" means the recommended
				procedures:
1. Designed to prevent the
			 transmission of diseases by direct or indirect contact with blood, semen,
			 vaginal secretions, saliva, urine, feces, respiratory secretions or other body
			 fluids; and
2. Set forth in
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of
			 Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
, adopted by reference
			 pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.030 - "Carrier" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Carrier" means a person or animal:
1. Known or diagnosed by a health care
			 provider or reported pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to have a
			 communicable disease or infectious agent of a communicable disease in the
			 absence of discernible clinical symptoms; and
2. Who may serve as a potential source of
			 infection.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.035 - "Case" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise described in the provisions of this chapter
				that are applicable to a particular communicable disease, "case" means a person
				who satisfies the clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria set forth in
				"Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance,"
				adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200, to be classified as a confirmed
				case or probable case of an infectious disease.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R047-99, 9-27-99; R087-08,
				1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.037 - "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" means the Centers
				for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health
				and Human Services.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.040 - "Communicable disease" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Communicable disease," as defined in
				NRS
				441A.040, includes:
1. Amebiasis.
2. Animal bite from a rabies-susceptible
			 animal.
3. Anthrax.
4. Botulism, foodborne.
5. Botulism, infant.
6. Botulism, wound.
7. Botulism, other than foodborne botulism,
			 infant botulism or wound botulism.
8. Brucellosis.
9. Campylobacteriosis.
10. Chancroid.
11. Chikungunya virus disease.
12.
Chlamydia trachomatis
infection of the genital tract.
13.
			 Cholera.
14.
			 Coccidioidomycosis.
15.
			 Cryptosporidiosis.
16.
			 Dengue.
17. Diphtheria.
18. Ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis.
19. Encephalitis.
20. Enterobacterales, carbapenem-resistant
			 (CRE), including carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacter
spp.,
Escherichia coli
and
Klebsiella
spp.
21. Extraordinary occurrence
			 of illness.
22. Foodborne disease
			 outbreak.
23. Giardiasis.
24. Gonococcal infection.
25. Granuloma inguinale.
26.
Haemophilus influenzae
type b invasive disease.
27.
			 Hansen's disease (leprosy).
28.
			 Hantavirus.
29. Hemolytic-uremic
			 syndrome (HUS).
30. Hepatitis
			 A.
31. Hepatitis B.
32. Hepatitis C.
33. Hepatitis Delta.
34. Hepatitis E.
35. Hepatitis, unspecified.
36. Human immunodeficiency virus infection
			 (HIV).
37. Influenza that is:
(a) Associated with a hospitalization or the
			 death of a person under 18 years of age; or
(b) Known or suspected to be of a viral
			 strain that:
(1) The Centers for Disease
			 Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization has determined poses a
			 risk of a national or global pandemic; or
(2) Is novel or untypeable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.045 - "Contact" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Contact" means a person or animal that has been exposed to a
				case or carrier, or an environment known to be contaminated with an infectious
				agent of a communicable disease, in a manner likely to cause transmission of
				the infectious agent.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.050 - "Contact isolation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Contact isolation" means the recommended procedure designed to
				prevent transmission of diseases which may be conveyed by direct or close
				contact between persons as set forth in
2007 Guideline for Isolation
				Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare
				Settings
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.052 - "Contact precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Contact precautions" means the recommended procedures to
				prevent the transmission of infectious agents that are spread by direct or
				indirect contact with a case or the environment of a case set forth in
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of
				Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
, adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.055 - "Correctional facility" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Correctional facility" means any place designated by law for
				the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law or under lawful
				arrest.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.060 - "Disease specific precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Disease specific precautions" means the recommended procedures
				designed specifically for prevention of the transmission of a particular
				disease set forth in
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions:
				Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
,
				adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.070 - "Drainage and secretion precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Drainage and secretion precautions" means the recommended
				procedures:
1. Designed to prevent
			 transmission of diseases which may be conveyed by direct or indirect contact
			 with purulent material or drainage from a body site; and
2. Set forth in
2007 Guideline for
			 Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in
			 Healthcare Settings
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.075 - "Employee of a child care facility" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Employee of a child care facility" means a person employed in
				a child care facility whose duties include the direct care, supervision and
				guidance of children or staff in the facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.080 - "Enteric precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Enteric precautions" means the recommended procedures:
1. Designed to prevent transmission of
			 diseases which may be conveyed by direct or indirect contact with feces or with
			 articles contaminated by feces; and
2. Set forth in
2007 Guideline for
			 Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in
			 Healthcare Settings
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.085 - "Extraordinary occurrence of illness" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Extraordinary occurrence of illness" means:
1. A disease which is not endemic to this
			 State, is unlikely but has the potential to be introduced into this State, is
			 readily transmitted and is likely to be fatal, including, but not limited to,
			 typhus fever.
2. An outbreak of a
			 communicable disease which is a risk to the public health because it may affect
			 large numbers of persons or because the illness is a newly described
			 communicable disease, including, but not limited to:
(a) An outbreak of an illness related to a
			 contaminated medical device or product.
(b) An outbreak of an illness suspected to be
			 related to environmental contamination by any infectious or toxic
			 agent.
(c) An outbreak of a newly
			 emerging disease, including, but not limited to, avian influenza.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.090 - "Facility for the dependent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Facility for the dependent" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				449.0045.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.095 - "Food establishment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Food establishment" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				446.020.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.100 - "Hand washing" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Hand washing" means the vigorous washing of the hands using
				liquid or granular soap and potable running water, followed by drying the hands
				using clean paper towels, single-use cloth towels or devices for air
				drying.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.110 - "Health care provider" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Health care provider" means a provider of health care as
				defined in
				NRS
				441A.110.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.112 - "Home for individual residential care" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Home for individual residential care" has the meaning ascribed
				to it in
				NRS
				449.0105.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-06, eff. 7-14-2006
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.115 - "Information of a personal nature" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Information of a personal nature" includes a person's name,
				address, telephone number and social security number, and any other information
				which the health authority determines to be of a personal nature.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.130 - "Outbreak" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Outbreak" means the occurrence of cases in a community,
				geographic region or particular population at a rate in excess of that which is
				normally expected in that community, geographic region or particular
				population.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.135 - "Owner of an animal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Owner of an animal" means any person keeping, harboring,
				having custody of or control of an animal, or permitting any animal to be in
				his or her residence or on his or her property or premises. The term does not
				include a veterinarian, an operator of a kennel or a rabies control authority
				who temporarily maintains on his or her premises an animal owned by another
				person.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.140 - "Proof of immunity to hepatitis B," "proof of immunity to measles," "proof of immunity to rubella" and "proof of immunity to tetanus, diphtheria and mumps" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
1. "Proof of
			 immunity to hepatitis B" means:
(a) A record
			 of immunization against hepatitis B; or
(b) A statement signed by a licensed
			 physician or the health authority which affirms serologic evidence of immunity
			 to hepatitis B.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.150 - "Rabies control authority" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Rabies control authority" means the person designated by the
				legislative body of a town, city or county to administer the rabies control
				program.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.155 - "Rabies-susceptible animal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Rabies-susceptible animal" means any mammal, including, but
				not limited to, a bat, cat, dog, cow, horse, ferret, cougar, coyote, fox, skunk
				and raccoon, and any wild or exotic carnivorous mammal.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.160 - "Record of immunization" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Record of immunization" means a written certificate from a
				health care provider on which is recorded the name and date of birth of the
				person vaccinated, each vaccine antigen administered, and the month and year of
				administration.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.165 - "Respiratory isolation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Respiratory isolation" means the recommended procedure:
1. Designed to prevent transmission of
			 communicable diseases by direct contact with respiratory secretions or droplets
			 that are coughed, sneezed or breathed into the environment; and
2. Set forth in
2007 Guideline for
			 Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in
			 Healthcare Settings
, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.170 - "Sensitive occupation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Sensitive occupation" means an employment that enhances the
				potential for transmission of a communicable disease to other persons if a
				person who is infected with the communicable disease in a contagious stage is
				employed in that employment. Sensitive occupation includes, but is not limited
				to, employment as a food and beverage handler, employment in a health care
				facility, employment in a school or employment in a child care facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.173 - "State Public Health Laboratory" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"State Public Health Laboratory" includes, without limitation,
				any branch laboratory designated, established or maintained by the University
				of Nevada School of Medicine pursuant to
				NRS
				439.240.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.175 - "Strict isolation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Strict isolation" means the recommended procedure designed to
				prevent the transmission of diseases by both contact and airborne routes set
				forth in
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing
				Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
, adopted by
				reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.180 - "Suspected case" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Suspected case" means a person or animal who:
1. Satisfies the clinical, laboratory and
			 epidemiologic criteria set forth in "Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions
			 Under Public Health Surveillance," adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 441A.200, to be classified as a suspected case of:
(a) Anthrax;
(b) Botulism, as defined in NAC
			 441A.465;
(c) Diphtheria;
(d) Extraordinary occurrence of
			 illness;
(e) Influenza that is
			 known or suspected to be of a viral strain that the Centers for Disease Control
			 and Prevention or the World Health Organization has determined poses a risk of
			 a national or global pandemic;
(f)
			 Measles;
(g) Meningococcal
			 disease;
(h) Plague;
(i) Poliovirus infection;
(j) Rabies (human or animal);
(k) Rubella;
(l) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
			 (SARS);
(m) Smallpox
			 (variola);
(n)
			 Tuberculosis;
(o) Tularemia;
			 or
(p) Viral hemorrhagic fever;
			 or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.181 - "Suspected outbreak" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Suspected outbreak" means the occurrence of cases and
				suspected cases in a community, geographic region or particular population at a
				rate in excess of that which is normally expected in that community, geographic
				region or particular population or that would satisfy the conditions to
				constitute an outbreak if the suspected cases were assumed to be cases.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.185 - "Tuberculosis" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Tuberculosis" means any progressive, stable or retrogressive
				disease process of the lungs, or other organs or structures of the body,
				attributable to infection with tubercle bacilli.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.190 - "Tuberculosis infection" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Tuberculosis infection" means the presence of tubercle bacilli
				in the body.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R084-06, 7-14-2006
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.192 - "Tuberculosis screening test" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Tuberculosis screening test" means any tuberculosis screening
				test that has been:
1. Approved by the
			 Food and Drug Administration; and
2. Endorsed by the Centers for Disease
			 Control and Prevention.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-06, eff. 7-14-2006
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.195 - "Universal precautions" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Universal precautions" means standard procedures to prevent
				transmission of disease by contact with blood or other body fluids as
				recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in "Perspectives
				in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Update: Universal Precautions for
				Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus,
				and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings," adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 441A.200.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 441A.205 - Persons deemed employees for purposes of this chapter and only for reducing risk of transmitting communicable disease

Current through June 11, 2024
A person who performs any of the duties that would otherwise be
				performed by an employee in a sensitive occupation, whether or not for
				compensation, and whether or not pursuant to a contract, shall be deemed an
				employee for purposes of this chapter and only for the purpose of reducing the
				risk of transmitting a communicable disease.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R087-08, eff. 1-13-2011
NRS
				  441A.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 441A - INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TOXIC AGENTS › REPORTING OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 441A.225 - General requirements for certain reports to health authority and rabies control authority; establishment of after-hours reporting system

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section, a report of a case or suspected case, which is required to be made
			 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, must be made to the health
			 authority during the regular business hours of the health authority on the
			 first working day following the identification of the case or suspected case.
			 Except as required pursuant to subsection 2, the report may be made by:
(a) Telephone;
(b) Telecopy, in the form prescribed by the
			 health authority; or
(c) Any form of
			 electronic communication identified by the health authority, including, without
			 limitation, electronic case reporting, in the form and manner specified by the
			 health authority.