NRS 278.5846 Adoption of building code requiring certain public restrooms be made accessible to persons of any gender identity or expression; applicability.

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1. Each county, city and any other governmental entity that adopts a building code shall include in its respective building code a requirement that any single-stall restroom made available to the public which is contained in a permanent building or facility used by the public that is constructed on or after October 1, 2021, be as inclusive and accessible as possible to a person of any gender identity or expression, including, without limitation, by allowing:

(a)A parent or guardian of a child to enter the single-stall restroom with the child;

(b)A person with a disability to enter the single-stall restroom with his or her caregiver, if applicable; and

(c)A person of any gender identity or expression to use the single-stall restroom as needed.

Ê The owner or operator of such a permanent building or facility that contains a single-stall restroom which is available to the public shall not label the single-stall restroom with gendered signage, but may label the single-stall restroom as available for use by any person, including, without limitation, by posting a sign that reads “All-Gender Bathroom” or “All-Accessible Bathroom.”

2. If a county or a city has no building code, it shall adopt by ordinance a requirement that any single-stall restroom made available to the public which is contained in a permanent building or facility used by the public that is constructed on or after October 1, 2021, be as inclusive and accessible as possible as provided in subsection 1.

3. The provisions of this section apply, without limitation, to any school district for which a building code is adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 393.110 .

4. As used in this section:

(a)“Caregiver” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449A.306 .

(b)“Gendered signage” means any sign posted on a single-stall restroom that uses words or images of a person to denominate sex.

(c)“Single-stall restroom” means a restroom that:

(1)Is intended for individual use; and

(2)Contains:

(I)A single toilet or a single urinal; or

(II)A toilet and a urinal, neither of which is separated from the other by enclosure within a stall.